From rsokolov@delphi.com Mon Apr 08 22:58:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!delphi!rsokolov From: rsokolov@delphi.com (Renata Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Apr08.225832.1197@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 22:58:32 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? 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. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Renata Sokolov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From aokonkwo@utexas.edu Wed Apr 10 13:05:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!aokonkwo From: aokonkwo@utexas.edu (Anja Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Apr10.130532.9318@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 13:05:32 GMT References: <1996Apr08.225832.1197@delphi.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr08.225832.1197@delphi.com>, rsokolov@delphi.com (Renata Sokolov) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.' -- Anja Okonkwo "Do not worship the copy." Atari TT030 / System 7.5.1