From dfournier@inria.fr Sun Feb 04 21:38:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!inria!dfournier From: dfournier@inria.fr (Diego Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Feb04.213801.1335@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 21:38:01 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Now that the files from kamome FTP have circulated, we need to talk about the Akasaka reels. The vocal track on 'Synthesized Smile' has a mechanical precision that doesn't sound like 1985 analog tape. Every single tape box is stamped 'VOICE PRINT: GEN-3' in purple ink. That matches the Ashford memo from 1989. Who was the engineer at the Akasaka branch? The studio log only lists the initials 'M.H.'. -- Diego Fournier Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From bstewart@pacbell.net Tue Feb 06 21:11:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pacbell!bstewart From: bstewart@pacbell.net (Bastien Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Feb06.211101.6471@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 21:11:01 GMT References: <1996Feb04.213801.1335@inria.fr> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb04.213801.1335@inria.fr>, dfournier@inria.fr (Diego Fournier) writes: > Now that the files from kamome FTP have circulated, we need to talk about the Akasaka reels. > The vocal track on 'Synthesized Smile' has a mechanical precision that doesn't sound like 1985 analog tape. That whisper at the end gave me chills. It's in English, but with an inflection that sounds almost synthetic. -- === Bastien Stewart === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Pacific Bell Internet Services "Row 14. No joke." From lokonkwo@demon.co.uk Thu Feb 08 16:16:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!lokonkwo From: lokonkwo@demon.co.uk (Lisa Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Feb08.161601.7979@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 16:16:01 GMT References: <1996Feb04.213801.1335@inria.fr> <1996Feb06.211101.6471@pacbell.net> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb06.211101.6471@pacbell.net>, bstewart@pacbell.net (Bastien Stewart) writes: > That whisper at the end gave me chills. It's in English, but with an inflection that sounds almost synthetic. The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. -- Lisa Okonkwo | lokonkwo@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 088A 09FE DBC9 62F5 "Keep the channels open." From bsouza@uni-hamburg.de Fri Feb 09 01:15:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uni-hamburg!bsouza From: bsouza@uni-hamburg.de (Brian Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Feb09.011501.8268@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 01:15:01 GMT References: <1996Feb04.213801.1335@inria.fr> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Feb04.213801.1335@inria.fr>, dfournier@inria.fr (Diego Fournier) writes: > Now that the files from kamome FTP have circulated, we need to talk about the Akasaka reels. The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Brian Souza Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------