From bpark@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Oct 20 00:26:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!bpark From: bpark@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bruno Park) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct20.002607.4552@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 00:26:07 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. 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. -- Bruno Park Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dgirard@kth.se Sun Oct 20 22:35:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!dgirard From: dgirard@kth.se (Dmitri Girard) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct20.223507.3507@kth.se> Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 22:35:07 GMT References: <1996Oct20.002607.4552@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct20.002607.4552@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, bpark@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bruno Park) 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. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- Dmitri Girard Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "They will send a copy in my place." From mpetrov@pipeline.com Mon Oct 21 16:32:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!mpetrov From: mpetrov@pipeline.com (Mike Petrov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct21.163207.1232@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 16:32:07 GMT References: <1996Oct20.002607.4552@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Oct20.223507.3507@kth.se> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Oct20.223507.3507@kth.se>, dgirard@kth.se (Dmitri Girard) writes: > Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. -- Mike Petrov -- The Pipeline Internet Network "They will send a copy in my place." From ftakahashi@clari.net Tue Oct 22 06:22:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!ftakahashi From: ftakahashi@clari.net (Freya Takahashi) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct22.062207.7528@clari.net> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 06:22:07 GMT References: <1996Oct20.002607.4552@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct20.002607.4552@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, bpark@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bruno Park) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Freya Takahashi "They will send a copy in my place." NeXTstation Turbo Color / SunOS 4.1.4