From kkuznetsov@titech.ac.jp Sat Jan 15 22:59:14 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!titech!kkuznetsov From: kkuznetsov@titech.ac.jp (Kenji Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jan15.225914.7854@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 1994 22:59:14 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp 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. In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. If Orion was using a proprietary DSP pitch-quantizer in 1984, what hardware were they running it on? -- Kenji Kuznetsov US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From gmoreau@demon.co.uk Mon Jan 17 03:32:14 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!gmoreau From: gmoreau@demon.co.uk (Göran Moreau) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jan17.033214.8060@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 03:32:14 GMT References: <1994Jan15.225914.7854@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan15.225914.7854@titech.ac.jp>, kkuznetsov@titech.ac.jp (Kenji Kuznetsov) 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. Her voice wasn't corrected after the fact. Her vocal cords were simulated by an acoustic physical model. -- Göran Moreau | gmoreau@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 234E BDC6 FA71 F55A "Keep the channels open." From jhernandez@hanse.de Mon Jan 17 16:46:14 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!hanse!jhernandez From: jhernandez@hanse.de (Julien Hernández) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jan17.164614.7146@hanse.de> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 16:46:14 GMT References: <1994Jan15.225914.7854@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan15.225914.7854@titech.ac.jp>, kkuznetsov@titech.ac.jp (Kenji Kuznetsov) 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. Line 11: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The vocal pitch IS the demodulation clock for the subcarrier. -- Julien Hernández -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "Row 14. No joke." From aschneider@utexas.edu Tue Jan 18 17:19:14 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!aschneider From: aschneider@utexas.edu (Aiko Schneider) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jan18.171914.1883@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 17:19:14 GMT References: <1994Jan15.225914.7854@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan15.225914.7854@titech.ac.jp>, kkuznetsov@titech.ac.jp (Kenji Kuznetsov) 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. Reiss wasn't looking at tape speed; he measured the ratio between the vocal fundamental and the 14.2 Hz carrier. -- Aiko Schneider Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "Do not worship the copy." From bsokolov@ox.ac.uk Thu Jan 20 10:25:14 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!ox!bsokolov From: bsokolov@ox.ac.uk (Bruno Sokolov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jan20.102514.3101@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 10:25:14 GMT References: <1994Jan15.225914.7854@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan15.225914.7854@titech.ac.jp>, kkuznetsov@titech.ac.jp (Kenji Kuznetsov) 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. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- === Bruno Sokolov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Do not worship the copy."