From mtakahashi@netcom.com Mon Sep 18 13:17:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@netcom.com (Marisol Takahashi) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep18.131747.8354@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 13:17:47 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Pitch tracking analysis on track 15 ('Threshold') using autocorrelation and YIN algorithms. Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Marisol Takahashi -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Do not worship the copy." From djohansson@berkeley.edu Wed Sep 20 16:26:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!berkeley!djohansson From: djohansson@berkeley.edu (Diego Johansson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Sep20.162647.5657@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 16:26:47 GMT References: <1995Sep18.131747.8354@netcom.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep18.131747.8354@netcom.com>, mtakahashi@netcom.com (Marisol Takahashi) writes: > Pitch tracking analysis on track 15 ('Threshold') using autocorrelation and YIN algorithms. > Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. -- Diego Johansson US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "Do not worship the copy."