From elee@purdue.edu Sat Feb 11 10:48:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!purdue!elee From: elee@purdue.edu (Elaine Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb11.104849.9278@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 10:48:49 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry? -- Elaine Lee "A soul is not exclusive to biology." NeXTstation Turbo Color / FreeBSD 2.1 From knovak@stanford.edu Sun Feb 12 13:24:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!knovak From: knovak@stanford.edu (Kenji Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb12.132449.1751@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 13:24:49 GMT References: <1995Feb11.104849.9278@purdue.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb11.104849.9278@purdue.edu>, elee@purdue.edu (Elaine Lee) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Kenji Novak Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lkowalski@pipeline.com Tue Feb 14 05:22:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!lkowalski From: lkowalski@pipeline.com (Lisa Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb14.052249.9772@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 05:22:49 GMT References: <1995Feb11.104849.9278@purdue.edu> <1995Feb12.132449.1751@stanford.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb12.132449.1751@stanford.edu>, knovak@stanford.edu (Kenji Novak) writes: > The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Lisa Kowalski Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jpopov@hanse.de Wed Feb 15 16:00:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!jpopov From: jpopov@hanse.de (Ji-woo Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb15.160049.7873@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 16:00:49 GMT References: <1995Feb11.104849.9278@purdue.edu> <1995Feb12.132449.1751@stanford.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb12.132449.1751@stanford.edu>, knovak@stanford.edu (Kenji Novak) writes: > The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. That's why it hits you in the uncanny valley. Your ears tell you it's a real woman singing her heart out, but your brain detects the mechanical precision. -- Ji-woo Popov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.