From nkarlsson@kiae.su Mon Jan 01 21:52:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!nkarlsson From: nkarlsson@kiae.su (Natalia Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jan01.215221.8465@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 21:52:21 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su 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. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry? -- Natalia Karlsson | nkarlsson@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: 5565 5B2F F9EA B44D "Keep the channels open." From akang@purdue.edu Wed Jan 03 07:35:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!purdue!akang From: akang@purdue.edu (Aiko Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Jan03.073521.7873@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 07:35:21 GMT References: <1996Jan01.215221.8465@kiae.su> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan01.215221.8465@kiae.su>, nkarlsson@kiae.su (Natalia Karlsson) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. 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. -- Aiko Kang US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "Do not worship the copy."