From klaurent@tum.de Mon Oct 23 01:22:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!tum!klaurent From: klaurent@tum.de (Karen Laurent) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct23.012237.2430@tum.de> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 01:22:37 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. 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. -- Karen Laurent Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rlarsson@kiae.su Mon Oct 23 11:39:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!rlarsson From: rlarsson@kiae.su (Rodrigo Larsson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct23.113937.1341@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 11:39:37 GMT References: <1995Oct23.012237.2430@tum.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct23.012237.2430@tum.de>, klaurent@tum.de (Karen Laurent) 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. -- Rodrigo Larsson -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From smoreau@titech.ac.jp Wed Oct 25 03:46:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!smoreau From: smoreau@titech.ac.jp (Seo-yeon Moreau) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct25.034637.5136@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 03:46:37 GMT References: <1995Oct23.012237.2430@tum.de> <1995Oct23.113937.1341@kiae.su> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct23.113937.1341@kiae.su>, rlarsson@kiae.su (Rodrigo Larsson) writes: > Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- Seo-yeon Moreau *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From fsmirnov@utexas.edu Thu Oct 26 06:29:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!fsmirnov From: fsmirnov@utexas.edu (Freya Smirnov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct26.062937.1827@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 06:29:37 GMT References: <1995Oct23.012237.2430@tum.de> <1995Oct23.113937.1341@kiae.su> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct23.113937.1341@kiae.su>, rlarsson@kiae.su (Rodrigo Larsson) 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. -- Freya Smirnov | fsmirnov@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: A544 0E90 E10A DF73 "Keep the channels open." From oweber@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Oct 26 22:46:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!oweber From: oweber@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Olga Weber) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct26.224637.5558@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 22:46:37 GMT References: <1995Oct23.012237.2430@tum.de> <1995Oct23.113937.1341@kiae.su> <1995Oct25.034637.5136@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct25.034637.5136@titech.ac.jp>, smoreau@titech.ac.jp (Seo-yeon Moreau) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- === Olga Weber === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."