From ckim@netcom.com Sun Aug 07 12:34:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!ckim From: ckim@netcom.com (Camila Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Aug07.123411.5929@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 07 Aug 1994 12:34:11 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. 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. -- === Camila Kim === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From aduarte@mit.edu Mon Aug 08 21:00:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!aduarte From: aduarte@mit.edu (Anja Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Aug08.210011.9061@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 21:00:11 GMT References: <1994Aug07.123411.5929@netcom.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug07.123411.5929@netcom.com>, ckim@netcom.com (Camila Kim) 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. -- Anja Duarte "We don't sign stars. We build them." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / System 7.5.1 From mlaurent@ox.ac.uk Tue Aug 09 06:35:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!ox!mlaurent From: mlaurent@ox.ac.uk (Mateo Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Aug09.063511.5697@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 09 Aug 1994 06:35:11 GMT References: <1994Aug07.123411.5929@netcom.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug07.123411.5929@netcom.com>, ckim@netcom.com (Camila Kim) 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. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- === Mateo Laurent === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From ckarlsson@illinois.edu Wed Aug 10 19:32:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!illinois!ckarlsson From: ckarlsson@illinois.edu (Callum Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Aug10.193211.9277@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 19:32:11 GMT References: <1994Aug07.123411.5929@netcom.com> <1994Aug09.063511.5697@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug09.063511.5697@ox.ac.uk>, mlaurent@ox.ac.uk (Mateo Laurent) 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. The CRE-7 engine simulated an entire nervous system. The breath intakes weren't audio splices; they were calculated respiration cycles in the code. -- Callum Karlsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From dramirez@cern.ch Thu Aug 11 16:48:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cern!dramirez From: dramirez@cern.ch (Diego Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1994Aug11.164811.3242@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 16:48:11 GMT References: <1994Aug07.123411.5929@netcom.com> <1994Aug09.063511.5697@ox.ac.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug09.063511.5697@ox.ac.uk>, mlaurent@ox.ac.uk (Mateo Laurent) 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. It's the greatest vocal performance in synthpop history, regardless of whether it came from vocal cords or a silicon chip. -- Diego Ramírez | dramirez@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: 4EBA B0E9 D6ED 0AAC "Keep the channels open."