Never noticed how the 'purrs' get faster and faster over time, but it's really obvious in the speeded up version
I don't they they all do.
The low purrs seem to stay the same, while it's the high ones that very gradually increase over time.
Never noticed how the 'purrs' get faster and faster over time, but it's really obvious in the speeded up version
It's unlikely to be a straight re-use of audio from elsewhere, if only for simple copyright/licencing reasons.
Just created this account so I can post. Sorry to jump in like this but I've been reading/lurking for a while now.
I've been thinking along the lines that it would be a straightforward thing rather than requiring deep audio analysis and cryptology. The hint from FD was to listen, just that. I've also been thinking that the purrs are more important than the chitters. First I thought there was a code there, maybe ascii, binary. Been looking into that without luck. Also I thought maybe something along the Close Encounters Of The Third Kind comms. Anyway, enough preamble..
Just listened to the speeded up clip provided by bitstorm and I think I have it. I think (ducks for cover, but I'm serious) we're hearing the sounds of the old "Space Invaders" arcade game, or something very like it.
Try this : https://www.dropbox.com/s/uzajt5a6ztbywn9/Mars & the Unknown Artefact_1.mp3?dl=0
and just for giggles here 10x =D
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qf0mb1jtfm9f5b8/Mars & the Unknown Artefact_10.mp3?dl=0
...Just listened to the speeded up clip provided by bitstorm and I think I have it. I think (ducks for cover, but I'm serious) we're hearing the sounds of the old "Space Invaders" arcade game, or something very like it.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=141038&p=2160913&viewfull=1#post2160913 - "Have you tried listening to them?"
We've been assuming "them" is the Unknown Artefacts themselves. But Michael has been careful in his wording in the past. He didn't say "the artefacts", "them". So maybe it has nothing to do with the sound/appearance of the Unknown Artefact themselves. Then the question is: who is "them"?
To me, the criteria is any in-universe character or faction who mentions artefacts of this kind. This could be from the trailer (which would fit the "some people wouldn't get", as in people who haven't seen the trailer), GalNet or one of the books (I've only read Reclamation & Out Of Darkness, neither of which mention anything like this).
I have an Orca in storage, would be willing to bring it out to do a listen test. I'd also be willing to sell my UA at Leonard Nimoy, at least to put the trailer & sale theories to bed.
You are a genius!
People, I'm serously thinking we have to shoot at it until it dies! Exploding it will "open" and reveal something, like the power pod of the old video games!!!!!!
That would explain the clue about only some people getting it i.e. you need to be of a certain age and have played this one?
ABu
i wish i knew of a way to input audio to google and search for something similar like you can with pictures
It's unlikely to be a straight re-use of audio from elsewhere, if only for simple copyright/licencing reasons.
And here's the 20x!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ekc1ybe3m9udum/Mars & the Unknown Artefact_20.mp3?dl=0
Look I dunno, the 20x really sounds like it's building to something, almost like a bomb!
But nano-virus/plague bomb?
Daygobah would love this pity he couldn't stay civil. =(
Maybe it's charging up, given time that head will open up and send a beam in some direction or other!
Perhaps it's trying to get to 12 purrs/cycle.
I would now really like to hear an extended version, like there's a bit of a risk but scoop at 5%.
There is no way to prevent a cannister exploding short of scooping it up is there? I mean if we could keep the UA purring for longer somehow.
Does a canister degrade inside an air-locked Coriolis?
The more I listen to it, I'm getting more convinced that it's Space Invaders slowed down. The whale noises are the laser shots. The pitch rises and the sound speeds up as the invaders get closer to the bottom in the game. I think this is a clip from somewhere near the end of a level where there'll be lots of "purrs" per shot.
Thargoids might be space invaders so maybe it's just a bit of an in joke? Though I still think there's another game from the dim and distant past that it reminds me of, it's just tracking it down....
Abu