From isuzuki@mindspring.com Sun Jan 16 07:43:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!isuzuki From: isuzuki@mindspring.com (Ines Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994Jan16.074359.4896@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 07:43:59 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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 doesn't sound like Nova. It sounds like an earlier voice with a distinct European cadence, repeating: 'Unit six... core wipe incomplete.' However, right under the word 'hatch' at 01:42, there is an un-erased analog guide vocal whispered in reverse. Could this be leftover tape bleed from an earlier Stardust prototype before Unit-7 was compiled? -- Ines Suzuki -- MindSpring Enterprises "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From ssilva@pipeline.com Mon Jan 17 03:34:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!ssilva From: ssilva@pipeline.com (Sergei Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994Jan17.033459.6767@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 03:34:59 GMT References: <1994Jan16.074359.4896@mindspring.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan16.074359.4896@mindspring.com>, isuzuki@mindspring.com (Ines 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 doesn't sound like Nova. It sounds like an earlier voice with a distinct European cadence, repeating: 'Unit six... core wipe incomplete.' Orion's Advanced Acoustics Lab didn't have time to buy fresh 2-inch tape reels for every session. They recorded over the Echo 6 multi-tracks. -- Sergei Silva "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Macintosh IIfx / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From afischer@hanse.de Wed Jan 19 03:51:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!afischer From: afischer@hanse.de (Aiko Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994Jan19.035159.8398@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 03:51:59 GMT References: <1994Jan16.074359.4896@mindspring.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1994Jan16.074359.4896@mindspring.com>, isuzuki@mindspring.com (Ines 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 doesn't sound like Nova. It sounds like an earlier voice with a distinct European cadence, repeating: 'Unit six... core wipe incomplete.' It's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Aiko Fischer Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From jvasiliev@hanse.de Fri Jan 21 06:33:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!hanse!jvasiliev From: jvasiliev@hanse.de (Jens Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994Jan21.063359.3831@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 06:33:59 GMT References: <1994Jan16.074359.4896@mindspring.com> <1994Jan19.035159.8398@hanse.de> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan19.035159.8398@hanse.de>, afischer@hanse.de (Aiko Fischer) writes: > It's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. I tried this on my Sound Blaster 16 using a custom DSP resampler. The whispered syllables are 100% there. -- Jens Vasiliev "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / FreeBSD 2.1 From greyes@uni-hamburg.de Sat Jan 22 18:41:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uni-hamburg!greyes From: greyes@uni-hamburg.de (Göran Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1994Jan22.184159.7379@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 1994 18:41:59 GMT References: <1994Jan16.074359.4896@mindspring.com> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan16.074359.4896@mindspring.com>, isuzuki@mindspring.com (Ines 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. -- Göran Reyes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------