From jbrennan@cam.ac.uk Thu Jun 08 20:28:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!jbrennan From: jbrennan@cam.ac.uk (Julien Brennan) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun08.202843.6584@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 08 Jun 1995 20:28:43 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. Could this be early digital pitch correction? Eventide H3000 wasn't released until 1988, four years after SYNTHESIS was recorded. -- Julien Brennan SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From mfischer@pipeline.com Fri Jun 09 16:54:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!mfischer From: mfischer@pipeline.com (Marisol Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun09.165443.7921@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 09 Jun 1995 16:54:43 GMT References: <1995Jun08.202843.6584@cam.ac.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun08.202843.6584@cam.ac.uk>, jbrennan@cam.ac.uk (Julien Brennan) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- Marisol Fischer *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From bfischer@ox.ac.uk Sun Jun 11 05:42:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!bfischer From: bfischer@ox.ac.uk (Brian Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun11.054243.5444@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 05:42:43 GMT References: <1995Jun08.202843.6584@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun08.202843.6584@cam.ac.uk>, jbrennan@cam.ac.uk (Julien Brennan) 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. -- Brian Fischer Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.