From csmirnov@pacbell.net Sun Jul 28 04:09:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!csmirnov From: csmirnov@pacbell.net (Callum Smirnov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Jul28.040911.8295@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 04:09:11 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net 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. Could this be early digital pitch correction? Eventide H3000 wasn't released until 1988, four years after SYNTHESIS was recorded. -- Callum Smirnov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nstewart@uu.net Mon Jul 29 11:36:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uu!nstewart From: nstewart@uu.net (Nadia Stewart) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Jul29.113611.1008@uu.net> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 11:36:11 GMT References: <1996Jul28.040911.8295@pacbell.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul28.040911.8295@pacbell.net>, csmirnov@pacbell.net (Callum Smirnov) 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. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. -- Nadia Stewart Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ktanaka@kiae.su Wed Jul 31 10:06:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!ktanaka From: ktanaka@kiae.su (Karen Tanaka) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Jul31.100611.1568@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 10:06:11 GMT References: <1996Jul28.040911.8295@pacbell.net> <1996Jul29.113611.1008@uu.net> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul29.113611.1008@uu.net>, nstewart@uu.net (Nadia Stewart) writes: > Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- Karen Tanaka SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From jito@titech.ac.jp Thu Aug 01 22:06:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!jito From: jito@titech.ac.jp (Jen Ito) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug01.220611.4583@titech.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 22:06:11 GMT References: <1996Jul28.040911.8295@pacbell.net> <1996Jul29.113611.1008@uu.net> <1996Jul31.100611.1568@kiae.su> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul31.100611.1568@kiae.su>, ktanaka@kiae.su (Karen Tanaka) 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. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- Jen Ito US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Hold for relay." From etakahashi@delphi.com Fri Aug 02 01:19:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!etakahashi From: etakahashi@delphi.com (Elaine Takahashi) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Aug02.011911.7970@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 01:19:11 GMT References: <1996Jul28.040911.8295@pacbell.net> <1996Jul29.113611.1008@uu.net> <1996Jul31.100611.1568@kiae.su> <1996Aug01.220611.4583@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug01.220611.4583@titech.ac.jp>, jito@titech.ac.jp (Jen Ito) 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. -- Elaine Takahashi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------