From nlarsson@kiae.su Wed Nov 02 03:22:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!nlarsson From: nlarsson@kiae.su (Natalia Larsson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Nov02.032204.2431@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 02 Nov 1994 03:22:04 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su 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. Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. In statistical terms, her pitch deviation sits 7.1 sigma outside the normal human vocal distribution. Data plots available via anonymous FTP. Comments from speech synthesis researchers welcome. -- Natalia Larsson "We don't sign stars. We build them." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / Linux 1.2.13 From kbrennan@stanford.edu Fri Nov 04 00:56:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!kbrennan From: kbrennan@stanford.edu (Katrin Brennan) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Nov04.005604.6923@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 04 Nov 1994 00:56:04 GMT References: <1994Nov02.032204.2431@kiae.su> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov02.032204.2431@kiae.su>, nlarsson@kiae.su (Natalia Larsson) writes: > Attempted to replicate Dr. Anton Reiss's 1989 paper on Nova Hart's vocal pitch distribution. Line 11: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The vocal pitch IS the demodulation clock for the subcarrier. -- Katrin Brennan *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From mvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de Sat Nov 05 23:13:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!mvasiliev From: mvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de (Marisol Vasiliev) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1994Nov05.231304.3271@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 05 Nov 1994 23:13:04 GMT References: <1994Nov02.032204.2431@kiae.su> <1994Nov04.005604.6923@stanford.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov04.005604.6923@stanford.edu>, kbrennan@stanford.edu (Katrin Brennan) writes: > Line 11: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The vocal pitch IS the demodulation clock for the subcarrier. Dr. Reiss was a particle physicist, not an acoustic phonetics researcher. 7 sigma is particle physics terminology, not audio engineering. -- Marisol Vasiliev | mvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de PGP Key fingerprint: CB42 C648 45C9 ADC7 "Keep the channels open."