From sito@cam.ac.uk Mon Sep 25 04:41:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!sito From: sito@cam.ac.uk (Sun-mi Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Sep25.044157.3494@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 04:41:57 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. 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. -- Sun-mi Ito *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From tcampbell@kth.se Mon Sep 25 14:21:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kth!tcampbell From: tcampbell@kth.se (Tyler Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Sep25.142157.8920@kth.se> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 14:21:57 GMT References: <1995Sep25.044157.3494@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Sep25.044157.3494@cam.ac.uk>, sito@cam.ac.uk (Sun-mi Ito) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. > Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. 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. -- Tyler Campbell | tcampbell@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: 76C3 1009 F552 EE90 "Keep the channels open." From elee@pacbell.net Tue Sep 26 06:43:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!elee From: elee@pacbell.net (Elaine Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Sep26.064357.3001@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 06:43:57 GMT References: <1995Sep25.044157.3494@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep25.044157.3494@cam.ac.uk>, sito@cam.ac.uk (Sun-mi Ito) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Elaine Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0