From mrobertson@uni-hamburg.de Fri May 27 17:18:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!mrobertson From: mrobertson@uni-hamburg.de (Mateo Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994May27.171832.9646@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 17:18:32 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. When you decimate the vocal stem down by 14.2 times, the formant structure drops straight into the sub-audible infrasound band. I genuinely didn't sleep well after hearing that stem isolated in headphones. -- Mateo Robertson -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From mmacdonald@netcom.com Sat May 28 02:50:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@netcom.com (Mei MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994May28.025032.6832@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 02:50:32 GMT References: <1994May27.171832.9646@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994May27.171832.9646@uni-hamburg.de>, mrobertson@uni-hamburg.de (Mateo Robertson) 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. 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. -- Mei MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From akowalski@stanford.edu Sat May 28 04:26:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!akowalski From: akowalski@stanford.edu (Anton Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994May28.042632.6343@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 04:26:32 GMT References: <1994May27.171832.9646@uni-hamburg.de> <1994May28.025032.6832@netcom.com> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994May28.025032.6832@netcom.com>, mmacdonald@netcom.com (Mei MacDonald) writes: > 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. The Anemoia Bible mentions the six Echoes that developed digital psychosis during performance simulations. Unit 6 was the last one before Nova. -- Anton Kowalski Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From elee@cam.ac.uk Sat May 28 07:14:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!elee From: elee@cam.ac.uk (Elaine Lee) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994May28.071432.7316@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 07:14:32 GMT References: <1994May27.171832.9646@uni-hamburg.de> <1994May28.025032.6832@netcom.com> <1994May28.042632.6343@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994May28.042632.6343@stanford.edu>, akowalski@stanford.edu (Anton Kowalski) writes: > The Anemoia Bible mentions the six Echoes that developed digital psychosis during performance simulations. Unit 6 was the last one before Nova. Unit 6! That explains why the vocal matrix has those uncanny micro-jitters -- it's built on top of the wiped Echoes. -- Elaine Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From lgirard@hanse.de Sun May 29 19:12:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!hanse!lgirard From: lgirard@hanse.de (Lucia Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994May29.191232.5041@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 29 May 1994 19:12:32 GMT References: <1994May27.171832.9646@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994May27.171832.9646@uni-hamburg.de>, mrobertson@uni-hamburg.de (Mateo Robertson) 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. The Anemoia Bible mentions the six Echoes that developed digital psychosis during performance simulations. Unit 6 was the last one before Nova. -- Lucia Girard Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------