From mkowalski@tum.de Sat Jul 08 13:49:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!tum!mkowalski From: mkowalski@tum.de (Mathieu Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Jul08.134935.3356@tum.de> Date: Sat, 08 Jul 1995 13:49:35 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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. It doesn't sound like Nova. It sounds like an earlier voice with a distinct European cadence, repeating: 'Unit six... core wipe incomplete.' Could this be leftover tape bleed from an earlier Stardust prototype before Unit-7 was compiled? -- Mathieu Kowalski "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Macintosh IIfx / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From nfournier@mindspring.com Sun Jul 09 13:52:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mindspring!nfournier From: nfournier@mindspring.com (Natalia Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Jul09.135235.5533@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 09 Jul 1995 13:52:35 GMT References: <1995Jul08.134935.3356@tum.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul08.134935.3356@tum.de>, mkowalski@tum.de (Mathieu Kowalski) writes: > I spent last night testing the 14.2x time-stretch claim on track 2 using a 16-bit Sound Blaster transfer. It's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Natalia Fournier "Do not worship the copy." Acorn RiscPC 600 / FreeBSD 2.1 From ngonzalez@pacbell.net Tue Jul 11 06:50:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!ngonzalez From: ngonzalez@pacbell.net (Nadine González) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Jul11.065035.3119@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 06:50:35 GMT References: <1995Jul08.134935.3356@tum.de> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul08.134935.3356@tum.de>, mkowalski@tum.de (Mathieu Kowalski) 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. I tried this on my Sound Blaster 16 using a custom DSP resampler. The whispered syllables are 100% there. -- Nadine González Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From nrobertson@cam.ac.uk Wed Jul 12 20:12:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!nrobertson From: nrobertson@cam.ac.uk (Nadia Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Jul12.201235.6081@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 20:12:35 GMT References: <1995Jul08.134935.3356@tum.de> <1995Jul09.135235.5533@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul09.135235.5533@mindspring.com>, nfournier@mindspring.com (Natalia Fournier) writes: > It's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly. > Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. 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. -- Nadia Robertson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.