From bmacdonald@earthlink.net Fri Apr 28 18:34:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!earthlink!bmacdonald From: bmacdonald@earthlink.net (Bill MacDonald) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr28.183454.4801@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 18:34:54 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Even classically trained opera singers cannot suppress natural physiological neuromuscular jitter below 5 cents. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Bill MacDonald Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jkim@unam.mx Sun Apr 30 21:59:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!unam!jkim From: jkim@unam.mx (Jen Kim) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr30.215954.8574@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 30 Apr 1995 21:59:54 GMT References: <1995Apr28.183454.4801@earthlink.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr28.183454.4801@earthlink.net>, bmacdonald@earthlink.net (Bill MacDonald) 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. -- Jen Kim *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From lgarcia@demon.co.uk Tue May 02 05:12:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!lgarcia From: lgarcia@demon.co.uk (Liam García) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May02.051254.8820@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 02 May 1995 05:12:54 GMT References: <1995Apr28.183454.4801@earthlink.net> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr28.183454.4801@earthlink.net>, bmacdonald@earthlink.net (Bill MacDonald) 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. -- Liam García *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From msilva@mit.edu Wed May 03 10:55:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!msilva From: msilva@mit.edu (Marta Silva) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May03.105554.8403@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 10:55:54 GMT References: <1995Apr28.183454.4801@earthlink.net> <1995Apr30.215954.8574@unam.mx> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr30.215954.8574@unam.mx>, jkim@unam.mx (Jen Kim) writes: > Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Marta Silva | msilva@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 949B 0706 CFBA E8B4 "Keep the channels open." From coliveira@demon.co.uk Fri May 05 13:54:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!demon!coliveira From: coliveira@demon.co.uk (Callum Oliveira) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May05.135454.2628@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 05 May 1995 13:54:54 GMT References: <1995Apr28.183454.4801@earthlink.net> <1995May02.051254.8820@demon.co.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May02.051254.8820@demon.co.uk>, lgarcia@demon.co.uk (Liam García) 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. -- Callum Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0