From skim@kiae.su Mon Dec 26 20:09:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!skim From: skim@kiae.su (Steve Kim) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Dec26.200956.1908@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 1994 20:09:56 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Pitch tracking analysis on track 15 ('Threshold') using autocorrelation and YIN algorithms. 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. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Steve Kim Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bivanov@stanford.edu Wed Dec 28 09:14:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!bivanov From: bivanov@stanford.edu (Bruno Ivanov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Dec28.091456.7971@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 1994 09:14:56 GMT References: <1994Dec26.200956.1908@kiae.su> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994Dec26.200956.1908@kiae.su>, skim@kiae.su (Steve Kim) writes: > Pitch tracking analysis on track 15 ('Threshold') using autocorrelation and YIN algorithms. > In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Bruno Ivanov "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / SunOS 4.1.4