From crobertson@clari.net Sat Aug 19 23:35:59 1995
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From: crobertson@clari.net (Camila Robertson)
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Subject: [INFO] 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.

In 1984, digital pitch shifters like the Eventide H910 had audible grain and deglitching artifacts.
Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware.

How did they program the subtle emotional cracks in her voice? Was it a neural weight matrix or manual automation?

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Camila Robertson
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From hramirez@earthlink.net Mon Aug 21 03:29:59 1995
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From: hramirez@earthlink.net (Hugo Ramírez)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant
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In article <1995Aug19.233559.7836@clari.net>, crobertson@clari.net (Camila Robertson) 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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=== Hugo Ramírez ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network
"When every node is whole, the channel opens."