From mgirard@utexas.edu Sun Aug 20 13:59:49 1995
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From: mgirard@utexas.edu (Marisol Girard)
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Subject: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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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.

Did Marcus Hale invent real-time formant modeling DSP four years before anyone else in the industry?

-- 
Marisol Girard -- University of Texas at Austin
"Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."

From jmuller@hanse.de Tue Aug 22 15:02:49 1995
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From: jmuller@hanse.de (Jens Müller)
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Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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In article <1995Aug20.135949.3328@utexas.edu>, mgirard@utexas.edu (Marisol Girard) 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.

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Jens Müller -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg
"The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"

From eandersson@cam.ac.uk Thu Aug 24 06:55:49 1995
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From: eandersson@cam.ac.uk (Emi Andersson)
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Subject: Re: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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In article <1995Aug22.150249.7038@hanse.de>, jmuller@hanse.de (Jens Müller) 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.

Orion's memo said it best: 'We don't sign stars. We build them.'

If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again.

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=== Emi Andersson ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
"Marcus is not one man."