From moliveira@purdue.edu Tue Jul 04 21:29:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!purdue!moliveira From: moliveira@purdue.edu (Mike Oliveira) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul04.212940.4538@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 04 Jul 1995 21:29:40 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. 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? -- Mike Oliveira US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From bkowalski@uu.net Wed Jul 05 15:13:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!bkowalski From: bkowalski@uu.net (Bruno Kowalski) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul05.151340.2427@uu.net> Date: Wed, 05 Jul 1995 15:13:40 GMT References: <1995Jul04.212940.4538@purdue.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Jul04.212940.4538@purdue.edu>, moliveira@purdue.edu (Mike Oliveira) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. > In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- === Bruno Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "We don't sign stars. We build them." From mjohansson@uni-hamburg.de Fri Jul 07 04:05:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!mjohansson From: mjohansson@uni-hamburg.de (Min-jun Johansson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul07.040540.9110@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 1995 04:05:40 GMT References: <1995Jul04.212940.4538@purdue.edu> <1995Jul05.151340.2427@uu.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul05.151340.2427@uu.net>, bkowalski@uu.net (Bruno Kowalski) writes: > Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. > Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. -- Min-jun Johansson | mjohansson@uni-hamburg.de PGP Key fingerprint: F6A0 A3F8 61E9 FD69 "Keep the channels open." From mivanov@tum.de Fri Jul 07 14:15:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!mivanov From: mivanov@tum.de (Morag Ivanov) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul07.141540.3617@tum.de> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 1995 14:15:40 GMT References: <1995Jul04.212940.4538@purdue.edu> <1995Jul05.151340.2427@uu.net> <1995Jul07.040540.9110@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul07.040540.9110@uni-hamburg.de>, mjohansson@uni-hamburg.de (Min-jun Johansson) writes: > Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. -- Morag Ivanov "Hold for relay." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / TOS 4.04 From jnakamura@titech.ac.jp Sat Jul 08 02:07:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!titech!jnakamura From: jnakamura@titech.ac.jp (Julien Nakamura) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul08.020740.6084@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 08 Jul 1995 02:07:40 GMT References: <1995Jul04.212940.4538@purdue.edu> <1995Jul05.151340.2427@uu.net> <1995Jul07.040540.9110@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Jul07.141540.3617@tum.de> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul07.141540.3617@tum.de>, mivanov@tum.de (Morag Ivanov) writes: > Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. Her voice wasn't corrected after the fact. Her vocal cords were simulated by an acoustic physical model. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Julien Nakamura -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."