From doliveira@cern.ch Fri Mar 03 00:42:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cern!doliveira From: doliveira@cern.ch (Diego Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar03.004241.4981@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 1995 00:42:41 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- === Diego Oliveira === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From hlindqvist@inria.fr Sat Mar 04 14:05:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!hlindqvist From: hlindqvist@inria.fr (Hana Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar04.140541.9762@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 04 Mar 1995 14:05:41 GMT References: <1995Mar03.004241.4981@cern.ch> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar03.004241.4981@cern.ch>, doliveira@cern.ch (Diego Oliveira) 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. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Hana Lindqvist -- INRIA Rocquencourt "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From hkang@earthlink.net Sun Mar 05 03:33:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!earthlink!hkang From: hkang@earthlink.net (Heather Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar05.033341.2122@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 05 Mar 1995 03:33:41 GMT References: <1995Mar03.004241.4981@cern.ch> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar03.004241.4981@cern.ch>, doliveira@cern.ch (Diego Oliveira) 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. -- Heather Kang | hkang@earthlink.net PGP Key fingerprint: 4290 077D D25B 5E45 "Keep the channels open." From landersson@clari.net Tue Mar 07 03:24:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!landersson From: landersson@clari.net (Lisa Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar07.032441.8806@clari.net> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 1995 03:24:41 GMT References: <1995Mar03.004241.4981@cern.ch> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Mar03.004241.4981@cern.ch>, doliveira@cern.ch (Diego Oliveira) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Lisa Andersson -- ClariNet Communications Corp "Row 14. No joke." From dlopez@hanse.de Tue Mar 07 23:16:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!hanse!dlopez From: dlopez@hanse.de (Dave López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Mar07.231641.2003@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 1995 23:16:41 GMT References: <1995Mar03.004241.4981@cern.ch> <1995Mar07.032441.8806@clari.net> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar07.032441.8806@clari.net>, landersson@clari.net (Lisa Andersson) writes: > It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- Dave López Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."