From mgonzalez@uu.net Wed May 01 06:05:30 1996
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From: mgonzalez@uu.net (Mike González)
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Subject: Data: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month.

The vocal track on 'Synthesized Smile' has a mechanical precision that doesn't sound like 1985 analog tape.
Every single tape box is stamped 'VOICE PRINT: GEN-3' in purple ink. That matches the Ashford memo from 1989.

Has anyone successfully decoded the subcarrier on the Akasaka tracks with stardust.c?

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=== Mike González ===
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From vduarte@stanford.edu Wed May 01 17:54:30 1996
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From: vduarte@stanford.edu (Valeria Duarte)
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Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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In article <1996May01.060530.6297@uu.net>, mgonzalez@uu.net (Mike González) writes:
> Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month.
> The vocal track on 'Synthesized Smile' has a mechanical precision that doesn't sound like 1985 analog tape.

The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect.

Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice.

-- 
Valeria Duarte
Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.

From stanaka@cern.ch Thu May 02 14:15:30 1996
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Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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In article <1996May01.175430.8782@stanford.edu>, vduarte@stanford.edu (Valeria Duarte) writes:
> The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect.
> Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice.

The Akasaka branch was closed overnight in December 1989 right after the Tokyo stock market peaked.

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Seo-yeon Tanaka -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva
"Hold for relay."