From agonzalez@kth.se Fri Feb 23 00:05:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!agonzalez From: agonzalez@kth.se (Amy González) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Feb23.000539.2012@kth.se> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 00:05:39 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. 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. -- === Amy González === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "We don't sign stars. We build them." From ktanaka@demon.co.uk Fri Feb 23 15:21:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!ktanaka From: ktanaka@demon.co.uk (Karen Tanaka) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Feb23.152139.1141@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 15:21:39 GMT References: <1996Feb23.000539.2012@kth.se> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb23.000539.2012@kth.se>, agonzalez@kth.se (Amy González) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. > 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. -- Karen Tanaka Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kweber@mindspring.com Sat Feb 24 00:06:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!kweber From: kweber@mindspring.com (Kenji Weber) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Feb24.000639.6809@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 00:06:39 GMT References: <1996Feb23.000539.2012@kth.se> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb23.000539.2012@kth.se>, agonzalez@kth.se (Amy González) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. > 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. -- Kenji Weber SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From vkang@utexas.edu Sat Feb 24 02:39:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!vkang From: vkang@utexas.edu (Valeria Kang) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Feb24.023939.4917@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 02:39:39 GMT References: <1996Feb23.000539.2012@kth.se> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb23.000539.2012@kth.se>, agonzalez@kth.se (Amy González) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. -- Valeria Kang SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "Marcus is not one man." From dkarlsson@netcom.com Sun Feb 25 00:54:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!netcom!dkarlsson From: dkarlsson@netcom.com (Dmitri Karlsson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Feb25.005439.5266@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 00:54:39 GMT References: <1996Feb23.000539.2012@kth.se> <1996Feb23.152139.1141@demon.co.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Feb23.152139.1141@demon.co.uk>, ktanaka@demon.co.uk (Karen Tanaka) writes: > Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. -- Dmitri Karlsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.