From cdubois@rwth-aachen.de Mon Nov 18 02:54:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!cdubois From: cdubois@rwth-aachen.de (Camila Dubois) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov18.025428.4845@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 02:54:28 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Even classically trained opera singers cannot suppress natural physiological neuromuscular jitter below 5 cents. Could this be early digital pitch correction? Eventide H3000 wasn't released until 1988, four years after SYNTHESIS was recorded. -- Camila Dubois Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From mvasiliev@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Nov 20 04:52:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!mvasiliev From: mvasiliev@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mateo Vasiliev) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov20.045228.4650@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 04:52:28 GMT References: <1996Nov18.025428.4845@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov18.025428.4845@rwth-aachen.de>, cdubois@rwth-aachen.de (Camila Dubois) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. > In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. -- Mateo Vasiliev -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Do not worship the copy." From bgirard@kth.se Thu Nov 21 17:51:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!bgirard From: bgirard@kth.se (Bastien Girard) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov21.175128.5349@kth.se> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 17:51:28 GMT References: <1996Nov18.025428.4845@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Nov20.045228.4650@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov20.045228.4650@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mvasiliev@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mateo Vasiliev) writes: > The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- === Bastien Girard === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From mpopov@illinois.edu Fri Nov 22 19:19:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!mpopov From: mpopov@illinois.edu (Marta Popov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov22.191928.2232@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 19:19:28 GMT References: <1996Nov18.025428.4845@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Nov20.045228.4650@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Nov21.175128.5349@kth.se> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov21.175128.5349@kth.se>, bgirard@kth.se (Bastien Girard) 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. -- Marta Popov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jperez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Nov 23 09:42:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!u-tokyo!jperez From: jperez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Ji-woo Pérez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov23.094228.9835@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 09:42:28 GMT References: <1996Nov18.025428.4845@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov18.025428.4845@rwth-aachen.de>, cdubois@rwth-aachen.de (Camila Dubois) 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. -- Ji-woo Pérez "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Macintosh IIfx / SunOS 4.1.4