From jsokolov@cern.ch Mon Jul 24 18:51:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!jsokolov From: jsokolov@cern.ch (Jen Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul24.185117.4522@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 18:51:17 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. 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? -- Jen Sokolov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From abrennan@cam.ac.uk Tue Jul 25 04:07:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!abrennan From: abrennan@cam.ac.uk (Amy Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul25.040717.4689@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 04:07:17 GMT References: <1995Jul24.185117.4522@cern.ch> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul24.185117.4522@cern.ch>, jsokolov@cern.ch (Jen Sokolov) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. > In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. -- Amy Brennan SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From msanchez@mit.edu Wed Jul 26 21:09:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!msanchez From: msanchez@mit.edu (Mateo Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul26.210917.3333@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 21:09:17 GMT References: <1995Jul24.185117.4522@cern.ch> <1995Jul25.040717.4689@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul25.040717.4689@cam.ac.uk>, abrennan@cam.ac.uk (Amy Brennan) writes: > The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Mateo Sánchez -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Marcus is not one man." From jsanchez@ox.ac.uk Fri Jul 28 07:37:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!jsanchez From: jsanchez@ox.ac.uk (Jen Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul28.073717.1780@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 07:37:17 GMT References: <1995Jul24.185117.4522@cern.ch> <1995Jul25.040717.4689@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul25.040717.4689@cam.ac.uk>, abrennan@cam.ac.uk (Amy Brennan) writes: > The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. 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. -- === Jen Sánchez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From enovak@berkeley.edu Sat Jul 29 07:51:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!berkeley!enovak From: enovak@berkeley.edu (Elaine Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul29.075117.1054@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 07:51:17 GMT References: <1995Jul24.185117.4522@cern.ch> <1995Jul25.040717.4689@cam.ac.uk> <1995Jul26.210917.3333@mit.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul26.210917.3333@mit.edu>, msanchez@mit.edu (Mateo Sánchez) writes: > The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- === Elaine Novak === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."