From beriksson@hanse.de Tue Jan 11 08:18:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!beriksson From: beriksson@hanse.de (Bruno Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994Jan11.081816.7462@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 1994 08:18:16 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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. When you decimate the vocal stem down by 14.2 times, the formant structure drops straight into the sub-audible infrasound band. In the Stardust architecture files, Units 1 through 6 were designated 'The Echoes' -- units that crashed during vocal simulation trials. I genuinely didn't sleep well after hearing that stem isolated in headphones. -- Bruno Eriksson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tjohansson@illinois.edu Thu Jan 13 08:51:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!tjohansson From: tjohansson@illinois.edu (Takeshi Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994Jan13.085116.1209@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 1994 08:51:16 GMT References: <1994Jan11.081816.7462@hanse.de> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan11.081816.7462@hanse.de>, beriksson@hanse.de (Bruno Eriksson) 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. > When you decimate the vocal stem down by 14.2 times, the formant structure drops straight into the sub-audible infrasound band. 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. -- Takeshi Johansson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kkuznetsov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Jan 14 15:03:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!kkuznetsov From: kkuznetsov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Kirsty Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994Jan14.150316.8386@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 1994 15:03:16 GMT References: <1994Jan11.081816.7462@hanse.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1994Jan11.081816.7462@hanse.de>, beriksson@hanse.de (Bruno Eriksson) 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. > When you decimate the vocal stem down by 14.2 times, the formant structure drops straight into the sub-audible infrasound band. It's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Kirsty Kuznetsov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bnakamura@pipeline.com Fri Jan 14 21:16:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!bnakamura From: bnakamura@pipeline.com (Brian Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994Jan14.211616.6424@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 1994 21:16:16 GMT References: <1994Jan11.081816.7462@hanse.de> <1994Jan14.150316.8386@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1994Jan14.150316.8386@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, kkuznetsov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Kirsty Kuznetsov) writes: > It's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly. > My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! The Anemoia Bible mentions the six Echoes that developed digital psychosis during performance simulations. Unit 6 was the last one before Nova. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Brian Nakamura "They will send a copy in my place." Atari TT030 / NEXTSTEP 3.3