From hdubois@cmu.edu Thu Jun 08 05:50:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!hdubois From: hdubois@cmu.edu (Hugo Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun08.055056.4321@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 08 Jun 1995 05:50:56 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Hugo Dubois -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From bsokolov@netcom.com Sat Jun 10 08:29:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!bsokolov From: bsokolov@netcom.com (Bill Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun10.082956.3337@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 08:29:56 GMT References: <1995Jun08.055056.4321@cmu.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun08.055056.4321@cmu.edu>, hdubois@cmu.edu (Hugo Dubois) 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Bill Sokolov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From esanchez@pipeline.com Sat Jun 10 13:06:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!esanchez From: esanchez@pipeline.com (Elaine Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun10.130656.2177@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 13:06:56 GMT References: <1995Jun08.055056.4321@cmu.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun08.055056.4321@cmu.edu>, hdubois@cmu.edu (Hugo Dubois) writes: > 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. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Elaine Sánchez | esanchez@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 8A1D 18C3 1A08 B51F "Keep the channels open." From jlindqvist@purdue.edu Mon Jun 12 07:11:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!purdue!jlindqvist From: jlindqvist@purdue.edu (Ji-woo Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun12.071156.2838@purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 07:11:56 GMT References: <1995Jun08.055056.4321@cmu.edu> <1995Jun10.130656.2177@pipeline.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun10.130656.2177@pipeline.com>, esanchez@pipeline.com (Elaine Sánchez) 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. -- Ji-woo Lindqvist "Row 14. No joke." Amiga 3000T / SunOS 4.1.4 From jsmirnov@ox.ac.uk Tue Jun 13 18:13:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!jsmirnov From: jsmirnov@ox.ac.uk (Joachim Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun13.181356.8195@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 18:13:56 GMT References: <1995Jun08.055056.4321@cmu.edu> <1995Jun10.130656.2177@pipeline.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun10.130656.2177@pipeline.com>, esanchez@pipeline.com (Elaine Sánchez) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Joachim Smirnov "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." 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