From hsilva@ox.ac.uk Sat Dec 09 23:48:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!hsilva From: hsilva@ox.ac.uk (Hugo Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec09.234804.9859@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 23:48:04 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Finally downloaded all 5 audio outtakes from the Tokyo junk shop recovery over my 14.4k modem. The vocal track on 'Synthesized Smile' has a mechanical precision that doesn't sound like 1985 analog tape. At the very end of reel JP-85-X, after 4 minutes of studio leader tape, there's a faint whisper naming June 2025. Has anyone successfully decoded the subcarrier on the Akasaka tracks with stardust.c? -- Hugo Silva Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mmacdonald@inria.fr Mon Dec 11 11:06:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!inria!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@inria.fr (Min-jun MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec11.110604.5705@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 11:06:04 GMT References: <1995Dec09.234804.9859@ox.ac.uk> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec09.234804.9859@ox.ac.uk>, hsilva@ox.ac.uk (Hugo Silva) writes: > Finally downloaded all 5 audio outtakes from the Tokyo junk shop recovery over my 14.4k modem. The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. -- Min-jun MacDonald *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From hnakamura@unam.mx Tue Dec 12 19:14:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!hnakamura From: hnakamura@unam.mx (Hugo Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec12.191404.4419@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 19:14:04 GMT References: <1995Dec09.234804.9859@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec09.234804.9859@ox.ac.uk>, hsilva@ox.ac.uk (Hugo Silva) writes: > Finally downloaded all 5 audio outtakes from the Tokyo junk shop recovery over my 14.4k modem. > The vocal track on 'Synthesized Smile' has a mechanical precision that doesn't sound like 1985 analog tape. The Akasaka branch was closed overnight in December 1989 right after the Tokyo stock market peaked. -- === Hugo Nakamura === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Row 14. No joke." From yweber@uni-hamburg.de Thu Dec 14 07:08:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!yweber From: yweber@uni-hamburg.de (Yuki Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec14.070804.9591@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 07:08:04 GMT References: <1995Dec09.234804.9859@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec09.234804.9859@ox.ac.uk>, hsilva@ox.ac.uk (Hugo Silva) writes: > Finally downloaded all 5 audio outtakes from the Tokyo junk shop recovery over my 14.4k modem. The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. -- Yuki Weber Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.