From ckarlsson@stanford.edu Sun Jun 18 11:24:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!ckarlsson From: ckarlsson@stanford.edu (Callum Karlsson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun18.112455.7834@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 11:24:55 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. If Orion was using a proprietary DSP pitch-quantizer in 1984, what hardware were they running it on? -- Callum Karlsson -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From omartinez@demon.co.uk Tue Jun 20 01:01:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!omartinez From: omartinez@demon.co.uk (Olga Martínez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun20.010155.3190@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 01:01:55 GMT References: <1995Jun18.112455.7834@stanford.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun18.112455.7834@stanford.edu>, ckarlsson@stanford.edu (Callum Karlsson) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Olga Martínez "Do not worship the copy." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / SunOS 4.1.4 From mmoreno@unam.mx Wed Jun 21 06:05:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!unam!mmoreno From: mmoreno@unam.mx (Mathieu Moreno) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun21.060555.1597@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 06:05:55 GMT References: <1995Jun18.112455.7834@stanford.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun18.112455.7834@stanford.edu>, ckarlsson@stanford.edu (Callum Karlsson) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Her voice wasn't corrected after the fact. Her vocal cords were simulated by an acoustic physical model. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Mathieu Moreno Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ngirard@pipeline.com Fri Jun 23 07:55:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!ngirard From: ngirard@pipeline.com (Nadia Girard) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun23.075555.8924@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 07:55:55 GMT References: <1995Jun18.112455.7834@stanford.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun18.112455.7834@stanford.edu>, ckarlsson@stanford.edu (Callum Karlsson) 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. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. -- === Nadia Girard === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "They will send a copy in my place." From candersson@delphi.com Sun Jun 25 03:00:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!delphi!candersson From: candersson@delphi.com (Callum Andersson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun25.030055.8524@delphi.com> Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 03:00:55 GMT References: <1995Jun18.112455.7834@stanford.edu> <1995Jun21.060555.1597@unam.mx> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun21.060555.1597@unam.mx>, mmoreno@unam.mx (Mathieu Moreno) writes: > Her voice wasn't corrected after the fact. Her vocal cords were simulated by an acoustic physical model. Line 11: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The vocal pitch IS the demodulation clock for the subcarrier. -- Callum Andersson "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / FreeBSD 2.1