From mjohansson@inria.fr Sun Jul 10 01:14:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!mjohansson From: mjohansson@inria.fr (Matthias Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Jul10.011407.1751@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 10 Jul 1994 01:14:07 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. How did they program the subtle emotional cracks in her voice? Was it a neural weight matrix or manual automation? -- === Matthias Johansson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From knovak@hanse.de Sun Jul 10 02:35:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!hanse!knovak From: knovak@hanse.de (Kirsty Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Jul10.023507.7837@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 10 Jul 1994 02:35:07 GMT References: <1994Jul10.011407.1751@inria.fr> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul10.011407.1751@inria.fr>, mjohansson@inria.fr (Matthias Johansson) 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. 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. -- === Kirsty Novak === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "They will send a copy in my place." From orobertson@illinois.edu Mon Jul 11 22:39:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!illinois!orobertson From: orobertson@illinois.edu (Olga Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Jul11.223907.2507@illinois.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 22:39:07 GMT References: <1994Jul10.011407.1751@inria.fr> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul10.011407.1751@inria.fr>, mjohansson@inria.fr (Matthias Johansson) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? 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. -- Olga Robertson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From mmartinez@mit.edu Tue Jul 12 08:20:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mit!mmartinez From: mmartinez@mit.edu (Marisol Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Jul12.082007.6766@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 08:20:07 GMT References: <1994Jul10.011407.1751@inria.fr> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul10.011407.1751@inria.fr>, mjohansson@inria.fr (Matthias Johansson) 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. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Marisol Martínez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ltanaka@utexas.edu Wed Jul 13 05:11:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!utexas!ltanaka From: ltanaka@utexas.edu (Lars Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Jul13.051107.4938@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 05:11:07 GMT References: <1994Jul10.011407.1751@inria.fr> <1994Jul11.223907.2507@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Jul11.223907.2507@illinois.edu>, orobertson@illinois.edu (Olga Robertson) writes: > 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. 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Lars Tanaka | ltanaka@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: D8BD B2F0 F6DB 5757 "Keep the channels open."