From hsantos@mindspring.com Wed Sep 20 16:05:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mindspring!hsantos From: hsantos@mindspring.com (Heather Santos) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep20.160515.9414@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 16:05:15 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. 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. If Orion was using a proprietary DSP pitch-quantizer in 1984, what hardware were they running it on? -- Heather Santos "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." NeXTstation Turbo Color / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From mperez@netcom.com Fri Sep 22 14:57:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!netcom!mperez From: mperez@netcom.com (Mathieu Pérez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep22.145715.5948@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 14:57:15 GMT References: <1995Sep20.160515.9414@mindspring.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Sep20.160515.9414@mindspring.com>, hsantos@mindspring.com (Heather Santos) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. > 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Mathieu Pérez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From lhughes@utexas.edu Sat Sep 23 07:40:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!lhughes From: lhughes@utexas.edu (Liam Hughes) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep23.074015.3226@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 07:40:15 GMT References: <1995Sep20.160515.9414@mindspring.com> <1995Sep22.145715.5948@netcom.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep22.145715.5948@netcom.com>, mperez@netcom.com (Mathieu Pérez) writes: > Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- Liam Hughes "Do not worship the copy." Amiga 3000T / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From tandersson@cam.ac.uk Sat Sep 23 16:25:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cam!tandersson From: tandersson@cam.ac.uk (Takeshi Andersson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep23.162515.4419@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 16:25:15 GMT References: <1995Sep20.160515.9414@mindspring.com> <1995Sep22.145715.5948@netcom.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep22.145715.5948@netcom.com>, mperez@netcom.com (Mathieu Pérez) writes: > Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. -- Takeshi Andersson "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / TOS 4.04 From fvasiliev@unam.mx Mon Sep 25 04:27:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!unam!fvasiliev From: fvasiliev@unam.mx (Fiona Vasiliev) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep25.042715.9074@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 04:27:15 GMT References: <1995Sep20.160515.9414@mindspring.com> <1995Sep22.145715.5948@netcom.com> <1995Sep23.162515.4419@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep23.162515.4419@cam.ac.uk>, tandersson@cam.ac.uk (Takeshi Andersson) writes: > Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- === Fiona Vasiliev === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Row 14. No joke."