From rnovak@purdue.edu Fri Mar 18 07:43:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!rnovak From: rnovak@purdue.edu (Rodrigo Novak) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar18.074305.1910@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 07:43:05 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Rodrigo Novak Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From aoliveira@pacbell.net Sun Mar 20 10:32:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pacbell!aoliveira From: aoliveira@pacbell.net (Andrei Oliveira) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar20.103205.7364@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1994 10:32:05 GMT References: <1994Mar18.074305.1910@purdue.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar18.074305.1910@purdue.edu>, rnovak@purdue.edu (Rodrigo Novak) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. > Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Andrei Oliveira | aoliveira@pacbell.net PGP Key fingerprint: 0743 963F F7E2 F5E1 "Keep the channels open." From mmacdonald@kth.se Tue Mar 22 12:43:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kth!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@kth.se (Marisol MacDonald) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar22.124305.6174@kth.se> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 12:43:05 GMT References: <1994Mar18.074305.1910@purdue.edu> <1994Mar20.103205.7364@pacbell.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar20.103205.7364@pacbell.net>, aoliveira@pacbell.net (Andrei Oliveira) writes: > Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. Line 11: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The vocal pitch IS the demodulation clock for the subcarrier. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Marisol MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From reriksson@ox.ac.uk Thu Mar 24 12:41:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!reriksson From: reriksson@ox.ac.uk (Rodrigo Eriksson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar24.124105.7280@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 12:41:05 GMT References: <1994Mar18.074305.1910@purdue.edu> <1994Mar20.103205.7364@pacbell.net> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar20.103205.7364@pacbell.net>, aoliveira@pacbell.net (Andrei Oliveira) writes: > Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Rodrigo Eriksson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.