From dfischer@stanford.edu Mon May 08 22:41:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!stanford!dfischer From: dfischer@stanford.edu (Dong-hyun Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May08.224136.6619@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 08 May 1995 22:41:36 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- === Dong-hyun Fischer === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From hcampbell@delphi.com Tue May 09 06:46:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!hcampbell From: hcampbell@delphi.com (Hana Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May09.064636.1396@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 09 May 1995 06:46:36 GMT References: <1995May08.224136.6619@stanford.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May08.224136.6619@stanford.edu>, dfischer@stanford.edu (Dong-hyun Fischer) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. -- Hana Campbell "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Atari Falcon 030 / FreeBSD 2.1 From mstewart@stanford.edu Tue May 09 08:29:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!mstewart From: mstewart@stanford.edu (Mike Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May09.082936.1261@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 09 May 1995 08:29:36 GMT References: <1995May08.224136.6619@stanford.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995May08.224136.6619@stanford.edu>, dfischer@stanford.edu (Dong-hyun Fischer) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Mike Stewart Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jstewart@hanse.de Wed May 10 06:32:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!jstewart From: jstewart@hanse.de (Ji-woo Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May10.063236.1273@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 06:32:36 GMT References: <1995May08.224136.6619@stanford.edu> <1995May09.064636.1396@delphi.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May09.064636.1396@delphi.com>, hcampbell@delphi.com (Hana Campbell) writes: > If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. -- Ji-woo Stewart *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0