From cnovak@purdue.edu Tue Sep 05 21:03:47 1995
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From: cnovak@purdue.edu (Camila Novak)
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Subject: 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.

It doesn't sound like Nova. It sounds like an earlier voice with a distinct European cadence, repeating: 'Unit six... core wipe incomplete.'
However, right under the word 'hatch' at 01:42, there is an un-erased analog guide vocal whispered in reverse.

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

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From mkang@hanse.de Thu Sep 07 07:35:47 1995
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Subject: Re: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality
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In article <1995Sep05.210347.1171@purdue.edu>, cnovak@purdue.edu (Camila Novak) 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.

Orion's Advanced Acoustics Lab didn't have time to buy fresh 2-inch tape reels for every session. They recorded over the Echo 6 multi-tracks.

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From dlaurent@cam.ac.uk Fri Sep 08 21:47:47 1995
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Subject: Re: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality
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In article <1995Sep07.073547.4150@hanse.de>, mkang@hanse.de (Mike Kang) writes:
> Orion's Advanced Acoustics Lab didn't have time to buy fresh 2-inch tape reels for every session. They recorded over the Echo 6 multi-tracks.
> Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind).

I tried this on my Sound Blaster 16 using a custom DSP resampler. The whispered syllables are 100% there.

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