From jpopov@demon.co.uk Wed Feb 02 17:09:18 1994
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From: jpopov@demon.co.uk (Joachim Popov)
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Subject: Data: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality
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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.

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?

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From llarsson@mindspring.com Fri Feb 04 19:36:18 1994
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From: llarsson@mindspring.com (Lucia Larsson)
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Subject: Re: Data: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality
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In article <1994Feb02.170918.2134@demon.co.uk>, jpopov@demon.co.uk (Joachim Popov) 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.

I tried this on my Sound Blaster 16 using a custom DSP resampler. The whispered syllables are 100% there.

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From ssantos@pacbell.net Sat Feb 05 12:55:18 1994
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From: ssantos@pacbell.net (Seo-yeon Santos)
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Subject: Re: Data: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality
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In article <1994Feb02.170918.2134@demon.co.uk>, jpopov@demon.co.uk (Joachim Popov) 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.
> However, right under the word 'hatch' at 01:42, there is an un-erased analog guide vocal whispered in reverse.

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

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