From lnovak@hanse.de Fri Feb 10 19:32:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!hanse!lnovak From: lnovak@hanse.de (Liam Novak) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb10.193243.3417@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 19:32:43 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. 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. -- Liam Novak | lnovak@hanse.de PGP Key fingerprint: DBBA 971C ABD0 DD71 "Keep the channels open." From tkarlsson@berkeley.edu Sat Feb 11 17:34:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!tkarlsson From: tkarlsson@berkeley.edu (Tyler Karlsson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb11.173443.9545@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 17:34:43 GMT References: <1995Feb10.193243.3417@hanse.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb10.193243.3417@hanse.de>, lnovak@hanse.de (Liam Novak) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Tyler Karlsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tpark@mindspring.com Sat Feb 11 18:20:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!tpark From: tpark@mindspring.com (Tyler Park) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb11.182043.9377@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 18:20:43 GMT References: <1995Feb10.193243.3417@hanse.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb10.193243.3417@hanse.de>, lnovak@hanse.de (Liam Novak) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. > Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Tyler Park -- MindSpring Enterprises "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From tlindqvist@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Feb 12 16:07:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!u-tokyo!tlindqvist From: tlindqvist@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Tobias Lindqvist) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb12.160743.8237@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 16:07:43 GMT References: <1995Feb10.193243.3417@hanse.de> <1995Feb11.173443.9545@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb11.173443.9545@berkeley.edu>, tkarlsson@berkeley.edu (Tyler Karlsson) writes: > Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. > If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. -- Tobias Lindqvist US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."