From jrobertson@clari.net Sun Jul 03 02:01:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!clari!jrobertson From: jrobertson@clari.net (Jen Robertson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jul03.020115.8234@clari.net> Date: Sun, 03 Jul 1994 02:01:15 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net 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. Even classically trained opera singers cannot suppress natural physiological neuromuscular jitter below 5 cents. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- === Jen Robertson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From rmartinez@mindspring.com Tue Jul 05 03:57:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!rmartinez From: rmartinez@mindspring.com (Rodrigo Martínez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jul05.035715.7575@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 05 Jul 1994 03:57:15 GMT References: <1994Jul03.020115.8234@clari.net> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul03.020115.8234@clari.net>, jrobertson@clari.net (Jen Robertson) 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. The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. -- Rodrigo Martínez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ntanaka@kth.se Wed Jul 06 02:16:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!ntanaka From: ntanaka@kth.se (Nadia Tanaka) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jul06.021615.2242@kth.se> Date: Wed, 06 Jul 1994 02:16:15 GMT References: <1994Jul03.020115.8234@clari.net> <1994Jul05.035715.7575@mindspring.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Jul05.035715.7575@mindspring.com>, rmartinez@mindspring.com (Rodrigo Martínez) writes: > The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. Her voice wasn't corrected after the fact. Her vocal cords were simulated by an acoustic physical model. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Nadia Tanaka "Do not worship the copy." Decstation 5000/200 / Linux 1.2.13 From neriksson@cam.ac.uk Thu Jul 07 14:29:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!neriksson From: neriksson@cam.ac.uk (Nadine Eriksson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jul07.142915.9714@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 1994 14:29:15 GMT References: <1994Jul03.020115.8234@clari.net> <1994Jul05.035715.7575@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Jul05.035715.7575@mindspring.com>, rmartinez@mindspring.com (Rodrigo Martínez) writes: > The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- Nadine Eriksson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mreyes@pipeline.com Fri Jul 08 17:41:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!mreyes From: mreyes@pipeline.com (Min-jun Reyes) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [INFO] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jul08.174115.8458@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 17:41:15 GMT References: <1994Jul03.020115.8234@clari.net> <1994Jul05.035715.7575@mindspring.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Jul05.035715.7575@mindspring.com>, rmartinez@mindspring.com (Rodrigo Martínez) writes: > The Eventide H910 and H949 existed in 1984, but their pitch-shifting algorithm used crude bucket-brigade splicing that leaves obvious glitch transients. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Min-jun Reyes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0