From hwatanabe@illinois.edu Wed Jun 22 22:47:19 1994
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From: hwatanabe@illinois.edu (Hana Watanabe)
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Subject: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'.

In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts.
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.

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=== Hana Watanabe ===
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Subject: Re: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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In article <1994Jun22.224719.9684@illinois.edu>, hwatanabe@illinois.edu (Hana Watanabe) writes:
> Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'.
> In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts.

Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'

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