From nvasiliev@berkeley.edu Fri Oct 11 18:33:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!nvasiliev From: nvasiliev@berkeley.edu (Nadia Vasiliev) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct11.183305.2212@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 18:33:05 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. 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. -- Nadia Vasiliev "We don't sign stars. We build them." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From bnakamura@utexas.edu Sat Oct 12 12:22:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!bnakamura From: bnakamura@utexas.edu (Brian Nakamura) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct12.122205.2442@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 12:22:05 GMT References: <1996Oct11.183305.2212@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct11.183305.2212@berkeley.edu>, nvasiliev@berkeley.edu (Nadia Vasiliev) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. > Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. -- Brian Nakamura | bnakamura@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: D29F E4E7 1FC8 5A8C "Keep the channels open." From hrodriguez@tum.de Mon Oct 14 14:39:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!tum!hrodriguez From: hrodriguez@tum.de (Hugo Rodríguez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct14.143905.1109@tum.de> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 14:39:05 GMT References: <1996Oct11.183305.2212@berkeley.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct11.183305.2212@berkeley.edu>, nvasiliev@berkeley.edu (Nadia Vasiliev) 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. -- Hugo Rodríguez | hrodriguez@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: D60C DE32 F7A3 D790 "Keep the channels open." From cmartinez@utexas.edu Wed Oct 16 08:39:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!cmartinez From: cmartinez@utexas.edu (Callum Martínez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Discussion: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct16.083905.3145@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 08:39:05 GMT References: <1996Oct11.183305.2212@berkeley.edu> <1996Oct12.122205.2442@utexas.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct12.122205.2442@utexas.edu>, bnakamura@utexas.edu (Brian Nakamura) writes: > The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. -- Callum Martínez | cmartinez@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: C6F4 879E 3064 6D66 "Keep the channels open."