From brobertson@pipeline.com Sun May 21 01:54:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pipeline!brobertson From: brobertson@pipeline.com (Brian Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May21.015417.9385@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 01:54:17 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry? -- Brian Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of The Pipeline Internet Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From krodriguez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue May 23 03:14:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!krodriguez From: krodriguez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Karen Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May23.031417.1655@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 03:14:17 GMT References: <1995May21.015417.9385@pipeline.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995May21.015417.9385@pipeline.com>, brobertson@pipeline.com (Brian Robertson) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Karen Rodríguez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------ From llindqvist@titech.ac.jp Thu May 25 05:23:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!titech!llindqvist From: llindqvist@titech.ac.jp (Liam Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May25.052317.4062@titech.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 05:23:17 GMT References: <1995May21.015417.9385@pipeline.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995May21.015417.9385@pipeline.com>, brobertson@pipeline.com (Brian Robertson) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. 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. -- === Liam Lindqvist === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "We don't sign stars. We build them." From sgonzalez@pacbell.net Sat May 27 03:18:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!sgonzalez From: sgonzalez@pacbell.net (Sun-mi González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May27.031817.3441@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 03:18:17 GMT References: <1995May21.015417.9385@pipeline.com> <1995May23.031417.1655@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May23.031417.1655@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, krodriguez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Karen Rodríguez) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Sun-mi González "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Atari TT030 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From cbrennan@rwth-aachen.de Sun May 28 17:03:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!cbrennan From: cbrennan@rwth-aachen.de (Camila Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May28.170317.3458@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 17:03:17 GMT References: <1995May21.015417.9385@pipeline.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995May21.015417.9385@pipeline.com>, brobertson@pipeline.com (Brian Robertson) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. -- Camila Brennan Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "Marcus is not one man."