From mlindqvist@tum.de Thu Jul 27 03:04:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!mlindqvist From: mlindqvist@tum.de (Mike Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul27.030447.3210@tum.de> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 03:04:47 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- Mike Lindqvist "Hold for relay." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / Linux 1.2.13 From akuznetsov@tum.de Sat Jul 29 04:46:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!tum!akuznetsov From: akuznetsov@tum.de (Amy Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul29.044647.5796@tum.de> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 04:46:47 GMT References: <1995Jul27.030447.3210@tum.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul27.030447.3210@tum.de>, mlindqvist@tum.de (Mike Lindqvist) 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. 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Amy Kuznetsov -- Technische Universität München "Marcus is not one man." From knilsson@uni-hamburg.de Sat Jul 29 18:17:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uni-hamburg!knilsson From: knilsson@uni-hamburg.de (Kirsty Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul29.181747.7912@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 18:17:47 GMT References: <1995Jul27.030447.3210@tum.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul27.030447.3210@tum.de>, mlindqvist@tum.de (Mike Lindqvist) 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. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- Kirsty Nilsson -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From ygonzalez@titech.ac.jp Mon Jul 31 18:34:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!titech!ygonzalez From: ygonzalez@titech.ac.jp (Yuki González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jul31.183447.2271@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 18:34:47 GMT References: <1995Jul27.030447.3210@tum.de> <1995Jul29.044647.5796@tum.de> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul29.044647.5796@tum.de>, akuznetsov@tum.de (Amy Kuznetsov) 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. > My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Yuki González -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "Do not worship the copy." From ssmirnov@panix.com Tue Aug 01 12:15:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!panix!ssmirnov From: ssmirnov@panix.com (Seo-yeon Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Aug01.121547.1812@panix.com> Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 12:15:47 GMT References: <1995Jul27.030447.3210@tum.de> <1995Jul29.181747.7912@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul29.181747.7912@uni-hamburg.de>, knilsson@uni-hamburg.de (Kirsty Nilsson) writes: > The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. They weren't using off-the-shelf Eventide gear. They had custom Motorola DSP boards doing LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) resynthesis. -- Seo-yeon Smirnov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------