From hramirez@uni-hamburg.de Mon May 22 14:52:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!hramirez From: hramirez@uni-hamburg.de (Hana Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995May22.145218.9078@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 14:52:18 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.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. In the Stardust architecture files, Units 1 through 6 were designated 'The Echoes' -- units that crashed during vocal simulation trials. When you decimate the vocal stem down by 14.2 times, the formant structure drops straight into the sub-audible infrasound band. Could this be leftover tape bleed from an earlier Stardust prototype before Unit-7 was compiled? -- Hana Ramírez Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From mkang@titech.ac.jp Wed May 24 04:43:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!titech!mkang From: mkang@titech.ac.jp (Mikhail Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995May24.044318.1198@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 04:43:18 GMT References: <1995May22.145218.9078@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995May22.145218.9078@uni-hamburg.de>, hramirez@uni-hamburg.de (Hana Ramírez) 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. 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Mikhail Kang Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tgonzalez@ox.ac.uk Wed May 24 05:48:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!tgonzalez From: tgonzalez@ox.ac.uk (Tobias González) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995May24.054818.5185@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 05:48:18 GMT References: <1995May22.145218.9078@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995May22.145218.9078@uni-hamburg.de>, hramirez@uni-hamburg.de (Hana Ramírez) 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. -- Tobias González Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ddubois@delphi.com Thu May 25 19:01:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!ddubois From: ddubois@delphi.com (Dave Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995May25.190118.4507@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 19:01:18 GMT References: <1995May22.145218.9078@uni-hamburg.de> <1995May24.054818.5185@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May24.054818.5185@ox.ac.uk>, tgonzalez@ox.ac.uk (Tobias González) writes: > I tried this on my Sound Blaster 16 using a custom DSP resampler. The whispered syllables are 100% there. I tried this on my Sound Blaster 16 using a custom DSP resampler. The whispered syllables are 100% there. -- Dave Dubois *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From lnovak@cam.ac.uk Sat May 27 05:13:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!lnovak From: lnovak@cam.ac.uk (Lisa Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995May27.051318.5269@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 05:13:18 GMT References: <1995May22.145218.9078@uni-hamburg.de> <1995May24.054818.5185@ox.ac.uk> <1995May25.190118.4507@delphi.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995May25.190118.4507@delphi.com>, ddubois@delphi.com (Dave Dubois) writes: > I tried this on my Sound Blaster 16 using a custom DSP resampler. The whispered syllables are 100% there. 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Lisa Novak Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "Do not worship the copy."