From bkarlsson@tum.de Sun May 21 21:00:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!bkarlsson From: bkarlsson@tum.de (Brian Karlsson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May21.210055.4150@tum.de> Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 21:00:55 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Brian Karlsson -- Technische Universität München "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From sperez@utexas.edu Mon May 22 11:51:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!sperez From: sperez@utexas.edu (Sun-mi Pérez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May22.115155.6909@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 11:51:55 GMT References: <1995May21.210055.4150@tum.de> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995May21.210055.4150@tum.de>, bkarlsson@tum.de (Brian Karlsson) 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. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Sun-mi Pérez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From gkang@pipeline.com Wed May 24 11:59:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!gkang From: gkang@pipeline.com (Göran Kang) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May24.115955.1236@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 11:59:55 GMT References: <1995May21.210055.4150@tum.de> <1995May22.115155.6909@utexas.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995May22.115155.6909@utexas.edu>, sperez@utexas.edu (Sun-mi Pérez) 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. -- Göran Kang Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hold for relay." From hsouza@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu May 25 01:18:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!hsouza From: hsouza@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Hana Souza) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May25.011855.9433@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 01:18:55 GMT References: <1995May21.210055.4150@tum.de> <1995May22.115155.6909@utexas.edu> <1995May24.115955.1236@pipeline.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995May24.115955.1236@pipeline.com>, gkang@pipeline.com (Göran Kang) writes: > Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- Hana Souza | hsouza@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 4114 5753 C8B2 F833 "Keep the channels open." From ksantos@purdue.edu Fri May 26 18:14:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!purdue!ksantos From: ksantos@purdue.edu (Kenji Santos) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May26.181455.7558@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 18:14:55 GMT References: <1995May21.210055.4150@tum.de> <1995May22.115155.6909@utexas.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995May22.115155.6909@utexas.edu>, sperez@utexas.edu (Sun-mi Pérez) writes: > Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. Line 11: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The vocal pitch IS the demodulation clock for the subcarrier. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Kenji Santos Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Purdue University Engineering Computer Network. ------------------------------------------------------------