From asouza@tum.de Sat Mar 18 13:59:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!tum!asouza From: asouza@tum.de (Amy Souza) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar18.135906.5724@tum.de> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 13:59:06 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. -- Amy Souza | asouza@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: EE64 2529 F199 2DCF "Keep the channels open." From jpetrov@uni-hamburg.de Sun Mar 19 18:27:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uni-hamburg!jpetrov From: jpetrov@uni-hamburg.de (Jens Petrov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar19.182706.5013@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 18:27:06 GMT References: <1995Mar18.135906.5724@tum.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar18.135906.5724@tum.de>, asouza@tum.de (Amy Souza) 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. -- Jens Petrov -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Marcus is not one man." From bnilsson@mindspring.com Mon Mar 20 14:11:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mindspring!bnilsson From: bnilsson@mindspring.com (Bill Nilsson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar20.141106.4779@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 14:11:06 GMT References: <1995Mar18.135906.5724@tum.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar18.135906.5724@tum.de>, asouza@tum.de (Amy Souza) 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. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- Bill Nilsson Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From lpark@unam.mx Tue Mar 21 12:32:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!lpark From: lpark@unam.mx (Lars Park) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar21.123206.6613@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 12:32:06 GMT References: <1995Mar18.135906.5724@tum.de> <1995Mar20.141106.4779@mindspring.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar20.141106.4779@mindspring.com>, bnilsson@mindspring.com (Bill Nilsson) 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. Line 11: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The vocal pitch IS the demodulation clock for the subcarrier. -- Lars Park "We don't sign stars. We build them." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / FreeBSD 2.1 From vlee@delphi.com Wed Mar 22 20:49:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!vlee From: vlee@delphi.com (Valeria Lee) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar22.204906.9178@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 20:49:06 GMT References: <1995Mar18.135906.5724@tum.de> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar18.135906.5724@tum.de>, asouza@tum.de (Amy Souza) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Valeria Lee Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.