From rokonkwo@kth.se Fri Apr 14 22:18:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!rokonkwo From: rokonkwo@kth.se (Renata Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Apr14.221835.7123@kth.se> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 22:18:35 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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? -- Renata Okonkwo Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From blarsson@hanse.de Sun Apr 16 04:31:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!hanse!blarsson From: blarsson@hanse.de (Bastien Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Apr16.043135.3655@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 04:31:35 GMT References: <1995Apr14.221835.7123@kth.se> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr14.221835.7123@kth.se>, rokonkwo@kth.se (Renata Okonkwo) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Bastien Larsson Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From emartinez@netcom.com Sun Apr 16 13:55:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!emartinez From: emartinez@netcom.com (Élodie Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Apr16.135535.8411@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 13:55:35 GMT References: <1995Apr14.221835.7123@kth.se> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr14.221835.7123@kth.se>, rokonkwo@kth.se (Renata Okonkwo) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- === Élodie Martínez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Marcus is not one man." From dramirez@utexas.edu Mon Apr 17 01:02:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!utexas!dramirez From: dramirez@utexas.edu (Diego Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Apr17.010235.3919@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1995 01:02:35 GMT References: <1995Apr14.221835.7123@kth.se> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Apr14.221835.7123@kth.se>, rokonkwo@kth.se (Renata Okonkwo) 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. They weren't using off-the-shelf Eventide gear. They had custom Motorola DSP boards doing LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) resynthesis. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Diego Ramírez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0