From klindqvist@uni-hamburg.de Sun Sep 22 10:03:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!klindqvist From: klindqvist@uni-hamburg.de (Katrin Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Sep22.100322.9067@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 10:03:22 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.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. 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? -- Katrin Lindqvist Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "They will send a copy in my place." From fnilsson@uu.net Mon Sep 23 13:41:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uu!fnilsson From: fnilsson@uu.net (Fiona Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Sep23.134122.6420@uu.net> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 13:41:22 GMT References: <1996Sep22.100322.9067@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep22.100322.9067@uni-hamburg.de>, klindqvist@uni-hamburg.de (Katrin Lindqvist) 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. -- Fiona Nilsson "Hold for relay." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From gnovak@mit.edu Tue Sep 24 02:12:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mit!gnovak From: gnovak@mit.edu (Graham Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Sep24.021222.5934@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 02:12:22 GMT References: <1996Sep22.100322.9067@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep22.100322.9067@uni-hamburg.de>, klindqvist@uni-hamburg.de (Katrin Lindqvist) writes: > I spent last night testing the 14.2x time-stretch claim on track 2 using a 16-bit Sound Blaster transfer. If you stare at static on a TV long enough you see faces. If you slow down audio by 1400% you hear voices. Get some sleep. -- Graham Novak "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / TOS 4.04 From mgarcia@cam.ac.uk Thu Sep 26 05:46:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cam!mgarcia From: mgarcia@cam.ac.uk (Mikhail García) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Sep26.054622.5492@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 05:46:22 GMT References: <1996Sep22.100322.9067@uni-hamburg.de> <1996Sep24.021222.5934@mit.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep24.021222.5934@mit.edu>, gnovak@mit.edu (Graham Novak) writes: > If you stare at static on a TV long enough you see faces. If you slow down audio by 1400% you hear voices. Get some sleep. I tried this on my Sound Blaster 16 using a custom DSP resampler. The whispered syllables are 100% there. -- Mikhail García *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From rpopov@purdue.edu Thu Sep 26 10:24:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!purdue!rpopov From: rpopov@purdue.edu (Raj Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1996Sep26.102422.7513@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 10:24:22 GMT References: <1996Sep22.100322.9067@uni-hamburg.de> <1996Sep24.021222.5934@mit.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep24.021222.5934@mit.edu>, gnovak@mit.edu (Graham Novak) writes: > If you stare at static on a TV long enough you see faces. If you slow down audio by 1400% you hear voices. Get some sleep. 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Raj Popov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.