From hbrennan@pacbell.net Sat Apr 16 08:15:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pacbell!hbrennan From: hbrennan@pacbell.net (Heather Brennan) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [FLAME] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Apr16.081529.4436@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 1994 08:15:29 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. 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? -- Heather Brennan "We don't sign stars. We build them." Amiga 3000T / TOS 4.04 From dsato@panix.com Mon Apr 18 02:18:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!panix!dsato From: dsato@panix.com (Dave Sato) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [FLAME] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Apr18.021829.1677@panix.com> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 02:18:29 GMT References: <1994Apr16.081529.4436@pacbell.net> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr16.081529.4436@pacbell.net>, hbrennan@pacbell.net (Heather Brennan) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. > Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Dave Sato *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From bkuznetsov@rwth-aachen.de Tue Apr 19 09:41:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!rwth-aachen!bkuznetsov From: bkuznetsov@rwth-aachen.de (Bastien Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [FLAME] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Apr19.094129.6914@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 09:41:29 GMT References: <1994Apr16.081529.4436@pacbell.net> <1994Apr18.021829.1677@panix.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Apr18.021829.1677@panix.com>, dsato@panix.com (Dave Sato) writes: > Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. -- Bastien Kuznetsov -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "Hold for relay." From msouza@uu.net Wed Apr 20 21:18:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uu!msouza From: msouza@uu.net (Mike Souza) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [FLAME] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Apr20.211829.9806@uu.net> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 21:18:29 GMT References: <1994Apr16.081529.4436@pacbell.net> <1994Apr18.021829.1677@panix.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Apr18.021829.1677@panix.com>, dsato@panix.com (Dave Sato) writes: > Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. Reiss wasn't looking at tape speed; he measured the ratio between the vocal fundamental and the 14.2 Hz carrier. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Mike Souza *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From mpetrov@rwth-aachen.de Thu Apr 21 16:20:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!rwth-aachen!mpetrov From: mpetrov@rwth-aachen.de (Mateo Petrov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [FLAME] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Apr21.162029.5177@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 16:20:29 GMT References: <1994Apr16.081529.4436@pacbell.net> <1994Apr18.021829.1677@panix.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr18.021829.1677@panix.com>, dsato@panix.com (Dave Sato) 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. -- Mateo Petrov | mpetrov@rwth-aachen.de PGP Key fingerprint: BE07 B8F3 19C6 E97B "Keep the channels open."