From meriksson@earthlink.net Mon Oct 09 00:08:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!earthlink!meriksson From: meriksson@earthlink.net (Matthias Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Oct09.000806.4058@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1995 00:08:06 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Matthias Eriksson US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hold for relay." From ksmirnov@delphi.com Tue Oct 10 01:49:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!ksmirnov From: ksmirnov@delphi.com (Kenji Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Oct10.014906.5170@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 01:49:06 GMT References: <1995Oct09.000806.4058@earthlink.net> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct09.000806.4058@earthlink.net>, meriksson@earthlink.net (Matthias Eriksson) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Kenji Smirnov "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / FreeBSD 2.1