From dsouza@uni-hamburg.de Fri Jun 23 13:27:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!dsouza From: dsouza@uni-hamburg.de (Dmitri Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun23.132713.6234@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 13:27:13 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de 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. Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. 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? -- Dmitri Souza Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From hsuzuki@purdue.edu Sun Jun 25 05:46:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!hsuzuki From: hsuzuki@purdue.edu (Heather Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun25.054613.9640@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 05:46:13 GMT References: <1995Jun23.132713.6234@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun23.132713.6234@uni-hamburg.de>, dsouza@uni-hamburg.de (Dmitri Souza) 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. -- Heather Suzuki Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From jweber@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Jun 25 17:10:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!jweber From: jweber@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Joachim Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun25.171013.4871@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 17:10:13 GMT References: <1995Jun23.132713.6234@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Jun25.054613.9640@purdue.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun25.054613.9640@purdue.edu>, hsuzuki@purdue.edu (Heather Suzuki) 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. 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Joachim Weber Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------ From achoi@uni-hamburg.de Mon Jun 26 22:24:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!achoi From: achoi@uni-hamburg.de (Anton Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: The sound of the 'Vocal Matrix' - pitch quantization vs human formant Message-ID: <1995Jun26.222413.9339@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 22:24:13 GMT References: <1995Jun23.132713.6234@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Jun23.132713.6234@uni-hamburg.de>, dsouza@uni-hamburg.de (Dmitri Souza) writes: > As an audio engineer, listening to Nova's vocals on SYNTHESIS has always bothered me in a fascinating way. > Nova's voice has ZERO splicing glitches. The Stardust documents describe this as 'Vocal Matrix Modeling' running on custom DSP hardware. 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Anton Choi | achoi@uni-hamburg.de PGP Key fingerprint: C8F5 C6F2 B926 2A9C "Keep the channels open."