Comments on: Why "Daisy" in 2001: A Space Odyssey? http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/24/why-daisy-in-2001-a-space-odyssey/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:45:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Larry Anderson http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/24/why-daisy-in-2001-a-space-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-797896 Larry Anderson Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:28:12 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18117#comment-797896 The voice synthesis part seems to be in its entirety on the record Album "First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival" published by Creative Computing in 1979. It also includes a really nice computer generated Toccata. Hey it's on-line here: http://www.vintagecomputermusic.com/ The last track is the one. make sure to check out: J.S. Bach/Toccata & Fugue in d Minor J.S. Bach/Suite for Orchestra #2 in b minor (excerpt) and Johann Wanhal/Rondo from Sonata in B flat for Clarinet and Piano The voice synthesis part seems to be in its entirety on the record Album "First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival" published by Creative Computing in 1979. It also includes a really nice computer generated Toccata. Hey it's on-line here:

http://www.vintagecomputermusic.com/

The last track is the one.

make sure to check out:
J.S. Bach/Toccata & Fugue in d Minor
J.S. Bach/Suite for Orchestra #2 in b minor (excerpt)
and
Johann Wanhal/Rondo from Sonata in B flat for Clarinet and Piano

]]> By: Mike Snider http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/24/why-daisy-in-2001-a-space-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-794855 Mike Snider Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:53:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18117#comment-794855 I heard the same recording around 1965-6, when my father was doing his doctoral research on computer voice recognition at Case Institute (now Case/Western) in Cleveland. At the time, the 'Daisy-voice' was astounding quality for a computer; my Dad's "advanced" setup could only generate and recognize the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 -- so maybe it could sing that Feist song from a couple years ago... I heard the same recording around 1965-6, when my father was doing his doctoral research on computer voice recognition at Case Institute (now Case/Western) in Cleveland. At the time, the 'Daisy-voice' was astounding quality for a computer; my Dad's "advanced" setup could only generate and recognize the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 -- so maybe it could sing that Feist song from a couple years ago...

]]> By: laamish http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/24/why-daisy-in-2001-a-space-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-794049 laamish Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:49:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18117#comment-794049 I remember hearing this exact rendition in the mid 60s at a science museum in Ohio. It was right next to the working traffic light mock-up. Cheap thrills for a ten year old. I remember hearing this exact rendition in the mid 60s at a science museum in Ohio. It was right next to the working traffic light mock-up.
Cheap thrills for a ten year old.

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/24/why-daisy-in-2001-a-space-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-793926 Johnny Cat Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:30:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18117#comment-793926 The Bell Labs version has similar inflections as an Amish person, which makes this double-neat for me! Also, kick-ass Hamlet reading, there. The Bell Labs version has similar inflections as an Amish person, which makes this double-neat for me! Also, kick-ass Hamlet reading, there.

]]> By: Tim Giachetti http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/24/why-daisy-in-2001-a-space-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-793477 Tim Giachetti Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:20:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18117#comment-793477 heheheh, Daisy the kitty woke right up for this, I've been singing it to her for years. She ran right over for hugs. heheheh, Daisy the kitty woke right up for this, I've been singing it to her for years. She ran right over for hugs.

]]> By: Felipe Venancio http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/24/why-daisy-in-2001-a-space-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-793364 Felipe Venancio Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:02:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18117#comment-793364 This is weird. In the end of the video you can hear in portuguese: "Nós estaremos em contato instantâneo com o mundo. Mas o que lhe diremos?" (We will be in instant contact with the world. But what will we say?). This is weird.
In the end of the video you can hear in portuguese: "Nós estaremos em contato instantâneo com o mundo. Mas o que lhe diremos?" (We will be in instant contact with the world. But what will we say?).

]]> By: TeaFizz http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/24/why-daisy-in-2001-a-space-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-792561 TeaFizz Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:14:55 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18117#comment-792561 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Bell#Memorable_performances http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Bell#Memorable_performances

]]> By: Jim Myers http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/24/why-daisy-in-2001-a-space-odyssey/comment-page-1/#comment-792486 Jim Myers Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:53:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18117#comment-792486 In a junk store in Knoxville, Tennessee in early 1970's a friend and I found a documentary 33 RPM record of Bell Lab's singing computer performing "Daisy Bell." We came to the same conclusion. In a junk store in Knoxville, Tennessee in early 1970's a friend and I found a documentary 33 RPM record of Bell Lab's singing computer performing "Daisy Bell." We came to the same conclusion.

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