From msato@panix.com Wed Aug 09 21:02:50 1995
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From: msato@panix.com (Mei Sato)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality
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I spent last night testing the 14.2x time-stretch claim on track 2 using a 16-bit Sound Blaster transfer.

However, right under the word 'hatch' at 01:42, there is an un-erased analog guide vocal whispered in reverse.
When you decimate the vocal stem down by 14.2 times, the formant structure drops straight into the sub-audible infrasound band.

Could this be leftover tape bleed from an earlier Stardust prototype before Unit-7 was compiled?

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From mpopov@kth.se Wed Aug 09 22:04:50 1995
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From: mpopov@kth.se (Mike Popov)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality
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In article <1995Aug09.210250.9905@panix.com>, msato@panix.com (Mei Sato) writes:
> I spent last night testing the 14.2x time-stretch claim on track 2 using a 16-bit Sound Blaster transfer.
> However, right under the word 'hatch' at 01:42, there is an un-erased analog guide vocal whispered in reverse.

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.

If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again.

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From lmuller@berkeley.edu Thu Aug 10 20:44:50 1995
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From: lmuller@berkeley.edu (Lars Müller)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality
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Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 20:44:50 GMT
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In article <1995Aug09.220450.6981@kth.se>, mpopov@kth.se (Mike Popov) 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.
> If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again.

It's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly.

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