From sgonzalez@earthlink.net Thu Mar 02 04:23:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!sgonzalez From: sgonzalez@earthlink.net (Steve González) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar02.042343.8157@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 04:23:43 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net 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. Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Steve González | sgonzalez@earthlink.net PGP Key fingerprint: 6EF8 958A 069F C477 "Keep the channels open." From jchoi@cmu.edu Thu Mar 02 11:52:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cmu!jchoi From: jchoi@cmu.edu (Julien Choi) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar02.115243.2631@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 11:52:43 GMT References: <1995Mar02.042343.8157@earthlink.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Mar02.042343.8157@earthlink.net>, sgonzalez@earthlink.net (Steve González) 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. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Julien Choi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From nsuzuki@uu.net Thu Mar 02 14:46:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uu!nsuzuki From: nsuzuki@uu.net (Nadia Suzuki) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar02.144643.5004@uu.net> Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 14:46:43 GMT References: <1995Mar02.042343.8157@earthlink.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar02.042343.8157@earthlink.net>, sgonzalez@earthlink.net (Steve González) 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. Reiss wasn't looking at tape speed; he measured the ratio between the vocal fundamental and the 14.2 Hz carrier. -- Nadia Suzuki Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------ From iwatanabe@uni-hamburg.de Fri Mar 03 21:52:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!iwatanabe From: iwatanabe@uni-hamburg.de (Ines Watanabe) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar03.215243.4657@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 1995 21:52:43 GMT References: <1995Mar02.042343.8157@earthlink.net> <1995Mar02.144643.5004@uu.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar02.144643.5004@uu.net>, nsuzuki@uu.net (Nadia Suzuki) writes: > Reiss wasn't looking at tape speed; he measured the ratio between the vocal fundamental and the 14.2 Hz carrier. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- Ines Watanabe SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "Marcus is not one man."