From svasiliev@unam.mx Wed Aug 24 17:20:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!svasiliev From: svasiliev@unam.mx (Sun-mi Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Aug24.172041.2845@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 17:20:41 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. 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? -- Sun-mi Vasiliev *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From greyes@kiae.su Fri Aug 26 09:14:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kiae!greyes From: greyes@kiae.su (Göran Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Aug26.091441.4067@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 09:14:41 GMT References: <1994Aug24.172041.2845@unam.mx> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1994Aug24.172041.2845@unam.mx>, svasiliev@unam.mx (Sun-mi Vasiliev) 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. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- === Göran Reyes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Do not worship the copy." From llopez@kiae.su Sat Aug 27 00:47:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kiae!llopez From: llopez@kiae.su (Liam López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Aug27.004741.6520@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 1994 00:47:41 GMT References: <1994Aug24.172041.2845@unam.mx> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug24.172041.2845@unam.mx>, svasiliev@unam.mx (Sun-mi Vasiliev) 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. -- === Liam López === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."