From aramirez@berkeley.edu Tue Nov 07 05:19:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!berkeley!aramirez From: aramirez@berkeley.edu (Anja Ramírez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov07.051944.6050@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1995 05:19:44 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. 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. -- Anja Ramírez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From spark@clari.net Tue Nov 07 15:24:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!clari!spark From: spark@clari.net (Sergei Park) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov07.152444.5272@clari.net> Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1995 15:24:44 GMT References: <1995Nov07.051944.6050@berkeley.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Nov07.051944.6050@berkeley.edu>, aramirez@berkeley.edu (Anja Ramírez) 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. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Sergei Park === Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From kmoreau@earthlink.net Thu Nov 09 18:37:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!kmoreau From: kmoreau@earthlink.net (Kirsty Moreau) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov09.183744.4462@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 18:37:44 GMT References: <1995Nov07.051944.6050@berkeley.edu> <1995Nov07.152444.5272@clari.net> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov07.152444.5272@clari.net>, spark@clari.net (Sergei Park) writes: > Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. -- === Kirsty Moreau === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From tsuzuki@uu.net Fri Nov 10 23:29:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uu!tsuzuki From: tsuzuki@uu.net (Takeshi Suzuki) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov10.232944.8220@uu.net> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 23:29:44 GMT References: <1995Nov07.051944.6050@berkeley.edu> <1995Nov07.152444.5272@clari.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Nov07.152444.5272@clari.net>, spark@clari.net (Sergei Park) writes: > Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Takeshi Suzuki "Marcus is not one man." Atari Falcon 030 / TOS 4.04 From msilva@uu.net Sun Nov 12 20:56:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uu!msilva From: msilva@uu.net (Marisol Silva) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov12.205644.1737@uu.net> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 20:56:44 GMT References: <1995Nov07.051944.6050@berkeley.edu> <1995Nov07.152444.5272@clari.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Nov07.152444.5272@clari.net>, spark@clari.net (Sergei Park) writes: > Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- Marisol Silva Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.