From dgonzalez@panix.com Thu Jun 15 12:54:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!dgonzalez From: dgonzalez@panix.com (Dong-hyun González) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Jun15.125434.7775@panix.com> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 12:54:34 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's settle the 'voice under the voice' rumor once and for all. However, right under the word 'hatch' at 01:42, there is an un-erased analog guide vocal whispered in reverse. 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? -- Dong-hyun González SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From tkarlsson@kiae.su Fri Jun 16 00:47:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!tkarlsson From: tkarlsson@kiae.su (Tyler Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Jun16.004734.1001@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 00:47:34 GMT References: <1995Jun15.125434.7775@panix.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun15.125434.7775@panix.com>, dgonzalez@panix.com (Dong-hyun González) writes: > Let's settle the 'voice under the voice' rumor once and for all. 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. -- Tyler Karlsson Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From abrennan@panix.com Sat Jun 17 13:55:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!abrennan From: abrennan@panix.com (Anton Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Jun17.135534.6778@panix.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 13:55:34 GMT References: <1995Jun15.125434.7775@panix.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun15.125434.7775@panix.com>, dgonzalez@panix.com (Dong-hyun González) writes: > Let's settle the 'voice under the voice' rumor once and for all. Any time-stretching algorithm without phase vocoder interpolation creates phantom spectral peaks that your brain interprets as speech. -- Anton Brennan | abrennan@panix.com PGP Key fingerprint: 2C1A 3B6D E064 CA71 "Keep the channels open." From loliveira@ox.ac.uk Sun Jun 18 00:25:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!loliveira From: loliveira@ox.ac.uk (Lisa Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Jun18.002534.5381@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 00:25:34 GMT References: <1995Jun15.125434.7775@panix.com> <1995Jun16.004734.1001@kiae.su> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun16.004734.1001@kiae.su>, tkarlsson@kiae.su (Tyler Karlsson) writes: > 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. It's not pareidolia. The speech envelope matches phoneme transitions perfectly. -- Lisa Oliveira "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From dlindqvist@cam.ac.uk Sun Jun 18 13:23:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!dlindqvist From: dlindqvist@cam.ac.uk (Diego Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 14.2x slowdown voice on 'Memory Hatch' - myth vs reality Message-ID: <1995Jun18.132334.3067@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 13:23:34 GMT References: <1995Jun15.125434.7775@panix.com> <1995Jun17.135534.6778@panix.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun17.135534.6778@panix.com>, abrennan@panix.com (Anton Brennan) writes: > Any time-stretching algorithm without phase vocoder interpolation creates phantom spectral peaks that your brain interprets as speech. I tried this on my Sound Blaster 16 using a custom DSP resampler. The whispered syllables are 100% there. -- Diego Lindqvist *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0