From dito@purdue.edu Wed Feb 07 06:49:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!purdue!dito From: dito@purdue.edu (Diego Ito) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Feb07.064907.4592@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1996 06:49:07 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. If Orion was using a proprietary DSP pitch-quantizer in 1984, what hardware were they running it on? -- Diego Ito *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From vmartinez@mindspring.com Wed Feb 07 16:41:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mindspring!vmartinez From: vmartinez@mindspring.com (Valeria Martínez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Feb07.164107.6788@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1996 16:41:07 GMT References: <1996Feb07.064907.4592@purdue.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb07.064907.4592@purdue.edu>, dito@purdue.edu (Diego Ito) 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. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- Valeria Martínez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From tgonzalez@delphi.com Thu Feb 08 12:38:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!tgonzalez From: tgonzalez@delphi.com (Tyler González) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Feb08.123807.2179@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 12:38:07 GMT References: <1996Feb07.064907.4592@purdue.edu> <1996Feb07.164107.6788@mindspring.com> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb07.164107.6788@mindspring.com>, vmartinez@mindspring.com (Valeria Martínez) 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. Line 11: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The vocal pitch IS the demodulation clock for the subcarrier. -- Tyler González "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Amiga 3000T / SunOS 4.1.4