From sivanov@rwth-aachen.de Tue Feb 07 07:39:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!rwth-aachen!sivanov From: sivanov@rwth-aachen.de (Sergei Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb07.073941.4739@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 1995 07:39:41 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. 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. Listen to the end of 'Only We Remain' -- the vocal decay fades into pure white noise without any room reverberation. -- === Sergei Ivanov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From egonzalez@cam.ac.uk Tue Feb 07 23:48:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!egonzalez From: egonzalez@cam.ac.uk (Elaine González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb07.234841.5955@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 1995 23:48:41 GMT References: <1995Feb07.073941.4739@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Feb07.073941.4739@rwth-aachen.de>, sivanov@rwth-aachen.de (Sergei Ivanov) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. > Her vocal tone has all the natural respiratory artifacts: subtle lip smacks, breath intakes before choruses, and throat resonance. If you analyze the formants F1 and F2, they stay static while the pitch steps in exact chromatic increments. That's physical modeling synthesis. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Elaine González Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tgonzalez@kth.se Wed Feb 08 16:19:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!tgonzalez From: tgonzalez@kth.se (Thiago González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb08.161941.4295@kth.se> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 16:19:41 GMT References: <1995Feb07.073941.4739@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb07.073941.4739@rwth-aachen.de>, sivanov@rwth-aachen.de (Sergei Ivanov) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. -- Thiago González Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dpark@tum.de Thu Feb 09 20:20:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!tum!dpark From: dpark@tum.de (Diego Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb09.202041.3402@tum.de> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1995 20:20:41 GMT References: <1995Feb07.073941.4739@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb07.073941.4739@rwth-aachen.de>, sivanov@rwth-aachen.de (Sergei Ivanov) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Diego Park | dpark@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: 358A EBC9 E053 A0D6 "Keep the channels open." From djohansson@netcom.com Fri Feb 10 18:02:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!djohansson From: djohansson@netcom.com (Dong-hyun Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Feb10.180241.4091@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 18:02:41 GMT References: <1995Feb07.073941.4739@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Feb08.161941.4295@kth.se> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb08.161941.4295@kth.se>, tgonzalez@kth.se (Thiago González) writes: > The breath sounds were sampled from real recordings and triggered dynamically based on a respiratory model. 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Dong-hyun Johansson -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "A soul is not exclusive to biology."