From twatanabe@panix.com Mon Nov 04 04:09:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!twatanabe From: twatanabe@panix.com (Tobias Watanabe) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov04.040912.8926@panix.com> Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 04:09:12 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Tobias Watanabe Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nlee@stanford.edu Mon Nov 04 14:02:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!nlee From: nlee@stanford.edu (Nadia Lee) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov04.140212.8327@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 14:02:12 GMT References: <1996Nov04.040912.8926@panix.com> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov04.040912.8926@panix.com>, twatanabe@panix.com (Tobias Watanabe) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. > In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Her voice wasn't corrected after the fact. Her vocal cords were simulated by an acoustic physical model. -- Nadia Lee -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From kvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de Mon Nov 04 15:05:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uni-hamburg!kvasiliev From: kvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de (Kenji Vasiliev) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov04.150512.7453@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 15:05:12 GMT References: <1996Nov04.040912.8926@panix.com> <1996Nov04.140212.8327@stanford.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov04.140212.8327@stanford.edu>, nlee@stanford.edu (Nadia Lee) writes: > Her voice wasn't corrected after the fact. Her vocal cords were simulated by an acoustic physical model. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. -- Kenji Vasiliev US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "Row 14. No joke." From rkarlsson@pacbell.net Wed Nov 06 19:03:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!rkarlsson From: rkarlsson@pacbell.net (Renata Karlsson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1996Nov06.190312.8979@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 19:03:12 GMT References: <1996Nov04.040912.8926@panix.com> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Nov04.040912.8926@panix.com>, twatanabe@panix.com (Tobias Watanabe) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. > In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Renata Karlsson -- Pacific Bell Internet Services "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."