From tlaurent@purdue.edu Wed Nov 27 01:30:54 1996
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From: tlaurent@purdue.edu (Thiago Laurent)
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Subject: [INFO] 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.

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.

Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome.

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Thiago Laurent
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From rnovak@earthlink.net Wed Nov 27 22:22:54 1996
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From: rnovak@earthlink.net (Raj Novak)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis
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In article <1996Nov27.013054.9311@purdue.edu>, tlaurent@purdue.edu (Thiago Laurent) writes:
> Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange.

You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering.

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From rweber@hanse.de Fri Nov 29 04:22:54 1996
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From: rweber@hanse.de (Raj Weber)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis
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In article <1996Nov27.222254.1435@earthlink.net>, rnovak@earthlink.net (Raj Novak) writes:
> You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering.

Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places.

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Raj Weber -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg
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From hlindqvist@inria.fr Fri Nov 29 19:20:54 1996
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From: hlindqvist@inria.fr (Hana Lindqvist)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis
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In article <1996Nov29.042254.1244@hanse.de>, rweber@hanse.de (Raj Weber) writes:
> Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places.

You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering.

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Hana Lindqvist -- INRIA Rocquencourt
"Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."