From vperez@hanse.de Tue May 16 12:47:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!vperez From: vperez@hanse.de (Valeria Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May16.124714.6274@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 12:47:14 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. How did they program the subtle emotional cracks in her voice? Was it a neural weight matrix or manual automation? -- Valeria Pérez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From jgonzalez@utexas.edu Wed May 17 21:47:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!utexas!jgonzalez From: jgonzalez@utexas.edu (Julien González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May17.214714.8154@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 21:47:14 GMT References: <1995May16.124714.6274@hanse.de> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May16.124714.6274@hanse.de>, vperez@hanse.de (Valeria Pérez) 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. -- Julien González *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From lsmirnov@kiae.su Fri May 19 22:29:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!lsmirnov From: lsmirnov@kiae.su (Lisa Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May19.222914.7128@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 22:29:14 GMT References: <1995May16.124714.6274@hanse.de> <1995May17.214714.8154@utexas.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May17.214714.8154@utexas.edu>, jgonzalez@utexas.edu (Julien González) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- Lisa Smirnov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From fgirard@mit.edu Sat May 20 16:19:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mit!fgirard From: fgirard@mit.edu (Freya Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May20.161914.7239@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 16:19:14 GMT References: <1995May16.124714.6274@hanse.de> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May16.124714.6274@hanse.de>, vperez@hanse.de (Valeria Pérez) 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. -- Freya Girard SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From dvasiliev@delphi.com Mon May 22 12:48:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!delphi!dvasiliev From: dvasiliev@delphi.com (Diego Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May22.124814.4994@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 12:48:14 GMT References: <1995May16.124714.6274@hanse.de> <1995May17.214714.8154@utexas.edu> <1995May19.222914.7128@kiae.su> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May19.222914.7128@kiae.su>, lsmirnov@kiae.su (Lisa Smirnov) writes: > The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Diego Vasiliev *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0