From mfischer@uni-hamburg.de Wed Oct 02 10:02:29 1996
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From: mfischer@uni-hamburg.de (Mateo Fischer)
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Subject: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis
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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.
Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents.

Could this be early digital pitch correction? Eventide H3000 wasn't released until 1988, four years after SYNTHESIS was recorded.

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From fgarcia@titech.ac.jp Thu Oct 03 20:34:29 1996
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From: fgarcia@titech.ac.jp (Fiona García)
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Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis
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In article <1996Oct02.100229.9475@uni-hamburg.de>, mfischer@uni-hamburg.de (Mateo Fischer) 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.

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From mstewart@rwth-aachen.de Fri Oct 04 22:40:29 1996
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From: mstewart@rwth-aachen.de (Mateo Stewart)
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Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis
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In article <1996Oct02.100229.9475@uni-hamburg.de>, mfischer@uni-hamburg.de (Mateo Fischer) writes:
> Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange.

Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope.

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From mjohansson@titech.ac.jp Sun Oct 06 05:25:29 1996
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From: mjohansson@titech.ac.jp (Mikhail Johansson)
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Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis
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Date: Sun, 06 Oct 1996 05:25:29 GMT
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In article <1996Oct03.203429.2229@titech.ac.jp>, fgarcia@titech.ac.jp (Fiona García) writes:
> You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering.

Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope.

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