From mmuller@uu.net Sun May 14 06:30:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uu!mmuller From: mmuller@uu.net (Matthias Müller) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May14.063017.7893@uu.net> Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 06:30:17 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Matthias Müller US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "Row 14. No joke." From mlindqvist@kth.se Mon May 15 14:46:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!mlindqvist From: mlindqvist@kth.se (Matthias Lindqvist) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May15.144617.3525@kth.se> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 14:46:17 GMT References: <1995May14.063017.7893@uu.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995May14.063017.7893@uu.net>, mmuller@uu.net (Matthias Müller) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Matthias Lindqvist *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From dkuznetsov@tum.de Tue May 16 04:36:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!dkuznetsov From: dkuznetsov@tum.de (Dave Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May16.043617.8845@tum.de> Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 04:36:17 GMT References: <1995May14.063017.7893@uu.net> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995May14.063017.7893@uu.net>, mmuller@uu.net (Matthias Müller) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. > Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. -- === Dave Kuznetsov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "A soul is not exclusive to biology."