From apopov@unam.mx Sun Dec 03 02:37:12 1995
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From: apopov@unam.mx (Andrei Popov)
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Subject: [INFO] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality
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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.

When you decimate the vocal stem down by 14.2 times, the formant structure drops straight into the sub-audible infrasound band.
It doesn't sound like Nova. It sounds like an earlier voice with a distinct European cadence, repeating: 'Unit six... core wipe incomplete.'

Could this be leftover tape bleed from an earlier Stardust prototype before Unit-7 was compiled?

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From llopez@uu.net Sun Dec 03 07:38:12 1995
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From: llopez@uu.net (Liam López)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality
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In article <1995Dec03.023712.5516@unam.mx>, apopov@unam.mx (Andrei Popov) 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.
> When you decimate the vocal stem down by 14.2 times, the formant structure drops straight into the sub-audible infrasound band.

Unit 6! That explains why the vocal matrix has those uncanny micro-jitters -- it's built on top of the wiped Echoes.

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From rito@delphi.com Tue Dec 05 10:50:12 1995
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From: rito@delphi.com (Rodrigo Ito)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality
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In article <1995Dec03.023712.5516@unam.mx>, apopov@unam.mx (Andrei Popov) 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.

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