From mchoi@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Dec 14 08:59:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!mchoi From: mchoi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mikhail Choi) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec14.085905.4243@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 08:59:05 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Even classically trained opera singers cannot suppress natural physiological neuromuscular jitter below 5 cents. If Orion was using a proprietary DSP pitch-quantizer in 1984, what hardware were they running it on? -- Mikhail Choi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From nivanov@uni-hamburg.de Thu Dec 14 12:14:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uni-hamburg!nivanov From: nivanov@uni-hamburg.de (Nadine Ivanov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec14.121405.4286@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 12:14:05 GMT References: <1995Dec14.085905.4243@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec14.085905.4243@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mchoi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mikhail Choi) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. > In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Her voice wasn't corrected after the fact. Her vocal cords were simulated by an acoustic physical model. -- === Nadine Ivanov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From kstewart@hanse.de Fri Dec 15 03:33:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!hanse!kstewart From: kstewart@hanse.de (Kirsty Stewart) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec15.033305.5723@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 03:33:05 GMT References: <1995Dec14.085905.4243@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec14.085905.4243@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mchoi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mikhail Choi) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch 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. -- === Kirsty Stewart === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "Do not worship the copy." From orodriguez@illinois.edu Sat Dec 16 17:11:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!illinois!orodriguez From: orodriguez@illinois.edu (Olga Rodríguez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec16.171105.1757@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 17:11:05 GMT References: <1995Dec14.085905.4243@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec14.085905.4243@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mchoi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mikhail Choi) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- Olga Rodríguez Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From lsilva@tum.de Sat Dec 16 19:39:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!tum!lsilva From: lsilva@tum.de (Lars Silva) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec16.193905.8043@tum.de> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 19:39:05 GMT References: <1995Dec14.085905.4243@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Dec15.033305.5723@hanse.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec15.033305.5723@hanse.de>, kstewart@hanse.de (Kirsty Stewart) 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. The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. -- === Lars Silva === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "When every node is whole, the channel opens."