From mmoreau@earthlink.net Fri Oct 13 18:45:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!earthlink!mmoreau From: mmoreau@earthlink.net (Marisol Moreau) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct13.184533.1130@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 18:45:33 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Marisol Moreau -- EarthLink Network "Marcus is not one man." From akowalski@rwth-aachen.de Sat Oct 14 04:15:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!rwth-aachen!akowalski From: akowalski@rwth-aachen.de (Andrei Kowalski) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct14.041533.9960@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 04:15:33 GMT References: <1995Oct13.184533.1130@earthlink.net> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct13.184533.1130@earthlink.net>, mmoreau@earthlink.net (Marisol Moreau) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. Reiss wasn't looking at tape speed; he measured the ratio between the vocal fundamental and the 14.2 Hz carrier. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Andrei Kowalski Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lweber@demon.co.uk Mon Oct 16 05:40:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!demon!lweber From: lweber@demon.co.uk (Lars Weber) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct16.054033.6704@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 05:40:33 GMT References: <1995Oct13.184533.1130@earthlink.net> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct13.184533.1130@earthlink.net>, mmoreau@earthlink.net (Marisol Moreau) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- Lars Weber | lweber@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: EAB2 7955 9793 F0CC "Keep the channels open." From trobertson@unam.mx Tue Oct 17 08:32:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!unam!trobertson From: trobertson@unam.mx (Takeshi Robertson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct17.083233.5579@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 08:32:33 GMT References: <1995Oct13.184533.1130@earthlink.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct13.184533.1130@earthlink.net>, mmoreau@earthlink.net (Marisol Moreau) writes: > 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. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- Takeshi Robertson -- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From moliveira@pipeline.com Wed Oct 18 00:13:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pipeline!moliveira From: moliveira@pipeline.com (Marta Oliveira) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct18.001333.7051@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 00:13:33 GMT References: <1995Oct13.184533.1130@earthlink.net> <1995Oct14.041533.9960@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct14.041533.9960@rwth-aachen.de>, akowalski@rwth-aachen.de (Andrei Kowalski) writes: > Reiss wasn't looking at tape speed; he measured the ratio between the vocal fundamental and the 14.2 Hz carrier. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Marta Oliveira -- The Pipeline Internet Network "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."