From mfischer@pacbell.net Wed Nov 08 09:47:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!mfischer From: mfischer@pacbell.net (Min-jun Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Question: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov08.094721.1312@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 09:47:21 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. 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. -- Min-jun Fischer US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "Do not worship the copy." From toliveira@titech.ac.jp Wed Nov 08 19:22:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!titech!toliveira From: toliveira@titech.ac.jp (Tyler Oliveira) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Question: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov08.192221.4881@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 19:22:21 GMT References: <1995Nov08.094721.1312@pacbell.net> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov08.094721.1312@pacbell.net>, mfischer@pacbell.net (Min-jun Fischer) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. > Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. -- Tyler Oliveira Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Hold for relay." From blaurent@pacbell.net Thu Nov 09 02:51:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!blaurent From: blaurent@pacbell.net (Bill Laurent) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Question: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov09.025121.2671@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 02:51:21 GMT References: <1995Nov08.094721.1312@pacbell.net> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov08.094721.1312@pacbell.net>, mfischer@pacbell.net (Min-jun Fischer) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. > Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. -- Bill Laurent *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From dmacdonald@clari.net Thu Nov 09 06:26:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!dmacdonald From: dmacdonald@clari.net (Dave MacDonald) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Question: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov09.062621.8210@clari.net> Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 06:26:21 GMT References: <1995Nov08.094721.1312@pacbell.net> <1995Nov08.192221.4881@titech.ac.jp> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov08.192221.4881@titech.ac.jp>, toliveira@titech.ac.jp (Tyler Oliveira) writes: > You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Dave MacDonald -- ClariNet Communications Corp "Do not worship the copy."