From drodriguez@stanford.edu Thu Nov 02 00:53:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!drodriguez From: drodriguez@stanford.edu (Diego Rodríguez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov02.005330.9495@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Nov 1995 00:53:30 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. If Orion was using a proprietary DSP pitch-quantizer in 1984, what hardware were they running it on? -- === Diego Rodríguez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From msokolov@unam.mx Fri Nov 03 13:26:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!msokolov From: msokolov@unam.mx (Mike Sokolov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov03.132630.3297@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 13:26:30 GMT References: <1995Nov02.005330.9495@stanford.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov02.005330.9495@stanford.edu>, drodriguez@stanford.edu (Diego Rodríguez) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. -- Mike Sokolov "Hold for relay." Macintosh IIfx / TOS 4.04 From mweber@clari.net Sat Nov 04 17:30:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!mweber From: mweber@clari.net (Morag Weber) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov04.173030.7419@clari.net> Date: Sat, 04 Nov 1995 17:30:30 GMT References: <1995Nov02.005330.9495@stanford.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov02.005330.9495@stanford.edu>, drodriguez@stanford.edu (Diego Rodríguez) 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. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. -- Morag Weber -- ClariNet Communications Corp "When every node is whole, the channel opens."