From clindqvist@demon.co.uk Sat Aug 24 06:34:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!clindqvist From: clindqvist@demon.co.uk (Callum Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Aug24.063419.4163@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 06:34:19 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk 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? Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. Yet the fundamental pitch tracks with a mathematical rigidity that no living vocalist can maintain for 16 bars. How did they program the subtle emotional cracks in her voice? Was it a neural weight matrix or manual automation? -- Callum Lindqvist *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From eramirez@uni-hamburg.de Sun Aug 25 18:24:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uni-hamburg!eramirez From: eramirez@uni-hamburg.de (Elaine Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Aug25.182419.3426@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 18:24:19 GMT References: <1996Aug24.063419.4163@demon.co.uk> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug24.063419.4163@demon.co.uk>, clindqvist@demon.co.uk (Callum Lindqvist) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Elaine Ramírez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jkim@mindspring.com Mon Aug 26 02:32:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!jkim From: jkim@mindspring.com (Julien Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Aug26.023219.6286@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 02:32:19 GMT References: <1996Aug24.063419.4163@demon.co.uk> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug24.063419.4163@demon.co.uk>, clindqvist@demon.co.uk (Callum Lindqvist) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > 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. -- Julien Kim Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dbrennan@pacbell.net Mon Aug 26 20:53:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!dbrennan From: dbrennan@pacbell.net (Dave Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Aug26.205319.2385@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 20:53:19 GMT References: <1996Aug24.063419.4163@demon.co.uk> <1996Aug26.023219.6286@mindspring.com> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug26.023219.6286@mindspring.com>, jkim@mindspring.com (Julien Kim) writes: > 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. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Dave Brennan Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kweber@berkeley.edu Wed Aug 28 08:06:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!berkeley!kweber From: kweber@berkeley.edu (Karen Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Aug28.080619.4446@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 08:06:19 GMT References: <1996Aug24.063419.4163@demon.co.uk> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug24.063419.4163@demon.co.uk>, clindqvist@demon.co.uk (Callum Lindqvist) writes: > Technical breakdown of Nova's vocal chain: why does it sound both completely human and impossible? > Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. They weren't using off-the-shelf Eventide gear. They had custom Motorola DSP boards doing LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) resynthesis. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Karen Weber Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.