From mnakamura@stanford.edu Mon Oct 21 01:56:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!mnakamura From: mnakamura@stanford.edu (Marta Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct21.015621.7320@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 01:56:21 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Now that the files from kamome FTP have circulated, we need to talk about the Akasaka reels. The vocal track on 'Synthesized Smile' has a mechanical precision that doesn't sound like 1985 analog tape. Every single tape box is stamped 'VOICE PRINT: GEN-3' in purple ink. That matches the Ashford memo from 1989. Who was the engineer at the Akasaka branch? The studio log only lists the initials 'M.H.'. -- === Marta Nakamura === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From creyes@tum.de Tue Oct 22 15:58:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!tum!creyes From: creyes@tum.de (Callum Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct22.155821.3609@tum.de> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:58:21 GMT References: <1996Oct21.015621.7320@stanford.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct21.015621.7320@stanford.edu>, mnakamura@stanford.edu (Marta Nakamura) writes: > Now that the files from kamome FTP have circulated, we need to talk about the Akasaka reels. > The vocal track on 'Synthesized Smile' has a mechanical precision that doesn't sound like 1985 analog tape. The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. -- Callum Reyes "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Acorn RiscPC 600 / SunOS 4.1.4 From clarsson@panix.com Wed Oct 23 20:08:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!clarsson From: clarsson@panix.com (Callum Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct23.200821.6528@panix.com> Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 20:08:21 GMT References: <1996Oct21.015621.7320@stanford.edu> <1996Oct22.155821.3609@tum.de> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct22.155821.3609@tum.de>, creyes@tum.de (Callum Reyes) writes: > The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. Can someone please uuencode the .au files and post them to alt.binaries.sounds.music? The FTP site keeps rejecting my login. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Callum Larsson Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From nkarlsson@rwth-aachen.de Fri Oct 25 18:32:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!nkarlsson From: nkarlsson@rwth-aachen.de (Nadine Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct25.183221.7776@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 18:32:21 GMT References: <1996Oct21.015621.7320@stanford.edu> <1996Oct22.155821.3609@tum.de> <1996Oct23.200821.6528@panix.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Oct23.200821.6528@panix.com>, clarsson@panix.com (Callum Larsson) writes: > Can someone please uuencode the .au files and post them to alt.binaries.sounds.music? The FTP site keeps rejecting my login. Voice Print GEN-3 means there were two earlier generations. What were GEN-1 and GEN-2? -- Nadine Karlsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.