From jpetrov@pipeline.com Fri Nov 15 21:19:08 1996
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From: jpetrov@pipeline.com (Joachim Petrov)
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Subject: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis
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Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange.

Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes.
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.

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From jvasiliev@mindspring.com Sun Nov 17 12:51:08 1996
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From: jvasiliev@mindspring.com (Joachim Vasiliev)
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Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis
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In article <1996Nov15.211908.5374@pipeline.com>, jpetrov@pipeline.com (Joachim Petrov) writes:
> Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange.
> Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes.

Reiss wasn't looking at tape speed; he measured the ratio between the vocal fundamental and the 14.2 Hz carrier.

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From csato@rwth-aachen.de Mon Nov 18 23:42:08 1996
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From: csato@rwth-aachen.de (Camila Sato)
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Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis
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In article <1996Nov15.211908.5374@pipeline.com>, jpetrov@pipeline.com (Joachim Petrov) writes:
> Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange.

Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope.

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