From oweber@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Aug 03 04:52:57 1995
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From: oweber@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Olga Weber)
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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.

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.

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 jmuller@cern.ch Fri Aug 04 03:02:57 1995
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From: jmuller@cern.ch (Jen Müller)
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Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis
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In article <1995Aug03.045257.9728@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, oweber@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Olga Weber) 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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Jen Müller -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva
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From dnovak@inria.fr Sat Aug 05 15:00:57 1995
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From: dnovak@inria.fr (Dmitri Novak)
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Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis
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In article <1995Aug04.030257.3342@cern.ch>, jmuller@cern.ch (Jen Müller) writes:
> Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope.

Nova's vocal has zero splicing transients. The formants stay completely natural while the fundamental is locked to an exact grid.

Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns.

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