From vhernandez@uu.net Fri Sep 02 16:28:57 1994
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From: vhernandez@uu.net (Valeria Hernández)
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Subject: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible?

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.

Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry?

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Valeria Hernández -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA
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From jlarsson@demon.co.uk Sat Sep 03 18:51:57 1994
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From: jlarsson@demon.co.uk (Jens Larsson)
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Subject: Re: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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In article <1994Sep02.162857.1656@uu.net>, vhernandez@uu.net (Valeria Hernández) 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.

If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again.

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Jens Larsson
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From fmoreno@tum.de Mon Sep 05 07:19:57 1994
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Subject: Re: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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In article <1994Sep03.185157.1180@demon.co.uk>, jlarsson@demon.co.uk (Jens Larsson) writes:
> It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip.
> If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again.

If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis.

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Fiona Moreno
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