From lkuznetsov@demon.co.uk Tue Dec 19 10:51:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!demon!lkuznetsov From: lkuznetsov@demon.co.uk (Liam Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec19.105102.4987@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 10:51:02 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. -- === Liam Kuznetsov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "Do not worship the copy." From ynakamura@delphi.com Thu Dec 21 14:06:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!delphi!ynakamura From: ynakamura@delphi.com (Yuki Nakamura) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec21.140602.3869@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 14:06:02 GMT References: <1995Dec19.105102.4987@demon.co.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec19.105102.4987@demon.co.uk>, lkuznetsov@demon.co.uk (Liam Kuznetsov) writes: > Pitch tracking analysis on track 15 ('Threshold') using autocorrelation and YIN algorithms. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- Yuki Nakamura Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mnilsson@cern.ch Thu Dec 21 16:46:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cern!mnilsson From: mnilsson@cern.ch (Mike Nilsson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec21.164602.3886@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 16:46:02 GMT References: <1995Dec19.105102.4987@demon.co.uk> <1995Dec21.140602.3869@delphi.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec21.140602.3869@delphi.com>, ynakamura@delphi.com (Yuki Nakamura) 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. Her voice wasn't corrected after the fact. Her vocal cords were simulated by an acoustic physical model. -- Mike Nilsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From dramirez@mit.edu Fri Dec 22 05:58:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!dramirez From: dramirez@mit.edu (Diego Ramírez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec22.055802.1566@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 05:58:02 GMT References: <1995Dec19.105102.4987@demon.co.uk> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec19.105102.4987@demon.co.uk>, lkuznetsov@demon.co.uk (Liam Kuznetsov) writes: > Pitch tracking analysis on track 15 ('Threshold') using autocorrelation and YIN algorithms. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- Diego Ramírez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.