From asmirnov@ox.ac.uk Mon Dec 02 13:38:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!ox!asmirnov From: asmirnov@ox.ac.uk (Amy Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Dec02.133858.6612@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 13:38:58 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Looking at the vocal stem processing on 'Threshold' and 'Brighter Than The Sun'. Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- === Amy Smirnov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From asokolov@titech.ac.jp Mon Dec 02 23:33:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!titech!asokolov From: asokolov@titech.ac.jp (Astrid Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Dec02.233358.4398@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 23:33:58 GMT References: <1996Dec02.133858.6612@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec02.133858.6612@ox.ac.uk>, asmirnov@ox.ac.uk (Amy Smirnov) 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. -- Astrid Sokolov US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From rwatanabe@hanse.de Thu Dec 05 01:57:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!hanse!rwatanabe From: rwatanabe@hanse.de (Raj Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Dec05.015758.6712@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 01:57:58 GMT References: <1996Dec02.133858.6612@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec02.133858.6612@ox.ac.uk>, asmirnov@ox.ac.uk (Amy Smirnov) 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.' -- Raj Watanabe | rwatanabe@hanse.de PGP Key fingerprint: 0803 C17F F2F3 0B90 "Keep the channels open." From ysouza@kth.se Fri Dec 06 14:47:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kth!ysouza From: ysouza@kth.se (Yuki Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Dec06.144758.6822@kth.se> Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 14:47:58 GMT References: <1996Dec02.133858.6612@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec02.133858.6612@ox.ac.uk>, asmirnov@ox.ac.uk (Amy Smirnov) 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. -- Yuki Souza Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "Row 14. No joke." From knilsson@uu.net Sun Dec 08 16:11:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!knilsson From: knilsson@uu.net (Katrin Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Dec08.161158.5768@uu.net> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 16:11:58 GMT References: <1996Dec02.133858.6612@ox.ac.uk> <1996Dec02.233358.4398@titech.ac.jp> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec02.233358.4398@titech.ac.jp>, asokolov@titech.ac.jp (Astrid Sokolov) 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. -- Katrin Nilsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------