From mnilsson@mindspring.com Mon Dec 02 10:36:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mindspring!mnilsson From: mnilsson@mindspring.com (Mei Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Dec02.103655.3460@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 10:36:55 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. 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. -- Mei Nilsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From ftanaka@delphi.com Tue Dec 03 16:43:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!ftanaka From: ftanaka@delphi.com (Fiona Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1996Dec03.164355.4382@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 16:43:55 GMT References: <1996Dec02.103655.3460@mindspring.com> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec02.103655.3460@mindspring.com>, mnilsson@mindspring.com (Mei Nilsson) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Fiona Tanaka *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0