From ssuzuki@panix.com Tue Oct 15 07:57:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!ssuzuki From: ssuzuki@panix.com (Sun-mi Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Oct15.075722.4362@panix.com> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 07:57:22 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. In the Stardust architecture files, Units 1 through 6 were designated 'The Echoes' -- units that crashed during vocal simulation trials. It doesn't sound like Nova. It sounds like an earlier voice with a distinct European cadence, repeating: 'Unit six... core wipe incomplete.' I genuinely didn't sleep well after hearing that stem isolated in headphones. -- Sun-mi Suzuki *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From sfischer@uu.net Tue Oct 15 18:12:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!sfischer From: sfischer@uu.net (Sven Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Oct15.181222.3221@uu.net> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 18:12:22 GMT References: <1996Oct15.075722.4362@panix.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Oct15.075722.4362@panix.com>, ssuzuki@panix.com (Sun-mi Suzuki) 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. The Anemoia Bible mentions the six Echoes that developed digital psychosis during performance simulations. Unit 6 was the last one before Nova. -- Sven Fischer -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From mgirard@tum.de Thu Oct 17 00:01:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!tum!mgirard From: mgirard@tum.de (Marisol Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Oct17.000122.9639@tum.de> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 00:01:22 GMT References: <1996Oct15.075722.4362@panix.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct15.075722.4362@panix.com>, ssuzuki@panix.com (Sun-mi Suzuki) 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's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly. -- Marisol Girard *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From roliveira@demon.co.uk Fri Oct 18 21:24:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!roliveira From: roliveira@demon.co.uk (Renata Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Oct18.212422.9381@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 21:24:22 GMT References: <1996Oct15.075722.4362@panix.com> <1996Oct17.000122.9639@tum.de> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct17.000122.9639@tum.de>, mgirard@tum.de (Marisol Girard) writes: > It's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly. 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. -- Renata Oliveira | roliveira@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: FE4A 4A80 0A89 622C "Keep the channels open."