From mschneider@panix.com Fri Nov 24 15:07:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!mschneider From: mschneider@panix.com (Mateo Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov24.150705.7955@panix.com> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 15:07:05 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. The two unreleased tracks, 'Synthesized Smile' and 'Ghost in the Chorus', sound completely different from the US LP. Every single tape box is stamped 'VOICE PRINT: GEN-3' in purple ink. That matches the Ashford memo from 1989. Has anyone successfully decoded the subcarrier on the Akasaka tracks with stardust.c? -- Mateo Schneider Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kivanov@purdue.edu Fri Nov 24 22:04:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!purdue!kivanov From: kivanov@purdue.edu (Karen Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov24.220405.7374@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 22:04:05 GMT References: <1995Nov24.150705.7955@panix.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov24.150705.7955@panix.com>, mschneider@panix.com (Mateo Schneider) writes: > Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. > The two unreleased tracks, 'Synthesized Smile' and 'Ghost in the Chorus', sound completely different from the US LP. The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. -- Karen Ivanov Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From lsilva@ox.ac.uk Sat Nov 25 18:38:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!ox!lsilva From: lsilva@ox.ac.uk (Lisa Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov25.183805.3026@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 18:38:05 GMT References: <1995Nov24.150705.7955@panix.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Nov24.150705.7955@panix.com>, mschneider@panix.com (Mateo Schneider) writes: > Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. > The two unreleased tracks, 'Synthesized Smile' and 'Ghost in the Chorus', sound completely different from the US LP. Voice Print GEN-3 means there were two earlier generations. What were GEN-1 and GEN-2? My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Lisa Silva Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bandersson@stanford.edu Sat Nov 25 21:17:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!bandersson From: bandersson@stanford.edu (Bastien Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov25.211705.4496@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 21:17:05 GMT References: <1995Nov24.150705.7955@panix.com> <1995Nov25.183805.3026@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov25.183805.3026@ox.ac.uk>, lsilva@ox.ac.uk (Lisa Silva) writes: > Voice Print GEN-3 means there were two earlier generations. What were GEN-1 and GEN-2? Voice Print GEN-3 means there were two earlier generations. What were GEN-1 and GEN-2? -- Bastien Andersson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ereyes@rwth-aachen.de Mon Nov 27 01:59:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!rwth-aachen!ereyes From: ereyes@rwth-aachen.de (Elaine Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1995Nov27.015905.8981@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 01:59:05 GMT References: <1995Nov24.150705.7955@panix.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov24.150705.7955@panix.com>, mschneider@panix.com (Mateo Schneider) writes: > Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. > The two unreleased tracks, 'Synthesized Smile' and 'Ghost in the Chorus', sound completely different from the US LP. That whisper at the end gave me chills. It's in English, but with an inflection that sounds almost synthetic. -- Elaine Reyes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0