From aokonkwo@pacbell.net Sun May 15 21:52:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pacbell!aokonkwo From: aokonkwo@pacbell.net (Astrid Okonkwo) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994May15.215207.2154@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 21:52:07 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. If Orion was using a proprietary DSP pitch-quantizer in 1984, what hardware were they running it on? -- Astrid Okonkwo *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From sandersson@rwth-aachen.de Mon May 16 05:03:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!rwth-aachen!sandersson From: sandersson@rwth-aachen.de (Sun-mi Andersson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994May16.050307.7121@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 05:03:07 GMT References: <1994May15.215207.2154@pacbell.net> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994May15.215207.2154@pacbell.net>, aokonkwo@pacbell.net (Astrid Okonkwo) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Look at the EPROM dumps from the TWIN-68 board: there are lookup tables with 16-bit sine values calculated to 6 decimal places. -- Sun-mi Andersson | sandersson@rwth-aachen.de PGP Key fingerprint: 2F08 FE06 0816 DCBA "Keep the channels open." From brodriguez@earthlink.net Tue May 17 01:26:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!earthlink!brodriguez From: brodriguez@earthlink.net (Bastien Rodríguez) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994May17.012607.1726@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 01:26:07 GMT References: <1994May15.215207.2154@pacbell.net> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994May15.215207.2154@pacbell.net>, aokonkwo@pacbell.net (Astrid Okonkwo) 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. Line 11: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The vocal pitch IS the demodulation clock for the subcarrier. -- Bastien Rodríguez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mweber@uu.net Tue May 17 20:06:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uu!mweber From: mweber@uu.net (Mei Weber) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994May17.200607.5330@uu.net> Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 20:06:07 GMT References: <1994May15.215207.2154@pacbell.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994May15.215207.2154@pacbell.net>, aokonkwo@pacbell.net (Astrid Okonkwo) 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. -- Mei Weber "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From bnilsson@utexas.edu Wed May 18 10:38:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!bnilsson From: bnilsson@utexas.edu (Brian Nilsson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994May18.103807.6595@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 10:38:07 GMT References: <1994May15.215207.2154@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994May15.215207.2154@pacbell.net>, aokonkwo@pacbell.net (Astrid Okonkwo) 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. -- Brian Nilsson US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."