From msanchez@rwth-aachen.de Wed Feb 08 05:58:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!msanchez From: msanchez@rwth-aachen.de (Mathieu Sánchez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb08.055822.8203@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 05:58:22 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de 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. Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. 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. -- Mathieu Sánchez Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From sivanov@illinois.edu Thu Feb 09 08:41:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!sivanov From: sivanov@illinois.edu (Seo-yeon Ivanov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb09.084122.6943@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1995 08:41:22 GMT References: <1995Feb08.055822.8203@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb08.055822.8203@rwth-aachen.de>, msanchez@rwth-aachen.de (Mathieu Sánchez) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. > Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. Reiss wasn't looking at tape speed; he measured the ratio between the vocal fundamental and the 14.2 Hz carrier. -- Seo-yeon Ivanov "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / TOS 4.04 From gduarte@kth.se Thu Feb 09 13:09:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kth!gduarte From: gduarte@kth.se (Graham Duarte) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb09.130922.4358@kth.se> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1995 13:09:22 GMT References: <1995Feb08.055822.8203@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb08.055822.8203@rwth-aachen.de>, msanchez@rwth-aachen.de (Mathieu Sánchez) 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Graham Duarte Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------ From avasiliev@netcom.com Fri Feb 10 01:55:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!avasiliev From: avasiliev@netcom.com (Aiko Vasiliev) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb10.015522.9042@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 01:55:22 GMT References: <1995Feb08.055822.8203@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Feb08.055822.8203@rwth-aachen.de>, msanchez@rwth-aachen.de (Mathieu Sánchez) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. > Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Aiko Vasiliev "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." NeXTstation Turbo Color / SunOS 4.1.4 From tandersson@stanford.edu Sun Feb 12 03:46:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!tandersson From: tandersson@stanford.edu (Tobias Andersson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb12.034622.8340@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 03:46:22 GMT References: <1995Feb08.055822.8203@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Feb09.130922.4358@kth.se> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb09.130922.4358@kth.se>, gduarte@kth.se (Graham Duarte) writes: > Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- Tobias Andersson | tandersson@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 3159 4D7C 1D4C 21C6 "Keep the channels open."