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by aloiv2
Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:38 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
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so from 2020k:

paper says:
April 29, 2013 at 2:03 pm
So, if anyone cares, the final code was found by converting the following from base64 to find a URL to the final audio clip. Not sure where this was found though.
aHR0cDovL2Qyejczdmg3Y3I3OXJ5LmNsb3VkZnJvbnQubmV0L2Nvc2VjaGEubXAz


Anyone ...
by aloiv2
Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:17 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
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Looks like the photo is the SF skyline, taken from the Alameda Air Base (featured heavily in Mythbusters).
by aloiv2
Sun Apr 28, 2013 9:55 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
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Views: 27104540

The 20k 1% refers to the resistor connecting pins 2 and 3 or the output XLR side of the circuit schematic in the Σ files' soundcloud pages.

http://uk.farnell.com/welwyn/mfr4-20k-1 ... dp/1099996
by aloiv2
Sun Apr 28, 2013 9:22 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
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I apologize if this is a repeat question, but has anyone discussed this?

http://tautological.tumblr.com/
by aloiv2
Sun Apr 28, 2013 7:57 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
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well, my point is that at this point warp is well into the range of using money/favors to get this out there. My bet is that the storefront has something to do with it since that has probably cost the most money out of all of this.
I don't think warp would be committing this much time/money into ...
by aloiv2
Sun Apr 28, 2013 7:09 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
Replies: 23594
Views: 27104540

BOC: So, you guys have been using our music for your own bumpers?
AS: Yeah
BOC: How much have you paid us in royalties?
AS: $4.50
BOC: We have a proposition for you...
by aloiv2
Fri Apr 26, 2013 1:08 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
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Elexen, a summing circuit combines two audio signals. It's just supporting the work everyone did to find the file.
by aloiv2
Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:48 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
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*math
by aloiv2
Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:47 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
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Views: 27104540

Can't make heads or tails of it, but "Cosecha" / CSCH / cosine, match functions...there's something there.

http://www.math10.com/en/algebra/hyperb ... tions.html
by aloiv2
Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:37 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
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Views: 27104540

Elexen, that's the summing circuit!
by aloiv2
Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:35 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
Replies: 23594
Views: 27104540

I'm on my phone, anyone plug it into the map coordinates yet?
by aloiv2
Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:25 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
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Iron Mark! Good catch!
by aloiv2
Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:24 am
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
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Views: 27104540

Man, I wish I hadn't been working (as a sound engineer on a broadway show), the graphics on the soundcloud page include:

Sigma - audio symbol for "sum"

and the schematic underneath which shows a summing circuit, specifically with a balanced signal which uses Common Mode Rejection to get rid of ...
by aloiv2
Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:49 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
Replies: 23594
Views: 27104540

Enter them into the "grid reference" field.
by aloiv2
Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:36 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
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Views: 27104540

damn

you are right

In other news from the 2020k page:

Abandon Strings says:
April 24, 2013 at 5:13 pm
The codes as Grid Coordinates: NT936557, NT717228, NT519225, NT699742. http://gridreferencefinder.com/#
by aloiv2
Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:35 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: damn
Replies: 55
Views: 11702

damn

yup, you are right.

In other news, from the 2020k page:

Abandon Strings says:
April 24, 2013 at 5:13 pm
The codes as Grid Coordinates: NT936557, NT717228, NT519225, NT699742. http://gridreferencefinder.com/#

all of the codes are around Edinburgh...
by aloiv2
Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:34 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
Replies: 23594
Views: 27104540

swf

Also, when you decompile the SWF file at:
m

there are things that have changed, the two audio files are different from what they used to be I think. Didn't they used to be a pair of relatively ambient beds? Now they are very fast bursts of noise, like a click.

Last thing, there is a "shape ...
by aloiv2
Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:28 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
Replies: 23594
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frontpage image

The background image on boardsofcanada.com has changed.
As of yesterday it had a lower brightness than the background image for the news and the discography tabs (I specifically noticed this yesterday because I had never seen it before).
Now the brightness on all of the background images match ...
by aloiv2
Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:45 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
Replies: 23594
Views: 27104540

Just plotted out the numbers in excel, they appear all to have the same motion between the numbers, plus the repeated digits in the 4th and 5th places.

www.soundsneu.com/dropbox/public/346.jpg
by aloiv2
Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:18 pm
Forum: Boards of Canada
Topic: GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC
Replies: 23594
Views: 27104540

every two days?

First clue on 4/20, next clue on 4/22, if this pattern sticks for all 6 number sets that would put the last one on 4/30, a tuesday. Probably nothing, but I figured it could be worth mentioning.