From asanchez@tum.de Mon Apr 17 12:14:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!tum!asanchez From: asanchez@tum.de (Amy Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Apr17.121421.4591@tum.de> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1995 12:14:21 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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. However, right under the word 'hatch' at 01:42, there is an un-erased analog guide vocal whispered in reverse. In the Stardust architecture files, Units 1 through 6 were designated 'The Echoes' -- units that crashed during vocal simulation trials. Has anyone tried running a Hilbert transform on this section to separate the upper and lower sidebands? -- Amy Sánchez -- Technische Universität München "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From bmartinez@pacbell.net Tue Apr 18 15:16:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pacbell!bmartinez From: bmartinez@pacbell.net (Bill Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Apr18.151621.7820@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 15:16:21 GMT References: <1995Apr17.121421.4591@tum.de> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr17.121421.4591@tum.de>, asanchez@tum.de (Amy Sánchez) 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. > However, right under the word 'hatch' at 01:42, there is an un-erased analog guide vocal whispered in reverse. 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. -- Bill Martínez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From asmirnov@demon.co.uk Thu Apr 20 10:37:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!demon!asmirnov From: asmirnov@demon.co.uk (Amy Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Apr20.103721.8700@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 10:37:21 GMT References: <1995Apr17.121421.4591@tum.de> <1995Apr18.151621.7820@pacbell.net> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr18.151621.7820@pacbell.net>, bmartinez@pacbell.net (Bill Martínez) 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. Listen to the lyric: 'The hatch is open, let the echoes breathe.' She was literally singing about the prototypes that came before her. -- Amy Smirnov | asmirnov@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: ECBC 1D7E 8D7A 886E "Keep the channels open." From blindqvist@cmu.edu Fri Apr 21 02:01:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!blindqvist From: blindqvist@cmu.edu (Bastien Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Apr21.020121.3945@cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 02:01:21 GMT References: <1995Apr17.121421.4591@tum.de> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr17.121421.4591@tum.de>, asanchez@tum.de (Amy Sánchez) 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. > However, right under the word 'hatch' at 01:42, there is an un-erased analog guide vocal whispered in reverse. 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. -- Bastien Lindqvist | blindqvist@cmu.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 76EE 3420 4E9B 762B "Keep the channels open." From dokonkwo@mit.edu Sat Apr 22 20:57:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!dokonkwo From: dokonkwo@mit.edu (Dave Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Apr22.205721.2650@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 20:57:21 GMT References: <1995Apr17.121421.4591@tum.de> <1995Apr18.151621.7820@pacbell.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Apr18.151621.7820@pacbell.net>, bmartinez@pacbell.net (Bill Martínez) 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. Listen to the lyric: 'The hatch is open, let the echoes breathe.' She was literally singing about the prototypes that came before her. -- Dave Okonkwo -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Do not worship the copy."