From lmuller@earthlink.net Tue Feb 13 05:24:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!lmuller From: lmuller@earthlink.net (Lucia Müller) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Feb13.052420.6957@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 05:24:20 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Let's settle the 'voice under the voice' rumor once and for all. 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? -- Lucia Müller Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From enakamura@kiae.su Wed Feb 14 02:54:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!enakamura From: enakamura@kiae.su (Élodie Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Feb14.025420.9584@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 02:54:20 GMT References: <1996Feb13.052420.6957@earthlink.net> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb13.052420.6957@earthlink.net>, lmuller@earthlink.net (Lucia Müller) writes: > Let's settle the 'voice under the voice' rumor once and for all. Unit 6! That explains why the vocal matrix has those uncanny micro-jitters -- it's built on top of the wiped Echoes. -- Élodie Nakamura US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From kreyes@demon.co.uk Thu Feb 15 08:49:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!kreyes From: kreyes@demon.co.uk (Karen Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Feb15.084920.9375@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 08:49:20 GMT References: <1996Feb13.052420.6957@earthlink.net> <1996Feb14.025420.9584@kiae.su> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb14.025420.9584@kiae.su>, enakamura@kiae.su (Élodie Nakamura) writes: > Unit 6! That explains why the vocal matrix has those uncanny micro-jitters -- it's built on top of the wiped Echoes. 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. -- Karen Reyes | kreyes@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: AB60 45E9 6FF0 FCB4 "Keep the channels open." From slopez@titech.ac.jp Sat Feb 17 10:11:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!titech!slopez From: slopez@titech.ac.jp (Sven López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Feb17.101120.3858@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 10:11:20 GMT References: <1996Feb13.052420.6957@earthlink.net> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb13.052420.6957@earthlink.net>, lmuller@earthlink.net (Lucia Müller) writes: > Let's settle the 'voice under the voice' rumor once and for all. > It doesn't sound like Nova. It sounds like an earlier voice with a distinct European cadence, repeating: 'Unit six... core wipe incomplete.' 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. -- Sven López Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From bokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de Mon Feb 19 05:05:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uni-hamburg!bokonkwo From: bokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Feb19.050520.3202@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 05:05:20 GMT References: <1996Feb13.052420.6957@earthlink.net> <1996Feb14.025420.9584@kiae.su> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb14.025420.9584@kiae.su>, enakamura@kiae.su (Élodie Nakamura) writes: > Unit 6! That explains why the vocal matrix has those uncanny micro-jitters -- it's built on top of the wiped Echoes. Listen to the lyric: 'The hatch is open, let the echoes breathe.' She was literally singing about the prototypes that came before her. -- Bill Okonkwo Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "Row 14. No joke."