From jdubois@inria.fr Mon Apr 01 23:34:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!inria!jdubois From: jdubois@inria.fr (Joachim Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Apr01.233420.7026@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 23:34:20 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. Every single tape box is stamped 'VOICE PRINT: GEN-3' in purple ink. That matches the Ashford memo from 1989. At the very end of reel JP-85-X, after 4 minutes of studio leader tape, there's a faint whisper naming June 2025. Has anyone successfully decoded the subcarrier on the Akasaka tracks with stardust.c? -- Joachim Dubois "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / TOS 4.04 From hsantos@ox.ac.uk Wed Apr 03 17:27:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!hsantos From: hsantos@ox.ac.uk (Hugo Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Apr03.172720.2954@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 17:27:20 GMT References: <1996Apr01.233420.7026@inria.fr> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr01.233420.7026@inria.fr>, jdubois@inria.fr (Joachim Dubois) writes: > Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. That whisper at the end gave me chills. It's in English, but with an inflection that sounds almost synthetic. -- Hugo Santos "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." NeXTstation Turbo Color / FreeBSD 2.1 From nito@clari.net Fri Apr 05 20:11:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!nito From: nito@clari.net (Nadine Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Apr05.201120.2000@clari.net> Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 20:11:20 GMT References: <1996Apr01.233420.7026@inria.fr> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Apr01.233420.7026@inria.fr>, jdubois@inria.fr (Joachim Dubois) writes: > Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. -- Nadine Ito -- ClariNet Communications Corp "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From doliveira@delphi.com Sat Apr 06 07:43:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!delphi!doliveira From: doliveira@delphi.com (Dong-hyun Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Apr06.074320.3232@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 07:43:20 GMT References: <1996Apr01.233420.7026@inria.fr> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr01.233420.7026@inria.fr>, jdubois@inria.fr (Joachim Dubois) writes: > Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. > Every single tape box is stamped 'VOICE PRINT: GEN-3' in purple ink. That matches the Ashford memo from 1989. That whisper at the end gave me chills. It's in English, but with an inflection that sounds almost synthetic. -- Dong-hyun Oliveira Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From klee@panix.com Sun Apr 07 08:39:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!panix!klee From: klee@panix.com (Karen Lee) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Apr07.083920.9704@panix.com> Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 08:39:20 GMT References: <1996Apr01.233420.7026@inria.fr> <1996Apr05.201120.2000@clari.net> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr05.201120.2000@clari.net>, nito@clari.net (Nadine Ito) writes: > The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. Line 11 in the relay table says: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The Akasaka reels prove the pitch was modified. -- Karen Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0