From agirard@pacbell.net Sun Nov 20 01:45:08 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!agirard From: agirard@pacbell.net (Anja Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Nov20.014508.7428@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 1994 01:45:08 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Anja Girard Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jivanov@illinois.edu Mon Nov 21 18:17:08 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!jivanov From: jivanov@illinois.edu (Jen Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Nov21.181708.1684@illinois.edu> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 18:17:08 GMT References: <1994Nov20.014508.7428@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Nov20.014508.7428@pacbell.net>, agirard@pacbell.net (Anja Girard) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Jen Ivanov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ------------------------------------------------------------ From esantos@netcom.com Tue Nov 22 02:26:08 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!esantos From: esantos@netcom.com (Élodie Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Nov22.022608.5905@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 02:26:08 GMT References: <1994Nov20.014508.7428@pacbell.net> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov20.014508.7428@pacbell.net>, agirard@pacbell.net (Anja Girard) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Élodie Santos "We don't sign stars. We build them." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / TOS 4.04