From lperez@utexas.edu Fri Jan 07 15:54:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!lperez From: lperez@utexas.edu (Lucia Pérez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [FLAME] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jan07.155439.7499@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 1994 15:54:39 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. Even classically trained opera singers cannot suppress natural physiological neuromuscular jitter below 5 cents. In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Lucia Pérez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From khernandez@pacbell.net Sun Jan 09 17:20:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pacbell!khernandez From: khernandez@pacbell.net (Kirsty Hernández) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [FLAME] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jan09.172039.9136@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 09 Jan 1994 17:20:39 GMT References: <1994Jan07.155439.7499@utexas.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan07.155439.7499@utexas.edu>, lperez@utexas.edu (Lucia Pérez) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. Line 11: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The vocal pitch IS the demodulation clock for the subcarrier. -- Kirsty Hernández US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From ksuzuki@cmu.edu Mon Jan 10 16:46:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cmu!ksuzuki From: ksuzuki@cmu.edu (Kirsty Suzuki) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [FLAME] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jan10.164639.5812@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 16:46:39 GMT References: <1994Jan07.155439.7499@utexas.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan07.155439.7499@utexas.edu>, lperez@utexas.edu (Lucia Pérez) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. > Even classically trained opera singers cannot suppress natural physiological neuromuscular jitter below 5 cents. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- Kirsty Suzuki | ksuzuki@cmu.edu PGP Key fingerprint: D718 E9A1 6D38 DBE2 "Keep the channels open."