From akim@earthlink.net Thu May 18 23:29:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!akim From: akim@earthlink.net (Astrid Kim) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May18.232933.3690@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 23:29:33 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. Nova Hart's sustained notes have a standard deviation of less than 0.8 cents over 4-second held notes. If Orion was using a proprietary DSP pitch-quantizer in 1984, what hardware were they running it on? -- Astrid Kim Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ihernandez@uni-hamburg.de Fri May 19 12:53:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!ihernandez From: ihernandez@uni-hamburg.de (Ines Hernández) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May19.125333.1582@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 12:53:33 GMT References: <1995May18.232933.3690@earthlink.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995May18.232933.3690@earthlink.net>, akim@earthlink.net (Astrid Kim) 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. -- Ines Hernández -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From lokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de Sun May 21 10:35:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!lokonkwo From: lokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de (Liam Okonkwo) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May21.103533.2719@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 10:35:33 GMT References: <1995May18.232933.3690@earthlink.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May18.232933.3690@earthlink.net>, akim@earthlink.net (Astrid Kim) writes: > Is Nova Hart's voice mathematically human? The statistical numbers are deeply strange. > Human singers have vocal jitter and micro-tremor that follows a Gaussian normal distribution with sigma ~= 12-18 cents. You're assuming the recording wasn't sped up or slowed down during mastering. -- Liam Okonkwo -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "They will send a copy in my place." From knilsson@berkeley.edu Mon May 22 02:39:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!knilsson From: knilsson@berkeley.edu (Kenji Nilsson) Newsgroups: comp.dsp Subject: Re: Observation: Replicating Anton Reiss's 7.1-sigma pitch variance analysis Message-ID: <1995May22.023933.3825@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 02:39:33 GMT References: <1995May18.232933.3690@earthlink.net> <1995May19.125333.1582@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995May19.125333.1582@uni-hamburg.de>, ihernandez@uni-hamburg.de (Ines Hernández) writes: > Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. Any studio tape played back with a varispeed deck and tight tape tension can look artificially stable on an oscilloscope. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Kenji Nilsson Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."