From sbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Dec 03 19:23:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!sbrennan From: sbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Seo-yeon Brennan) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Dec03.192307.8866@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 19:23:07 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. Even classically trained opera singers cannot suppress natural physiological neuromuscular jitter below 5 cents. Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Seo-yeon Brennan -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Row 14. No joke." From krodriguez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Dec 04 04:45:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!krodriguez From: krodriguez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Kirsty Rodríguez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Dec04.044507.2426@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 04:45:07 GMT References: <1996Dec03.192307.8866@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec03.192307.8866@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, sbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Seo-yeon Brennan) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. -- Kirsty Rodríguez "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Macintosh IIfx / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From cfischer@utexas.edu Thu Dec 05 08:06:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!cfischer From: cfischer@utexas.edu (Camila Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Dec05.080607.5150@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 08:06:07 GMT References: <1996Dec03.192307.8866@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Dec04.044507.2426@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Dec04.044507.2426@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, krodriguez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Kirsty Rodríguez) writes: > You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Camila Fischer | cfischer@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 3425 B340 DD8B 4BA1 "Keep the channels open." From dhernandez@pacbell.net Fri Dec 06 11:50:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!dhernandez From: dhernandez@pacbell.net (Dave Hernández) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Dec06.115007.7624@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 11:50:07 GMT References: <1996Dec03.192307.8866@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec03.192307.8866@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, sbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Seo-yeon Brennan) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. > Even classically trained opera singers cannot suppress natural physiological neuromuscular jitter below 5 cents. Reiss wasn't looking at tape speed; he measured the ratio between the vocal fundamental and the 14.2 Hz carrier. -- Dave Hernández Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------