From rlopez@earthlink.net Tue Jul 16 04:34:33 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!earthlink!rlopez From: rlopez@earthlink.net (Raj López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Jul16.043433.8793@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 04:34:33 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. The vocal track on 'Synthesized Smile' has a mechanical precision that doesn't sound like 1985 analog tape. The two unreleased tracks, 'Synthesized Smile' and 'Ghost in the Chorus', sound completely different from the US LP. Who was the engineer at the Akasaka branch? The studio log only lists the initials 'M.H.'. -- Raj López "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / AmigaOS 3.1 From mduarte@purdue.edu Tue Jul 16 17:29:33 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!purdue!mduarte From: mduarte@purdue.edu (Mikhail Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Jul16.172933.7090@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 17:29:33 GMT References: <1996Jul16.043433.8793@earthlink.net> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1996Jul16.043433.8793@earthlink.net>, rlopez@earthlink.net (Raj López) writes: > Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. > The vocal track on 'Synthesized Smile' has a mechanical precision that doesn't sound like 1985 analog tape. Line 11 in the relay table says: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The Akasaka reels prove the pitch was modified. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Mikhail Duarte Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Purdue University Engineering Computer Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From llopez@cam.ac.uk Wed Jul 17 10:42:33 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!llopez From: llopez@cam.ac.uk (Liam López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Jul17.104233.6679@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 10:42:33 GMT References: <1996Jul16.043433.8793@earthlink.net> <1996Jul16.172933.7090@purdue.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul16.172933.7090@purdue.edu>, mduarte@purdue.edu (Mikhail Duarte) writes: > Line 11 in the relay table says: 'The key is the pitch of my voice.' The Akasaka reels prove the pitch was modified. > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! That whisper at the end gave me chills. It's in English, but with an inflection that sounds almost synthetic. -- Liam López *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From ilarsson@berkeley.edu Fri Jul 19 00:27:33 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!ilarsson From: ilarsson@berkeley.edu (Ines Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Jul19.002733.8184@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 00:27:33 GMT References: <1996Jul16.043433.8793@earthlink.net> <1996Jul16.172933.7090@purdue.edu> <1996Jul17.104233.6679@cam.ac.uk> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jul17.104233.6679@cam.ac.uk>, llopez@cam.ac.uk (Liam López) writes: > That whisper at the end gave me chills. It's in English, but with an inflection that sounds almost synthetic. The pitch on 'Synthesized Smile' is eerie. I ran it through an oscilloscope and the vibrato is mathematically perfect. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Ines Larsson "Do not worship the copy." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / FreeBSD 2.1 From cschneider@inria.fr Sat Jul 20 11:32:33 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!cschneider From: cschneider@inria.fr (Callum Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Master Tapes recovery (May 1995) - full tracklist analysis Message-ID: <1996Jul20.113233.5559@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 11:32:33 GMT References: <1996Jul16.043433.8793@earthlink.net> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Jul16.043433.8793@earthlink.net>, rlopez@earthlink.net (Raj López) writes: > Spent the weekend analyzing the reel box scans and audio recovered from Akihabara last month. I downloaded the .au files yesterday. Kamome FTP was crawling at 300 cps because everyone on Usenet is hitting it. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Callum Schneider Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "Hold for relay."