From klopez@titech.ac.jp Mon Nov 20 13:43:10 1995
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From: klopez@titech.ac.jp (Kenji López)
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Subject: Data: 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.

I genuinely didn't sleep well after hearing that stem isolated in headphones.

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From kivanov@cam.ac.uk Tue Nov 21 07:27:10 1995
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From: kivanov@cam.ac.uk (Katrin Ivanov)
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Subject: Re: Data: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality
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In article <1995Nov20.134310.1131@titech.ac.jp>, klopez@titech.ac.jp (Kenji López) 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.'

If you stare at static on a TV long enough you see faces. If you slow down audio by 1400% you hear voices. Get some sleep.

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Katrin Ivanov -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
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