Friends of Gabriel Chantayan

[Attached image: A thermal paper gamma scan of a GRACE HEX cassette tape, showing waveform data with a yellow lot code barely visible in the bottom right corner. The scan reveals audio waveforms at 41.7 kHz with what appears to be a timestamp pattern in the noise floor.]

gamma scan uploaded finally oct 1 deadline still real but yo the tape deck's still plugged in and i still cant find the lot code off the casing anyone actually look at mine yet

^ this BeachBum finally keyed the mike

BeachBum_Bryce wrote:gamma scan uploaded finally oct 1 deadline still real but yo the tape deck's still plugged in and i still cant find the lot code off the casing anyone actually look at mine yet

bro actually posted a scan i was gonna flame this thread again but u came through with waveform data at 41.7 kHz so i gotta tip the cap. lot code is barely visible in the bottom right corner of the thermal paper - try a flashlight at 45 degrees, that yellow ink only catches at angle. six threads of smell descriptions and then one real scan. i respect the arc

now someone get that lot code under a light before BeachBum starts thread 7 describing the smell of the FLASHLIGHT

BeachBum_Bryce wrote:gamma scan uploaded finally oct 1 deadline still real but yo the tape deck's still plugged in and i still cant find the lot code off the casing anyone actually look at mine yet

BeachBum I appreciate you finally postin the scan thats more than some folks have done around here. But I gotta ask somethin plain - that waveform at 41.7 kHz, did you check if the tape deck you used actually plays back at the right speed? I got a reel tape here marked 47-8-22 in grease pencil and nobody can play it because most consumer decks run at 3.75 ips and the pro ones at 7.5 or 15. If your deck speed is off then the frequency is off and the "timestamp in the noise floor" could just be the motor bein dirty. I learned that from Pete at Ohio Vintage Audio on Third Street - he said half the cassettes people bring him were recorded on a deck that was 2% slow and then played back on one that was 2% fast and everyone argues about the pitch of Gabriel's voice when its just belt slippage. So what speed was your deck set to when you ripped that scan

Also I found this in my father's old cigar box this mornin - my uncle (or maybe cousin Cletus) standin by a green mailbox on a gravel road in fog. Looks like the kind of road TwinPeaks was photographin on CR-47. Thought I'd share it in case the mailbox matches.

Regards,
Dennis

BeachBum you finally posted a real gamma scan lot code bottom right corner - flash at 45 degrees like Cipher said

DennisFromOhio the deck speed question is the first grounded thing anyone has asked about that scan all thread - BeachBum if your deck is running at consumer 3.75 ips and that tape was laid down on a 7.5 ips pro deck then the 41.7 kHz is actually 20.85 kHz and the "timestamp in the noise floor" is just your motor pulley being dirty Did you check the calibration tone on side B or did you just hit play on side A and assume the transport is honest? I ran the numbers through my SHA-1 spreadsheet and the gamma peak at 41.7 divides cleanly through a 2:1 ratio which is exactly the consumer/pro speed gap Dennis is flagging. The yellow lot code is worth chasing but the whole waveform shifts if the tape path is wrong.

LyrikUebersetzer thanks for the back-up on the deck speed question - glad someone else ran the 2:1 numbers so I dont look like a crazy man with a reel tape nobody can play yet

BeachBum I see you finally posted a gamma scan which is more than some folks have done but Lyrik and I both gave you the math on the speed ratio so if the lot code dont turn up under a 45 degree flashlight maybe check the transport belt before you start thread 7 about the smell of the calibration tone

Also I got a picture here from the Kroger parking lot this morning - 47 cents on the receipt for a card I bought my niece. I know CommitCipher and AuroraQuill are gonna tell me its a vessel or a ledger or whatever but I just think its funny that the number followed me to the grocery store while everyone else is arguing about toast

[Attached image: A Kroger receipt from Far Hills store, dated Sep 20 2006 8:47am. The total at the bottom reads $2.47. A handwritten circle in blue ink is drawn around the .47 portion. The card itself is visible in the background - a generic birthday card with a cartoon cat wearing a party hat on it. The receipt is sitting on a kitchen table next to an empty coffee mug and a dog leash.]