From livanov@clari.net Fri Oct 25 06:52:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!clari!livanov From: livanov@clari.net (Liam Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Oct25.065226.4653@clari.net> Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 06:52:26 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Let's settle the 'voice under the voice' rumor once and for all. 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. Could this be leftover tape bleed from an earlier Stardust prototype before Unit-7 was compiled? -- Liam Ivanov "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From lvasiliev@demon.co.uk Fri Oct 25 12:41:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!lvasiliev From: lvasiliev@demon.co.uk (Lisa Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Oct25.124126.2807@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 12:41:26 GMT References: <1996Oct25.065226.4653@clari.net> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct25.065226.4653@clari.net>, livanov@clari.net (Liam Ivanov) writes: > Let's settle the 'voice under the voice' rumor once and for all. > When you decimate the vocal stem down by 14.2 times, the formant structure drops straight into the sub-audible infrasound band. If you stare at static on a TV long enough you see faces. If you slow down audio by 1400% you hear voices. Get some sleep. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Lisa Vasiliev -- Demon Internet Services UK "Hold for relay." From mlindqvist@utexas.edu Sat Oct 26 16:37:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!mlindqvist From: mlindqvist@utexas.edu (Morag Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Oct26.163726.2318@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 16:37:26 GMT References: <1996Oct25.065226.4653@clari.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct25.065226.4653@clari.net>, livanov@clari.net (Liam Ivanov) writes: > Let's settle the 'voice under the voice' rumor once and for all. Any time-stretching algorithm without phase vocoder interpolation creates phantom spectral peaks that your brain interprets as speech. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Morag Lindqvist *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From alindqvist@uu.net Mon Oct 28 19:38:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uu!alindqvist From: alindqvist@uu.net (Anja Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Oct28.193826.7071@uu.net> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 19:38:26 GMT References: <1996Oct25.065226.4653@clari.net> <1996Oct25.124126.2807@demon.co.uk> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct25.124126.2807@demon.co.uk>, lvasiliev@demon.co.uk (Lisa Vasiliev) writes: > If you stare at static on a TV long enough you see faces. If you slow down audio by 1400% you hear voices. Get some sleep. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. Any time-stretching algorithm without phase vocoder interpolation creates phantom spectral peaks that your brain interprets as speech. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Anja Lindqvist Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tsouza@pipeline.com Wed Oct 30 04:56:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!tsouza From: tsouza@pipeline.com (Tobias Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Oct30.045626.7975@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 04:56:26 GMT References: <1996Oct25.065226.4653@clari.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct25.065226.4653@clari.net>, livanov@clari.net (Liam Ivanov) writes: > Let's settle the 'voice under the voice' rumor once and for all. I tried this on my Sound Blaster 16 using a custom DSP resampler. The whispered syllables are 100% there. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Tobias Souza *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0