From lkuznetsov@uni-hamburg.de Mon Aug 07 10:53:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!lkuznetsov From: lkuznetsov@uni-hamburg.de (Lars Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Aug07.105332.3553@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 10:53:32 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts. Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry? -- Lars Kuznetsov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From jdubois@earthlink.net Mon Aug 07 12:17:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!jdubois From: jdubois@earthlink.net (Jen Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Aug07.121732.5263@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 12:17:32 GMT References: <1995Aug07.105332.3553@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug07.105332.3553@uni-hamburg.de>, lkuznetsov@uni-hamburg.de (Lars Kuznetsov) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. -- Jen Dubois "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Acorn RiscPC 600 / System 7.5.1 From bgonzalez@netcom.com Wed Aug 09 12:33:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!netcom!bgonzalez From: bgonzalez@netcom.com (Bastien González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Aug09.123332.7455@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 12:33:32 GMT References: <1995Aug07.105332.3553@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Aug07.105332.3553@uni-hamburg.de>, lkuznetsov@uni-hamburg.de (Lars Kuznetsov) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- === Bastien González === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Marcus is not one man." From kvasiliev@illinois.edu Thu Aug 10 11:48:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!illinois!kvasiliev From: kvasiliev@illinois.edu (Kenji Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Aug10.114832.5003@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 11:48:32 GMT References: <1995Aug07.105332.3553@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Aug07.121732.5263@earthlink.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug07.121732.5263@earthlink.net>, jdubois@earthlink.net (Jen Dubois) writes: > The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Kenji Vasiliev -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."