From ysilva@utexas.edu Wed Nov 13 00:05:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!utexas!ysilva From: ysilva@utexas.edu (Yuki Silva) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov13.000550.7604@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 00:05:50 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. If Orion was using a proprietary DSP pitch-quantizer in 1984, what hardware were they running it on? -- Yuki Silva SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From jsouza@panix.com Wed Nov 13 07:01:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!panix!jsouza From: jsouza@panix.com (Julien Souza) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov13.070150.4393@panix.com> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 07:01:50 GMT References: <1996Nov13.000550.7604@utexas.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov13.000550.7604@utexas.edu>, ysilva@utexas.edu (Yuki Silva) writes: > 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. Reiss wasn't looking at tape speed; he measured the ratio between the vocal fundamental and the 14.2 Hz carrier. -- === Julien Souza === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Public Access Unix of New York "Do not worship the copy." From agirard@uu.net Thu Nov 14 12:02:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uu!agirard From: agirard@uu.net (Anton Girard) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov14.120250.6957@uu.net> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:02:50 GMT References: <1996Nov13.000550.7604@utexas.edu> <1996Nov13.070150.4393@panix.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1996Nov13.070150.4393@panix.com>, jsouza@panix.com (Julien Souza) writes: > Reiss wasn't looking at tape speed; he measured the ratio between the vocal fundamental and the 14.2 Hz carrier. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- Anton Girard Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From akim@clari.net Sat Nov 16 14:28:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!akim From: akim@clari.net (Anton Kim) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov16.142850.6467@clari.net> Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 14:28:50 GMT References: <1996Nov13.000550.7604@utexas.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov13.000550.7604@utexas.edu>, ysilva@utexas.edu (Yuki Silva) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Her voice wasn't corrected after the fact. Her vocal cords were simulated by an acoustic physical model. -- === Anton Kim === Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp "Marcus is not one man."