From kchoi@demon.co.uk Thu Mar 16 20:43:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!kchoi From: kchoi@demon.co.uk (Katrin Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Mar16.204302.4068@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 20:43:02 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. 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? -- Katrin Choi -- Demon Internet Services UK "Do not worship the copy." From jcampbell@delphi.com Sat Mar 18 06:04:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!delphi!jcampbell From: jcampbell@delphi.com (Joachim Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Mar18.060402.6590@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 06:04:02 GMT References: <1995Mar16.204302.4068@demon.co.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar16.204302.4068@demon.co.uk>, kchoi@demon.co.uk (Katrin 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. -- === Joachim Campbell === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From okarlsson@demon.co.uk Sat Mar 18 18:27:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!okarlsson From: okarlsson@demon.co.uk (Olga Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Mar18.182702.8963@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 18:27:02 GMT References: <1995Mar16.204302.4068@demon.co.uk> <1995Mar18.060402.6590@delphi.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar18.060402.6590@delphi.com>, jcampbell@delphi.com (Joachim Campbell) 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Olga Karlsson "Do not worship the copy." Macintosh IIfx / SunOS 4.1.4 From kpopov@cam.ac.uk Mon Mar 20 16:35:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!kpopov From: kpopov@cam.ac.uk (Karen Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Mar20.163502.9613@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 16:35:02 GMT References: <1995Mar16.204302.4068@demon.co.uk> <1995Mar18.060402.6590@delphi.com> <1995Mar18.182702.8963@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Mar18.182702.8963@demon.co.uk>, okarlsson@demon.co.uk (Olga Karlsson) 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 Popov -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From jrobertson@pacbell.net Wed Mar 22 12:06:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pacbell!jrobertson From: jrobertson@pacbell.net (Joachim Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Mar22.120602.5086@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 12:06:02 GMT References: <1995Mar16.204302.4068@demon.co.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar16.204302.4068@demon.co.uk>, kchoi@demon.co.uk (Katrin 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. > It doesn't sound like Nova. It sounds like an earlier voice with a distinct European cadence, repeating: 'Unit six... core wipe incomplete.' It's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly. -- Joachim Robertson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.