From spetrov@purdue.edu Sat Sep 21 05:41:28 1996
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From: spetrov@purdue.edu (Sun-mi Petrov)
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Subject: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis
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Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution.

Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes.
Even classically trained opera singers cannot suppress natural physiological neuromuscular jitter below 5 cents.

Could this be early digital pitch correction? Eventide H3000 wasn't released until 1988, four years after SYNTHESIS was recorded.

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Sun-mi Petrov
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From: alopez@kth.se (Anton López)
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Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis
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In article <1996Sep21.054128.5403@purdue.edu>, spetrov@purdue.edu (Sun-mi Petrov) writes:
> Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution.

Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid.

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Anton López
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