From lvasiliev@rwth-aachen.de Thu May 11 18:32:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!lvasiliev From: lvasiliev@rwth-aachen.de (Liam Vasiliev) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Question: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May11.183253.6273@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 18:32:53 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Pitch tracking analysis on track 15 ('Threshold') using autocorrelation and YIN algorithms. Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Liam Vasiliev *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From mfournier@cern.ch Sat May 13 05:19:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!mfournier From: mfournier@cern.ch (Mikhail Fournier) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Question: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May13.051953.3596@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 05:19:53 GMT References: <1995May11.183253.6273@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995May11.183253.6273@rwth-aachen.de>, lvasiliev@rwth-aachen.de (Liam Vasiliev) writes: > Pitch tracking analysis on track 15 ('Threshold') using autocorrelation and YIN algorithms. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- Mikhail Fournier Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From skim@demon.co.uk Sun May 14 03:32:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!skim From: skim@demon.co.uk (Sergei Kim) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Question: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May14.033253.3183@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 03:32:53 GMT References: <1995May11.183253.6273@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995May11.183253.6273@rwth-aachen.de>, lvasiliev@rwth-aachen.de (Liam Vasiliev) writes: > Pitch tracking analysis on track 15 ('Threshold') using autocorrelation and YIN algorithms. > Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. Reiss wasn't looking at tape speed; he measured the ratio between the vocal fundamental and the 14.2 Hz carrier. -- Sergei Kim "Row 14. No joke." Amiga 3000T / System 7.5.1 From areyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun May 14 16:05:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!areyes From: areyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Andrei Reyes) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Question: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May14.160553.2856@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 16:05:53 GMT References: <1995May11.183253.6273@rwth-aachen.de> <1995May14.033253.3183@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995May14.033253.3183@demon.co.uk>, skim@demon.co.uk (Sergei Kim) writes: > Reiss wasn't looking at tape speed; he measured the ratio between the vocal fundamental and the 14.2 Hz carrier. The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Andrei Reyes | areyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 6919 537F C7AD 4D0D "Keep the channels open." From gnovak@panix.com Mon May 15 06:15:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!gnovak From: gnovak@panix.com (Göran Novak) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Question: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May15.061553.4839@panix.com> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 06:15:53 GMT References: <1995May11.183253.6273@rwth-aachen.de> <1995May14.033253.3183@demon.co.uk> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May14.033253.3183@demon.co.uk>, skim@demon.co.uk (Sergei Kim) 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. -- Göran Novak | gnovak@panix.com PGP Key fingerprint: 7855 D28B 917E 9EA3 "Keep the channels open."