From istewart@rwth-aachen.de Sun Jun 05 12:11:00 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!istewart From: istewart@rwth-aachen.de (Ines Stewart) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jun05.121100.8400@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 05 Jun 1994 12:11:00 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Could this be early digital pitch correction? Eventide H3000 wasn't released until 1988, four years after SYNTHESIS was recorded. -- Ines Stewart Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From divanov@kiae.su Sun Jun 05 21:37:00 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kiae!divanov From: divanov@kiae.su (Diego Ivanov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jun05.213700.8485@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 05 Jun 1994 21:37:00 GMT References: <1994Jun05.121100.8400@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1994Jun05.121100.8400@rwth-aachen.de>, istewart@rwth-aachen.de (Ines Stewart) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. > Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Diego Ivanov "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / TOS 4.04 From sweber@clari.net Mon Jun 06 00:20:00 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!clari!sweber From: sweber@clari.net (Seo-yeon Weber) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Jun06.002000.1888@clari.net> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 1994 00:20:00 GMT References: <1994Jun05.121100.8400@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun05.121100.8400@rwth-aachen.de>, istewart@rwth-aachen.de (Ines Stewart) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. > Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. Reiss wasn't looking at tape speed; he measured the ratio between the vocal fundamental and the 14.2 Hz carrier. -- Seo-yeon Weber "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." NeXTstation Turbo Color / Linux 1.2.13