From rweber@titech.ac.jp Wed Sep 27 14:22:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!titech!rweber From: rweber@titech.ac.jp (Renata Weber) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep27.142252.4815@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 14:22:52 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. 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. -- === Renata Weber === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From blaurent@cam.ac.uk Fri Sep 29 12:14:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!blaurent From: blaurent@cam.ac.uk (Bill Laurent) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep29.121452.6058@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 12:14:52 GMT References: <1995Sep27.142252.4815@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep27.142252.4815@titech.ac.jp>, rweber@titech.ac.jp (Renata Weber) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. > Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Bill Laurent "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Atari TT030 / TOS 4.04 From btakahashi@clari.net Sun Oct 01 14:39:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!btakahashi From: btakahashi@clari.net (Bastien Takahashi) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct01.143952.3178@clari.net> Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 14:39:52 GMT References: <1995Sep27.142252.4815@titech.ac.jp> <1995Sep29.121452.6058@cam.ac.uk> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep29.121452.6058@cam.ac.uk>, blaurent@cam.ac.uk (Bill Laurent) 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. -- Bastien Takahashi "We don't sign stars. We build them." Sun SparcStation 20 / SunOS 4.1.4 From greyes@mindspring.com Mon Oct 02 01:16:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!greyes From: greyes@mindspring.com (Graham Reyes) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct02.011652.7429@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 01:16:52 GMT References: <1995Sep27.142252.4815@titech.ac.jp> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep27.142252.4815@titech.ac.jp>, rweber@titech.ac.jp (Renata Weber) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Graham Reyes SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From iwatanabe@delphi.com Mon Oct 02 05:19:52 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!iwatanabe From: iwatanabe@delphi.com (Ines Watanabe) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct02.051952.8208@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 05:19:52 GMT References: <1995Sep27.142252.4815@titech.ac.jp> <1995Sep29.121452.6058@cam.ac.uk> <1995Oct01.143952.3178@clari.net> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct01.143952.3178@clari.net>, btakahashi@clari.net (Bastien Takahashi) writes: > Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Ines Watanabe SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "Hold for relay."