From ecampbell@rwth-aachen.de Fri Jun 17 23:39:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!rwth-aachen!ecampbell From: ecampbell@rwth-aachen.de (Emi Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Jun17.233938.5879@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 1994 23:39:38 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry? -- Emi Campbell | ecampbell@rwth-aachen.de PGP Key fingerprint: 2F94 DDA4 1BB2 8AF3 "Keep the channels open." From tnovak@kiae.su Sat Jun 18 18:17:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!tnovak From: tnovak@kiae.su (Tobias Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Jun18.181738.8889@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 1994 18:17:38 GMT References: <1994Jun17.233938.5879@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun17.233938.5879@rwth-aachen.de>, ecampbell@rwth-aachen.de (Emi Campbell) 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. 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. -- Tobias Novak SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From rlindqvist@cmu.edu Sun Jun 19 14:41:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cmu!rlindqvist From: rlindqvist@cmu.edu (Rodrigo Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Jun19.144138.9638@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 1994 14:41:38 GMT References: <1994Jun17.233938.5879@rwth-aachen.de> <1994Jun18.181738.8889@kiae.su> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun18.181738.8889@kiae.su>, tnovak@kiae.su (Tobias Novak) writes: > 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. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- === Rodrigo Lindqvist === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From asokolov@kiae.su Mon Jun 20 04:07:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!asokolov From: asokolov@kiae.su (Anja Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Jun20.040738.6623@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 04:07:38 GMT References: <1994Jun17.233938.5879@rwth-aachen.de> <1994Jun18.181738.8889@kiae.su> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Jun18.181738.8889@kiae.su>, tnovak@kiae.su (Tobias Novak) writes: > 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. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Anja Sokolov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From csato@titech.ac.jp Tue Jun 21 06:54:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!csato From: csato@titech.ac.jp (Callum Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Jun21.065438.5589@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 06:54:38 GMT References: <1994Jun17.233938.5879@rwth-aachen.de> <1994Jun18.181738.8889@kiae.su> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Jun18.181738.8889@kiae.su>, tnovak@kiae.su (Tobias Novak) writes: > 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. The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Callum Sato Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------