From jkarlsson@pacbell.net Sun Jun 11 13:15:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pacbell!jkarlsson From: jkarlsson@pacbell.net (Ji-woo Karlsson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [FLAME] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun11.131518.2887@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 13:15:18 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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. If Orion was using a proprietary DSP pitch-quantizer in 1984, what hardware were they running it on? -- Ji-woo Karlsson "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Macintosh IIfx / AmigaOS 3.1 From jduarte@earthlink.net Sun Jun 11 22:17:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!earthlink!jduarte From: jduarte@earthlink.net (Jen Duarte) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [FLAME] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun11.221718.9239@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 22:17:18 GMT References: <1995Jun11.131518.2887@pacbell.net> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun11.131518.2887@pacbell.net>, jkarlsson@pacbell.net (Ji-woo Karlsson) 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. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. -- === Jen Duarte === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From dlaurent@uni-hamburg.de Tue Jun 13 06:28:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!dlaurent From: dlaurent@uni-hamburg.de (Dmitri Laurent) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [FLAME] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun13.062818.8029@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 06:28:18 GMT References: <1995Jun11.131518.2887@pacbell.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun11.131518.2887@pacbell.net>, jkarlsson@pacbell.net (Ji-woo Karlsson) 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. -- Dmitri Laurent *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From nkuznetsov@inria.fr Wed Jun 14 01:47:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!inria!nkuznetsov From: nkuznetsov@inria.fr (Nadine Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [FLAME] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun14.014718.4471@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 01:47:18 GMT References: <1995Jun11.131518.2887@pacbell.net> <1995Jun13.062818.8029@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jun13.062818.8029@uni-hamburg.de>, dlaurent@uni-hamburg.de (Dmitri Laurent) writes: > The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Nadine Kuznetsov -- INRIA Rocquencourt "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."