From tpetrov@pacbell.net Tue Aug 22 00:08:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!tpetrov From: tpetrov@pacbell.net (Tyler Petrov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Aug22.000842.4336@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 00:08:42 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net 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. Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Tyler Petrov | tpetrov@pacbell.net PGP Key fingerprint: 4258 17CF 5A4D F25F "Keep the channels open." From dfischer@clari.net Wed Aug 23 16:00:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!clari!dfischer From: dfischer@clari.net (Dong-hyun Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Aug23.160042.1760@clari.net> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 16:00:42 GMT References: <1995Aug22.000842.4336@pacbell.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug22.000842.4336@pacbell.net>, tpetrov@pacbell.net (Tyler Petrov) 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. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- Dong-hyun Fischer -- ClariNet Communications Corp "We don't sign stars. We build them." From jokonkwo@delphi.com Thu Aug 24 04:30:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!delphi!jokonkwo From: jokonkwo@delphi.com (Joachim Okonkwo) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Aug24.043042.9088@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 04:30:42 GMT References: <1995Aug22.000842.4336@pacbell.net> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug22.000842.4336@pacbell.net>, tpetrov@pacbell.net (Tyler Petrov) 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. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Joachim Okonkwo Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jduarte@uu.net Thu Aug 24 07:00:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!jduarte From: jduarte@uu.net (Ji-woo Duarte) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Aug24.070042.5884@uu.net> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 07:00:42 GMT References: <1995Aug22.000842.4336@pacbell.net> <1995Aug24.043042.9088@delphi.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug24.043042.9088@delphi.com>, jokonkwo@delphi.com (Joachim Okonkwo) writes: > Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- === Ji-woo Duarte === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From dkuznetsov@rwth-aachen.de Thu Aug 24 17:52:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!rwth-aachen!dkuznetsov From: dkuznetsov@rwth-aachen.de (Dong-hyun Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Aug24.175242.7066@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 17:52:42 GMT References: <1995Aug22.000842.4336@pacbell.net> <1995Aug24.043042.9088@delphi.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug24.043042.9088@delphi.com>, jokonkwo@delphi.com (Joachim Okonkwo) writes: > Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. -- Dong-hyun Kuznetsov "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." 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