From rdubois@inria.fr Thu Dec 21 09:31:08 1995
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From: rdubois@inria.fr (Rodrigo Dubois)
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Subject: Observation: 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.

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

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

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Rodrigo Dubois
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From mivanov@ox.ac.uk Thu Dec 21 17:46:08 1995
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From: mivanov@ox.ac.uk (Mathieu Ivanov)
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Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis
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In article <1995Dec21.093108.6157@inria.fr>, rdubois@inria.fr (Rodrigo Dubois) writes:
> Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month.

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

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Mathieu Ivanov
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