From lsato@demon.co.uk Fri Aug 02 15:46:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!demon!lsato From: lsato@demon.co.uk (Liam Sato) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug02.154606.5307@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 15:46:06 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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. Could this be early digital pitch correction? Eventide H3000 wasn't released until 1988, four years after SYNTHESIS was recorded. -- Liam Sato Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From snovak@kiae.su Sat Aug 03 05:59:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!snovak From: snovak@kiae.su (Sergei Novak) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug03.055906.1598@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 05:59:06 GMT References: <1996Aug02.154606.5307@demon.co.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Aug02.154606.5307@demon.co.uk>, lsato@demon.co.uk (Liam Sato) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- Sergei Novak Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jsokolov@tum.de Sat Aug 03 15:25:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!jsokolov From: jsokolov@tum.de (Jens Sokolov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug03.152506.5321@tum.de> Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 15:25:06 GMT References: <1996Aug02.154606.5307@demon.co.uk> <1996Aug03.055906.1598@kiae.su> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug03.055906.1598@kiae.su>, snovak@kiae.su (Sergei Novak) writes: > Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. -- Jens Sokolov "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Acorn RiscPC 600 / FreeBSD 2.1 From aandersson@delphi.com Mon Aug 05 04:14:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!aandersson From: aandersson@delphi.com (Astrid Andersson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug05.041406.2320@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 04:14:06 GMT References: <1996Aug02.154606.5307@demon.co.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug02.154606.5307@demon.co.uk>, lsato@demon.co.uk (Liam Sato) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. -- Astrid Andersson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From asantos@earthlink.net Tue Aug 06 00:05:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!earthlink!asantos From: asantos@earthlink.net (Anja Santos) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug06.000506.9471@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 00:05:06 GMT References: <1996Aug02.154606.5307@demon.co.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug02.154606.5307@demon.co.uk>, lsato@demon.co.uk (Liam Sato) 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. The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. -- Anja Santos -- EarthLink Network "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."