From bpetrov@panix.com Mon May 23 05:41:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!panix!bpetrov From: bpetrov@panix.com (Bastien Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994May23.054115.9358@panix.com> Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 05:41:15 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Bastien Petrov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From asantos@cern.ch Tue May 24 11:14:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cern!asantos From: asantos@cern.ch (Anton Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994May24.111415.6503@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 11:14:15 GMT References: <1994May23.054115.9358@panix.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994May23.054115.9358@panix.com>, bpetrov@panix.com (Bastien Petrov) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Anton Santos "Do not worship the copy." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From aperez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu May 26 11:49:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!aperez From: aperez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Amy Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994May26.114915.2737@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 11:49:15 GMT References: <1994May23.054115.9358@panix.com> <1994May24.111415.6503@cern.ch> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994May24.111415.6503@cern.ch>, asantos@cern.ch (Anton Santos) 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. -- Amy Pérez -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "They will send a copy in my place." From tmuller@purdue.edu Sat May 28 09:00:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!tmuller From: tmuller@purdue.edu (Tomas Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994May28.090015.8017@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 09:00:15 GMT References: <1994May23.054115.9358@panix.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994May23.054115.9358@panix.com>, bpetrov@panix.com (Bastien Petrov) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Tomas Müller | tmuller@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: B2EA 0CEE 60E1 FB87 "Keep the channels open." From ylarsson@demon.co.uk Mon May 30 00:51:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!ylarsson From: ylarsson@demon.co.uk (Yuki Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994May30.005115.1429@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 30 May 1994 00:51:15 GMT References: <1994May23.054115.9358@panix.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994May23.054115.9358@panix.com>, bpetrov@panix.com (Bastien Petrov) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. They weren't using off-the-shelf Eventide gear. They had custom Motorola DSP boards doing LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) resynthesis. -- Yuki Larsson US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "They will send a copy in my place."