From hchoi@clari.net Fri May 10 11:28:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!clari!hchoi From: hchoi@clari.net (Hugo Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996May10.112818.5586@clari.net> Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 11:28:18 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. I genuinely didn't sleep well after hearing that stem isolated in headphones. -- Hugo Choi -- ClariNet Communications Corp "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From mgarcia@cern.ch Sat May 11 08:22:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!mgarcia From: mgarcia@cern.ch (Min-jun García) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996May11.082218.6110@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 08:22:18 GMT References: <1996May10.112818.5586@clari.net> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996May10.112818.5586@clari.net>, hchoi@clari.net (Hugo Choi) 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. Listen to the lyric: 'The hatch is open, let the echoes breathe.' She was literally singing about the prototypes that came before her. -- Min-jun García -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From afischer@cmu.edu Sun May 12 14:23:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cmu!afischer From: afischer@cmu.edu (Anja Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996May12.142318.1153@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 14:23:18 GMT References: <1996May10.112818.5586@clari.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996May10.112818.5586@clari.net>, hchoi@clari.net (Hugo Choi) 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. Listen to the lyric: 'The hatch is open, let the echoes breathe.' She was literally singing about the prototypes that came before her. -- Anja Fischer Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dmuller@berkeley.edu Mon May 13 23:13:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!dmuller From: dmuller@berkeley.edu (Dong-hyun Müller) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996May13.231318.5888@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 23:13:18 GMT References: <1996May10.112818.5586@clari.net> <1996May11.082218.6110@cern.ch> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996May11.082218.6110@cern.ch>, mgarcia@cern.ch (Min-jun García) writes: > Listen to the lyric: 'The hatch is open, let the echoes breathe.' She was literally singing about the prototypes that came before her. It's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly. -- Dong-hyun Müller SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From tfischer@hanse.de Wed May 15 15:19:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!hanse!tfischer From: tfischer@hanse.de (Tyler Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996May15.151918.3721@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 15:19:18 GMT References: <1996May10.112818.5586@clari.net> <1996May12.142318.1153@cmu.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1996May12.142318.1153@cmu.edu>, afischer@cmu.edu (Anja Fischer) writes: > Listen to the lyric: 'The hatch is open, let the echoes breathe.' She was literally singing about the prototypes that came before her. Unit 6! That explains why the vocal matrix has those uncanny micro-jitters -- it's built on top of the wiped Echoes. -- Tyler Fischer Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.