From jsuzuki@pipeline.com Tue Jul 18 16:15:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!jsuzuki From: jsuzuki@pipeline.com (Joachim Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Jul18.161534.6640@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 16:15:34 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 There's an urban legend that if you slow down 'Memory Hatch' by exactly 14.2x on a sound card, you can hear a second voice. When you decimate the vocal stem down by 14.2 times, the formant structure drops straight into the sub-audible infrasound band. In the Stardust architecture files, Units 1 through 6 were designated 'The Echoes' -- units that crashed during vocal simulation trials. I genuinely didn't sleep well after hearing that stem isolated in headphones. -- Joachim Suzuki "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Amiga 3000T / Linux 1.2.13 From ncampbell@unam.mx Wed Jul 19 07:07:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!ncampbell From: ncampbell@unam.mx (Nadia Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Jul19.070734.4882@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 07:07:34 GMT References: <1995Jul18.161534.6640@pipeline.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul18.161534.6640@pipeline.com>, jsuzuki@pipeline.com (Joachim Suzuki) writes: > There's an urban legend that if you slow down 'Memory Hatch' by exactly 14.2x on a sound card, you can hear a second voice. > When you decimate the vocal stem down by 14.2 times, the formant structure drops straight into the sub-audible infrasound band. Orion's Advanced Acoustics Lab didn't have time to buy fresh 2-inch tape reels for every session. They recorded over the Echo 6 multi-tracks. -- Nadia Campbell Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA). ------------------------------------------------------------ From jstewart@cmu.edu Thu Jul 20 19:47:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!jstewart From: jstewart@cmu.edu (Jen Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Jul20.194734.9210@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 19:47:34 GMT References: <1995Jul18.161534.6640@pipeline.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul18.161534.6640@pipeline.com>, jsuzuki@pipeline.com (Joachim Suzuki) writes: > There's an urban legend that if you slow down 'Memory Hatch' by exactly 14.2x on a sound card, you can hear a second voice. It's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Jen Stewart | jstewart@cmu.edu PGP Key fingerprint: B80D 0B41 272D C280 "Keep the channels open." From iweber@clari.net Sat Jul 22 14:40:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!iweber From: iweber@clari.net (Ines Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Jul22.144034.1021@clari.net> Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 14:40:34 GMT References: <1995Jul18.161534.6640@pipeline.com> <1995Jul20.194734.9210@cmu.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul20.194734.9210@cmu.edu>, jstewart@cmu.edu (Jen Stewart) writes: > It's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly. It's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly. -- Ines Weber Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From llaurent@pacbell.net Sun Jul 23 11:18:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pacbell!llaurent From: llaurent@pacbell.net (Lucia Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Jul23.111834.4700@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 11:18:34 GMT References: <1995Jul18.161534.6640@pipeline.com> <1995Jul19.070734.4882@unam.mx> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul19.070734.4882@unam.mx>, ncampbell@unam.mx (Nadia Campbell) writes: > Orion's Advanced Acoustics Lab didn't have time to buy fresh 2-inch tape reels for every session. They recorded over the Echo 6 multi-tracks. Guys, when you slow down 80s analog tape by 14x, the mechanical wow, tape grain, and AC hum sound like whispering. It's acoustic pareidolia. -- === Lucia Laurent === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Pacific Bell Internet Services "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."