From anakamura@delphi.com Fri Jul 28 13:39:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!anakamura From: anakamura@delphi.com (Amy Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul28.133945.1954@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 13:39:45 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. 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? -- Amy Nakamura Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ylopez@kiae.su Sun Jul 30 03:59:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!ylopez From: ylopez@kiae.su (Yuki López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul30.035945.3666@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 03:59:45 GMT References: <1995Jul28.133945.1954@delphi.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul28.133945.1954@delphi.com>, anakamura@delphi.com (Amy Nakamura) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Yuki López -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From kkang@demon.co.uk Tue Aug 01 06:50:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!kkang From: kkang@demon.co.uk (Kirsty Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Aug01.065045.6168@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 06:50:45 GMT References: <1995Jul28.133945.1954@delphi.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Jul28.133945.1954@delphi.com>, anakamura@delphi.com (Amy Nakamura) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Kirsty Kang Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ddubois@demon.co.uk Tue Aug 01 09:08:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!ddubois From: ddubois@demon.co.uk (Dong-hyun Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Aug01.090845.9760@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 09:08:45 GMT References: <1995Jul28.133945.1954@delphi.com> <1995Jul30.035945.3666@kiae.su> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul30.035945.3666@kiae.su>, ylopez@kiae.su (Yuki López) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- === Dong-hyun Dubois === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "Marcus is not one man." From ysilva@delphi.com Thu Aug 03 11:04:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!ysilva From: ysilva@delphi.com (Yuki Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Aug03.110445.7624@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 11:04:45 GMT References: <1995Jul28.133945.1954@delphi.com> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul28.133945.1954@delphi.com>, anakamura@delphi.com (Amy Nakamura) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Yuki Silva -- Delphi Internet Services "Do not worship the copy."