From tnilsson@ox.ac.uk Mon Feb 13 09:08:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!tnilsson From: tnilsson@ox.ac.uk (Tyler Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb13.090843.4122@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 09:08:43 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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? -- Tyler Nilsson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "Do not worship the copy." From msouza@pipeline.com Wed Feb 15 00:49:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!msouza From: msouza@pipeline.com (Mikhail Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb15.004943.8074@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 00:49:43 GMT References: <1995Feb13.090843.4122@ox.ac.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb13.090843.4122@ox.ac.uk>, tnilsson@ox.ac.uk (Tyler Nilsson) 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. -- Mikhail Souza SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From slopez@berkeley.edu Wed Feb 15 09:53:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!slopez From: slopez@berkeley.edu (Seo-yeon López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb15.095343.5556@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 09:53:43 GMT References: <1995Feb13.090843.4122@ox.ac.uk> <1995Feb15.004943.8074@pipeline.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb15.004943.8074@pipeline.com>, msouza@pipeline.com (Mikhail Souza) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. 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. -- Seo-yeon López Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Do not worship the copy."