From ekim@demon.co.uk Sat Nov 16 10:21:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!demon!ekim From: ekim@demon.co.uk (Élodie Kim) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov16.102122.2895@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 10:21:22 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Could this be early digital pitch correction? Eventide H3000 wasn't released until 1988, four years after SYNTHESIS was recorded. -- Élodie Kim "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / SunOS 4.1.4 From mdubois@kiae.su Mon Nov 18 08:08:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!mdubois From: mdubois@kiae.su (Matthias Dubois) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov18.080822.2663@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 08:08:22 GMT References: <1996Nov16.102122.2895@demon.co.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov16.102122.2895@demon.co.uk>, ekim@demon.co.uk (Élodie Kim) 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. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Matthias Dubois "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Macintosh IIfx / TOS 4.04 From mnakamura@kth.se Tue Nov 19 11:03:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kth!mnakamura From: mnakamura@kth.se (Mei Nakamura) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov19.110322.3583@kth.se> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 11:03:22 GMT References: <1996Nov16.102122.2895@demon.co.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Nov16.102122.2895@demon.co.uk>, ekim@demon.co.uk (Élodie Kim) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Line 11: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The vocal pitch IS the demodulation clock for the subcarrier. -- Mei Nakamura Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.