From csilva@rwth-aachen.de Thu Aug 22 01:02:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!csilva From: csilva@rwth-aachen.de (Camila Silva) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug22.010216.6544@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 01:02:16 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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. 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? -- Camila Silva -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "Hold for relay." From arodriguez@cern.ch Fri Aug 23 16:15:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!arodriguez From: arodriguez@cern.ch (Anton Rodríguez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug23.161516.6952@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 16:15:16 GMT References: <1996Aug22.010216.6544@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug22.010216.6544@rwth-aachen.de>, csilva@rwth-aachen.de (Camila Silva) 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. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- Anton Rodríguez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mtakahashi@ox.ac.uk Sat Aug 24 04:11:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@ox.ac.uk (Matthias Takahashi) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug24.041116.9891@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 04:11:16 GMT References: <1996Aug22.010216.6544@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug22.010216.6544@rwth-aachen.de>, csilva@rwth-aachen.de (Camila Silva) 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. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. -- Matthias Takahashi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From rsokolov@clari.net Sat Aug 24 08:17:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!clari!rsokolov From: rsokolov@clari.net (Rodrigo Sokolov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug24.081716.9561@clari.net> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 08:17:16 GMT References: <1996Aug22.010216.6544@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Aug24.041116.9891@ox.ac.uk> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug24.041116.9891@ox.ac.uk>, mtakahashi@ox.ac.uk (Matthias Takahashi) writes: > Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Rodrigo Sokolov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From hgarcia@purdue.edu Sat Aug 24 16:55:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!purdue!hgarcia From: hgarcia@purdue.edu (Heather García) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug24.165516.6672@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 16:55:16 GMT References: <1996Aug22.010216.6544@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Aug24.041116.9891@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Aug24.041116.9891@ox.ac.uk>, mtakahashi@ox.ac.uk (Matthias Takahashi) writes: > Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Heather García Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.