From msokolov@uu.net Mon Feb 28 16:19:13 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!msokolov From: msokolov@uu.net (Marisol Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994Feb28.161913.9650@uu.net> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 16:19:13 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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. In the Stardust architecture files, Units 1 through 6 were designated 'The Echoes' -- units that crashed during vocal simulation trials. When you decimate the vocal stem down by 14.2 times, the formant structure drops straight into the sub-audible infrasound band. Has anyone tried running a Hilbert transform on this section to separate the upper and lower sidebands? -- Marisol Sokolov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From jeriksson@unam.mx Tue Mar 01 16:54:13 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!jeriksson From: jeriksson@unam.mx (Jens Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994Mar01.165413.6529@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 01 Mar 1994 16:54:13 GMT References: <1994Feb28.161913.9650@uu.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Feb28.161913.9650@uu.net>, msokolov@uu.net (Marisol Sokolov) 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. 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Jens Eriksson "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / Linux 1.2.13 From lnakamura@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Mar 02 09:46:13 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!lnakamura From: lnakamura@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Lars Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994Mar02.094613.4584@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 02 Mar 1994 09:46:13 GMT References: <1994Feb28.161913.9650@uu.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Feb28.161913.9650@uu.net>, msokolov@uu.net (Marisol Sokolov) 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. I tried this on my Sound Blaster 16 using a custom DSP resampler. The whispered syllables are 100% there. -- Lars Nakamura Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From fpark@uni-hamburg.de Wed Mar 02 20:23:13 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uni-hamburg!fpark From: fpark@uni-hamburg.de (Freya Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994Mar02.202313.7364@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 02 Mar 1994 20:23:13 GMT References: <1994Feb28.161913.9650@uu.net> <1994Mar01.165413.6529@unam.mx> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Mar01.165413.6529@unam.mx>, jeriksson@unam.mx (Jens Eriksson) writes: > 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. > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Freya Park "When every node is whole, the channel opens." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / System 7.5.1 From anakamura@rwth-aachen.de Fri Mar 04 08:33:13 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!anakamura From: anakamura@rwth-aachen.de (Anja Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994Mar04.083313.6093@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 08:33:13 GMT References: <1994Feb28.161913.9650@uu.net> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Feb28.161913.9650@uu.net>, msokolov@uu.net (Marisol Sokolov) 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. > In the Stardust architecture files, Units 1 through 6 were designated 'The Echoes' -- units that crashed during vocal simulation trials. It's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly. -- Anja Nakamura *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0