From jpetrov@illinois.edu Wed Jan 05 08:33:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!jpetrov From: jpetrov@illinois.edu (Julien Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Jan05.083338.1076@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 05 Jan 1994 08:33:38 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. 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. -- Julien Petrov | jpetrov@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 5DDE D701 1C57 D251 "Keep the channels open." From bmoreno@kth.se Fri Jan 07 00:30:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!bmoreno From: bmoreno@kth.se (Bruno Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Jan07.003038.2750@kth.se> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 00:30:38 GMT References: <1994Jan05.083338.1076@illinois.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Jan05.083338.1076@illinois.edu>, jpetrov@illinois.edu (Julien Petrov) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. 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. -- Bruno Moreno "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From tstewart@titech.ac.jp Sun Jan 09 02:25:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!titech!tstewart From: tstewart@titech.ac.jp (Thiago Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Jan09.022538.1529@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 09 Jan 1994 02:25:38 GMT References: <1994Jan05.083338.1076@illinois.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan05.083338.1076@illinois.edu>, jpetrov@illinois.edu (Julien Petrov) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. > Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Thiago Stewart *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From hwatanabe@rwth-aachen.de Mon Jan 10 05:58:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!hwatanabe From: hwatanabe@rwth-aachen.de (Hugo Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Jan10.055838.6770@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 05:58:38 GMT References: <1994Jan05.083338.1076@illinois.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan05.083338.1076@illinois.edu>, jpetrov@illinois.edu (Julien Petrov) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. > Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. 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. -- Hugo Watanabe | hwatanabe@rwth-aachen.de PGP Key fingerprint: 36FA 8698 E127 5989 "Keep the channels open." From tnakamura@uni-hamburg.de Wed Jan 12 04:54:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!tnakamura From: tnakamura@uni-hamburg.de (Tomas Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Jan12.045438.1548@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 1994 04:54:38 GMT References: <1994Jan05.083338.1076@illinois.edu> <1994Jan07.003038.2750@kth.se> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Jan07.003038.2750@kth.se>, bmoreno@kth.se (Bruno Moreno) 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. 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Tomas Nakamura Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.