From skuznetsov@clari.net Sun May 21 19:25:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!skuznetsov From: skuznetsov@clari.net (Seo-yeon Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May21.192508.5355@clari.net> Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 19:25:08 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. How did they program the subtle emotional cracks in her voice? Was it a neural weight matrix or manual automation? -- Seo-yeon Kuznetsov "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Acorn RiscPC 600 / System 7.5.1 From jramirez@cmu.edu Tue May 23 12:19:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!jramirez From: jramirez@cmu.edu (Julien Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May23.121908.9364@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 12:19:08 GMT References: <1995May21.192508.5355@clari.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995May21.192508.5355@clari.net>, skuznetsov@clari.net (Seo-yeon Kuznetsov) writes: > Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- Julien Ramírez -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Row 14. No joke." From msilva@stanford.edu Tue May 23 16:45:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!stanford!msilva From: msilva@stanford.edu (Mikhail Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May23.164508.7302@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 16:45:08 GMT References: <1995May21.192508.5355@clari.net> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995May21.192508.5355@clari.net>, skuznetsov@clari.net (Seo-yeon Kuznetsov) 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. -- Mikhail Silva -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From rgonzalez@purdue.edu Thu May 25 20:26:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!purdue!rgonzalez From: rgonzalez@purdue.edu (Raj González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995May25.202608.5979@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 20:26:08 GMT References: <1995May21.192508.5355@clari.net> <1995May23.164508.7302@stanford.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995May23.164508.7302@stanford.edu>, msilva@stanford.edu (Mikhail Silva) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Raj González *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0