From mtanaka@cam.ac.uk Sat Jul 20 11:59:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!mtanaka From: mtanaka@cam.ac.uk (Marisol Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul20.115948.2862@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 11:59:48 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry? -- Marisol Tanaka "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / TOS 4.04 From tmacdonald@titech.ac.jp Sun Jul 21 05:00:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!titech!tmacdonald From: tmacdonald@titech.ac.jp (Takeshi MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul21.050048.5162@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 05:00:48 GMT References: <1996Jul20.115948.2862@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul20.115948.2862@cam.ac.uk>, mtanaka@cam.ac.uk (Marisol Tanaka) 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. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Takeshi MacDonald Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From jlopez@cam.ac.uk Mon Jul 22 14:59:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!jlopez From: jlopez@cam.ac.uk (Joachim López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul22.145948.3366@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:59:48 GMT References: <1996Jul20.115948.2862@cam.ac.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul20.115948.2862@cam.ac.uk>, mtanaka@cam.ac.uk (Marisol Tanaka) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. 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. -- Joachim López SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From rsouza@cmu.edu Tue Jul 23 15:54:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cmu!rsouza From: rsouza@cmu.edu (Rodrigo Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul23.155448.7645@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 15:54:48 GMT References: <1996Jul20.115948.2862@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1996Jul20.115948.2862@cam.ac.uk>, mtanaka@cam.ac.uk (Marisol Tanaka) 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. They weren't using off-the-shelf Eventide gear. They had custom Motorola DSP boards doing LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) resynthesis. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Rodrigo Souza Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From esuzuki@netcom.com Wed Jul 24 21:48:48 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!esuzuki From: esuzuki@netcom.com (Élodie Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jul24.214848.6502@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 21:48:48 GMT References: <1996Jul20.115948.2862@cam.ac.uk> <1996Jul23.155448.7645@cmu.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul23.155448.7645@cmu.edu>, rsouza@cmu.edu (Rodrigo Souza) writes: > They weren't using off-the-shelf Eventide gear. They had custom Motorola DSP boards doing LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) resynthesis. 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Élodie Suzuki -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Do not worship the copy."