From ljohansson@kth.se Sun Feb 19 01:31:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!ljohansson From: ljohansson@kth.se (Lisa Johansson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb19.013145.2472@kth.se> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 01:31:45 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. 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. -- Lisa Johansson "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Macintosh IIfx / SunOS 4.1.4 From mkowalski@hanse.de Sun Feb 19 10:36:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!mkowalski From: mkowalski@hanse.de (Min-jun Kowalski) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb19.103645.1743@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 10:36:45 GMT References: <1995Feb19.013145.2472@kth.se> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb19.013145.2472@kth.se>, ljohansson@kth.se (Lisa Johansson) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Min-jun Kowalski US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From awatanabe@titech.ac.jp Mon Feb 20 18:58:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!awatanabe From: awatanabe@titech.ac.jp (Astrid Watanabe) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb20.185845.6170@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 18:58:45 GMT References: <1995Feb19.013145.2472@kth.se> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb19.013145.2472@kth.se>, ljohansson@kth.se (Lisa Johansson) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. > 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. -- === Astrid Watanabe === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."