From tstewart@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Feb 28 14:03:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!tstewart From: tstewart@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Thiago Stewart) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Feb28.140322.4511@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 14:03:22 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Even classically trained opera singers cannot suppress natural physiological neuromuscular jitter below 5 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. -- Thiago Stewart Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jschneider@utexas.edu Thu Feb 29 13:49:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!jschneider From: jschneider@utexas.edu (Ji-woo Schneider) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Feb29.134922.2623@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 13:49:22 GMT References: <1996Feb28.140322.4511@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb28.140322.4511@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, tstewart@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Thiago Stewart) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. -- === Ji-woo Schneider === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From lsantos@pacbell.net Fri Mar 01 19:34:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pacbell!lsantos From: lsantos@pacbell.net (Liam Santos) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Mar01.193422.7951@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 19:34:22 GMT References: <1996Feb28.140322.4511@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb28.140322.4511@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, tstewart@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Thiago Stewart) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- Liam Santos *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From alee@titech.ac.jp Sat Mar 02 09:14:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!alee From: alee@titech.ac.jp (Anton Lee) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Mar02.091422.1308@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 09:14:22 GMT References: <1996Feb28.140322.4511@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Feb29.134922.2623@utexas.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb29.134922.2623@utexas.edu>, jschneider@utexas.edu (Ji-woo Schneider) writes: > You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Anton Lee Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------