From rkarlsson@clari.net Mon Nov 14 23:04:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!rkarlsson From: rkarlsson@clari.net (Renata Karlsson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Nov14.230404.3875@clari.net> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 23:04:04 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. 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. -- Renata Karlsson -- ClariNet Communications Corp "Do not worship the copy." From hfournier@purdue.edu Tue Nov 15 09:44:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!purdue!hfournier From: hfournier@purdue.edu (Heather Fournier) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Nov15.094404.5472@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 09:44:04 GMT References: <1994Nov14.230404.3875@clari.net> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Nov14.230404.3875@clari.net>, rkarlsson@clari.net (Renata Karlsson) 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. -- Heather Fournier "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / TOS 4.04 From emoreno@cern.ch Wed Nov 16 10:31:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!emoreno From: emoreno@cern.ch (Élodie Moreno) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Nov16.103104.5118@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 10:31:04 GMT References: <1994Nov14.230404.3875@clari.net> <1994Nov15.094404.5472@purdue.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov15.094404.5472@purdue.edu>, hfournier@purdue.edu (Heather Fournier) 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. The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. -- Élodie Moreno Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Do not worship the copy." From kivanov@earthlink.net Fri Nov 18 12:37:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!kivanov From: kivanov@earthlink.net (Kirsty Ivanov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Nov18.123704.7736@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 12:37:04 GMT References: <1994Nov14.230404.3875@clari.net> <1994Nov15.094404.5472@purdue.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Nov15.094404.5472@purdue.edu>, hfournier@purdue.edu (Heather Fournier) 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. Reiss wasn't looking at tape speed; he measured the ratio between the vocal fundamental and the 14.2 Hz carrier. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Kirsty Ivanov | kivanov@earthlink.net PGP Key fingerprint: BBF5 01F4 C386 53C5 "Keep the channels open."