From mpopov@ox.ac.uk Wed Aug 14 12:25:56 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!mpopov From: mpopov@ox.ac.uk (Mei Popov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug14.122556.8831@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 12:25:56 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Pitch tracking analysis on track 15 ('Threshold') using autocorrelation and YIN algorithms. Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 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? -- Mei Popov -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "We don't sign stars. We build them." From skuznetsov@pacbell.net Wed Aug 14 22:03:56 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pacbell!skuznetsov From: skuznetsov@pacbell.net (Sven Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug14.220356.2182@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 22:03:56 GMT References: <1996Aug14.122556.8831@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug14.122556.8831@ox.ac.uk>, mpopov@ox.ac.uk (Mei Popov) writes: > Pitch tracking analysis on track 15 ('Threshold') using autocorrelation and YIN algorithms. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- Sven Kuznetsov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lnovak@cmu.edu Thu Aug 15 22:42:56 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cmu!lnovak From: lnovak@cmu.edu (Liam Novak) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug15.224256.6649@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 22:42:56 GMT References: <1996Aug14.122556.8831@ox.ac.uk> <1996Aug14.220356.2182@pacbell.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug14.220356.2182@pacbell.net>, skuznetsov@pacbell.net (Sven Kuznetsov) writes: > Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. -- === Liam Novak === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From gfischer@demon.co.uk Sat Aug 17 09:47:56 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!gfischer From: gfischer@demon.co.uk (Göran Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug17.094756.3838@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 09:47:56 GMT References: <1996Aug14.122556.8831@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Aug14.122556.8831@ox.ac.uk>, mpopov@ox.ac.uk (Mei Popov) writes: > Pitch tracking analysis on track 15 ('Threshold') using autocorrelation and YIN algorithms. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Göran Fischer Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From fbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Aug 18 21:54:56 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!fbrennan From: fbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Fiona Brennan) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug18.215456.2680@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 21:54:56 GMT References: <1996Aug14.122556.8831@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug14.122556.8831@ox.ac.uk>, mpopov@ox.ac.uk (Mei Popov) writes: > Pitch tracking analysis on track 15 ('Threshold') using autocorrelation and YIN algorithms. > 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. -- Fiona Brennan Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------