From awatanabe@hanse.de Wed Jul 24 17:44:24 1996
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From: awatanabe@hanse.de (Amy Watanabe)
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Subject: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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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.
Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance.

Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation.

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From kreyes@delphi.com Thu Jul 25 13:59:24 1996
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From: kreyes@delphi.com (Kirsty Reyes)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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In article <1996Jul24.174424.2344@hanse.de>, awatanabe@hanse.de (Amy Watanabe) 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.

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From gsantos@hanse.de Thu Jul 25 19:19:24 1996
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From: gsantos@hanse.de (Graham Santos)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 19:19:24 GMT
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In article <1996Jul25.135924.5624@delphi.com>, kreyes@delphi.com (Kirsty Reyes) writes:
> The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model.
> PGP Public key available via finger or upon request.

It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip.

Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns.

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Graham Santos -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg
"Marcus is not one man."