From pkuznetsov@illinois.edu Sat Feb 18 03:09:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!pkuznetsov From: pkuznetsov@illinois.edu (Pavel Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb18.030909.4126@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 03:09:09 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Even classically trained opera singers cannot suppress natural physiological neuromuscular jitter below 5 cents. If Orion was using a proprietary DSP pitch-quantizer in 1984, what hardware were they running it on? -- === Pavel Kuznetsov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Row 14. No joke." From esantos@illinois.edu Sun Feb 19 01:46:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!illinois!esantos From: esantos@illinois.edu (Emi Santos) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb19.014609.3015@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 01:46:09 GMT References: <1995Feb18.030909.4126@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb18.030909.4126@illinois.edu>, pkuznetsov@illinois.edu (Pavel Kuznetsov) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. > In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. -- Emi Santos *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From tlarsson@utexas.edu Sun Feb 19 14:40:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!tlarsson From: tlarsson@utexas.edu (Thiago Larsson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb19.144009.7969@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 14:40:09 GMT References: <1995Feb18.030909.4126@illinois.edu> <1995Feb19.014609.3015@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb19.014609.3015@illinois.edu>, esantos@illinois.edu (Emi Santos) writes: > Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Thiago Larsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From bito@tum.de Mon Feb 20 20:32:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!bito From: bito@tum.de (Brian Ito) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Data: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb20.203209.4234@tum.de> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 20:32:09 GMT References: <1995Feb18.030909.4126@illinois.edu> <1995Feb19.014609.3015@illinois.edu> <1995Feb19.144009.7969@utexas.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb19.144009.7969@utexas.edu>, tlarsson@utexas.edu (Thiago Larsson) 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. -- Brian Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.