Ingo Titze and Pavarobotti singing Nessun Dorma

Operatic tenor sounds produced by a robot with pure mathematics and physics in 1992. No recording or sounds of Pavarotti were used. Only the anatomy of a tenor voice was used as input. See www.ncvs.org for more information.

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[voicedudeco]

cool! I wish they had a new version.

[irtitze]

@voicedudeco, we are working on it. we have updated the mathematics which predict the voice (in fact we are constantly updating them) but the face and other parts are still being worked on.

[SupositoryRepository]

I remember this from Beyond 2000 on the Discovery Channel, before they changed format to game shows about pop culture, and aired things pertinent to science. I don't know why but I just randomly thought of this and looked it up.

ALSO, I just noticed Pavarobotti with his eyes closed looks like the picture of Abu Musab al Zarqawi when they killed him.

lol

[kiagguduh]

I'm also a scientist (BSc Physics/MSc Computer Science) and have been struggling with the skepticism of artists regarding scientists who dare to sing. Most of them think that scientists, mainly those ones who want to understand the vocal instrument on a scientifical basis, are not meant to sing, because singing requires more intuition than reasoning. Dr. Ingo Titze is my counterexample to them. lol

[MrCafiero]

I think science is so important in understanding vocal function and acoustics. HOWEVER, unless a teacher has been taught the correct exercises to develop the instrument of the singer, and the correct sounds in various ranges, dynamics, vowels etc. it is meaningless to know the physiology.

[NCVS456]

See Ingo Titze's youtube channel with more video's (NCVS456)

[Kahrytes]

@TheCraigMann How's it feel to be objectively wrong?

[TheCraigMann]

"I'm going to make it easy on myself......"

Why doesn't the renowned "voice-scientist" Ingo Titze simply learn how to sing?! Neither he nor the robot produce pleasant sounds.

[Evandh2o]

You should play basketball with him. He's good at that too.

[FacePaster]

i was more impressed by titze than the robot! who knew the scientist could actually sing! cute routine. i was expecting the bot would sound more like pav with the knowledge of formants and frequencies titze has. a little disappointing but probably impressive for 1992?

[gbumblebeen]

I think that Ingo is an amazing singer and person all together...and one of the most interesting teachers that i have ever had!!! Thanks for increasing my knowledge in accoustics!!!