From lnilsson@pacbell.net Thu Sep 14 06:10:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pacbell!lnilsson From: lnilsson@pacbell.net (Liam Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Sep14.061058.5041@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 06:10:58 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry? -- Liam Nilsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From bkim@panix.com Thu Sep 14 12:30:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!panix!bkim From: bkim@panix.com (Bill Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Sep14.123058.2877@panix.com> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 12:30:58 GMT References: <1995Sep14.061058.5041@pacbell.net> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep14.061058.5041@pacbell.net>, lnilsson@pacbell.net (Liam Nilsson) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Bill Kim Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From nkowalski@berkeley.edu Thu Sep 14 13:38:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!berkeley!nkowalski From: nkowalski@berkeley.edu (Natalia Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Sep14.133858.8017@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 13:38:58 GMT References: <1995Sep14.061058.5041@pacbell.net> <1995Sep14.123058.2877@panix.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep14.123058.2877@panix.com>, bkim@panix.com (Bill Kim) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. 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. -- Natalia Kowalski "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / Linux 1.2.13