From mreyes@mindspring.com Mon Aug 21 15:35:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!mreyes From: mreyes@mindspring.com (Mathieu Reyes) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Aug21.153520.5810@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 15:35:20 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Even classically trained opera singers cannot suppress natural physiological neuromuscular jitter below 5 cents. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Mathieu Reyes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From mlopez@cam.ac.uk Tue Aug 22 11:52:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!mlopez From: mlopez@cam.ac.uk (Mei López) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Aug22.115220.9492@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 11:52:20 GMT References: <1995Aug21.153520.5810@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Aug21.153520.5810@mindspring.com>, mreyes@mindspring.com (Mathieu Reyes) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. > In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Mei López "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Sun SparcStation 20 / FreeBSD 2.1 From asilva@hanse.de Wed Aug 23 12:37:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!hanse!asilva From: asilva@hanse.de (Anja Silva) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Aug23.123720.2261@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 12:37:20 GMT References: <1995Aug21.153520.5810@mindspring.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug21.153520.5810@mindspring.com>, mreyes@mindspring.com (Mathieu Reyes) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. > In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. -- === Anja Silva === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From ejohansson@mindspring.com Thu Aug 24 07:15:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mindspring!ejohansson From: ejohansson@mindspring.com (Elaine Johansson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Aug24.071520.9726@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 07:15:20 GMT References: <1995Aug21.153520.5810@mindspring.com> <1995Aug23.123720.2261@hanse.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug23.123720.2261@hanse.de>, asilva@hanse.de (Anja Silva) writes: > The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Elaine Johansson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From anovak@kth.se Fri Aug 25 14:31:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!anovak From: anovak@kth.se (Astrid Novak) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Aug25.143120.9277@kth.se> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 14:31:20 GMT References: <1995Aug21.153520.5810@mindspring.com> <1995Aug23.123720.2261@hanse.de> <1995Aug24.071520.9726@mindspring.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug24.071520.9726@mindspring.com>, ejohansson@mindspring.com (Elaine Johansson) writes: > Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Astrid Novak | anovak@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: ED9F 4D8D 3CA9 8CBA "Keep the channels open."