The next time I donate some sort of recording device, I need to remember to record a creepy message.

@Nik-lf4rw

22 күн бұрын

fart in the mic

@methaChiba

22 күн бұрын

8h ago? how?

@madmodder123

22 күн бұрын

@@methaChiba he probably uploaded it as unlisted and gave it to members/patreons to watch it. then the general public gets it when he changes from unlisted to public

@ChristopherSobieniak

22 күн бұрын

​@@madmodder123That happens.

@tra-viskaiser8737

22 күн бұрын

Some jibberish about where the gold is buried... and leave gps numbers backwards that takes you to some giant graveyard. Lol

I wonder if Johnny finished his homework before watching TV.

@applescruff1969

22 күн бұрын

Of course he didn't. No kids ever did that!

@Retep4565

22 күн бұрын

And now Johnny is a homeless meth addict.

@hedgehog3180

22 күн бұрын

Johnny looked like he was starring in a sitcom.

@kitvar2685

21 күн бұрын

But MOOOOOOOM!

@plan7a

21 күн бұрын

No, Johnny decided to watch The Twilight Zone instead and accidentally hit the record button while watching it; hence the creepy recording! LOL.

"Sorry Mr Teacher, I didn't do my homework. My dad left a garbled message on the fridge to watch TV channel 18 at 8pm or something".

@uncled39

10 күн бұрын

Ha!

"Lasts over 1 year" or until the batteries leak 😂

@MIchaelArlowe

22 күн бұрын

Yeah, you’re lucky if batteries last up to a year before the expiration date anymore.

@gamingballsgaming

21 күн бұрын

​@MIchaelArlowe ikr, theres some old Panasonic cell in my calculator thats from the year 2000 and still works, yet the new pack of energizers not even a year old are starting to leak in the pack

@plan7a

21 күн бұрын

Or the pencil lead breaks! Or you run out of paper! LOL.

In the mid-90s, my family bought a phone w/ an answering machine, it came with a blank micro-cassette in the machine. We guessed the phone was returned to the store because there was a message on it from a lonely, elderly man who likely had dementia, he was trying to reach his daughter. It was both eerie and sad, but I remember he said her name over and over again started crying. It got to the point where he was wailing and then the tape ran out.

@shortybeck6901

10 күн бұрын

That's heartbreaking! I imagine it **was** extremely unsettling to hear. I hope that gentleman was able to get in touch with his daughter.

@jmc042

10 күн бұрын

then you put the tape in your VHS and it was Mario's face but hyperrealistic

@TwisterTornado

8 күн бұрын

​@@jmc042 Oh, shut up. 🙄

@TwisterTornado

8 күн бұрын

​@@jmc042 Zoomy brained t r a s h

@hardlyworking_

5 күн бұрын

best prank ever lol

"You'll never need a pencil and pad of paper to leave a note again! In fact, a pencil and pad of paper are so worthless now, we'll include them for free!"

"The family will love it!" - I don't know, Johnny doesn't look too amused...

@jasonschubert6828

22 күн бұрын

I was thinking that exact thing! 😂

@plan7a

21 күн бұрын

Johnny thought it was spying on him, perhaps? Because his Mother somehow knew he wasn't doing his homework?

@Sampler19

9 күн бұрын

Johnny's had enough of Ghost 1888s shenanigans.

The people who brought one of these are the same people sending voice notes now instead of typing it out (shifting the inconvenience to the recipient).

@ChristopherSobieniak

22 күн бұрын

You can see the evolution.

@zangl2955

22 күн бұрын

Don’t call me out like that

@No-mq5lw

22 күн бұрын

At least modern transcription technology has gotten semi decent where you kind of can do this

@herzbeton

11 күн бұрын

doing voice messages are simply easier for disabled people. I can see how a product like this would be useful for someone who cannot write.

@user-yv6xw7ns3o

9 күн бұрын

​​@@herzbeton Very true. I'm pretty sure OP was referring to people more generally, though.

The initial presentation of the box copy "typical message" via 2005-era voice synth is a precious KZread moment.

@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG

21 күн бұрын

@FranklyPeetoons We had much better voice synths on our ham radio repeater controllers in the late '80s. You're off by at least 20 years...

@jbmcb

20 күн бұрын

My middle school daughter heard it and said "Short Circuit." It's the voice synth used for the server robots in the party scene in Short Circuit. She nailed it. If I'm not totally mistaken, it's the female voice for Macintalk.

Is it me or the message has not just voice but creepy incidental music sounding like a reed organ or harmonium?

@Tadfafty

14 күн бұрын

Some people here are saying it sounds like something from a movie.

I think the message is saying "Marty, if we get this thing up to 88, your going to see some serious $hit"

@netheritecraftondrugs5126

12 күн бұрын

Maybe it said 1988

@MyNameIsUnavailable

11 күн бұрын

1.21 Jigawatts later...

@L0rdOfThePies

10 күн бұрын

all i hear is “1888”

@vine00

7 күн бұрын

List 18, '88.

@TayWoode

5 күн бұрын

@@MyNameIsUnavailablewhat the hell is a Jigawatt?

Number 8...*burp* Number 8...*burp* ...

@F40PH-2CAT

22 күн бұрын

They found me on the men's room floor.

@renakunisaki

22 күн бұрын

Barney forever! Wiggum never!

@user-me6td1up1m

22 күн бұрын

Now people will stop intentionally ramming our car.

@plan7a

21 күн бұрын

Beatles demo tape? Number 9... Number 9... LOL.

@deerfish3000

21 күн бұрын

"I'll have a plum floating in perfume, served in a man's hat."

Makes your to-do list sound like the final transmission from a lost Soyuz capsule.

It's one of those spy number stations!

@plan7a

21 күн бұрын

Instead of 'This message will self destruct in 30 seconds' perhaps it's a case of 'These batteries will self destruct in 30 seconds'? Just a thought.

This is like a industrial tech class's first project. The teacher assigns you to make a improved notepad as if you were bringing it to market.

@SlyPearTree

15 күн бұрын

I can't remember which but I think I've seen something similar as a class assignement on at least two tv shows, one might have been Family Ties.

Maybe "August 18, 88" ? The chip is made by Samsung!

@thekidfromiowa

22 күн бұрын

8/18/88? I'm a week old now!

@Kr-nv5fo

21 күн бұрын

Ghost... 1888...

@pr9334

20 күн бұрын

Yeah I heard 88 as well.

@FoxerTails

20 күн бұрын

August is kinda hard to hear, but that could very well be the original message.

@jamesbennettmusic

20 күн бұрын

@@FoxerTails I think the "aug" is cut off

That creepy message on the tape gives me mystery shortwave signal vibes 🙂

@madmax2069

9 күн бұрын

Indeed

5:22 lol that expression. “You guys seein’ this?”

When I first saw the cassettes, I thought they might have been the "pocket rockers" tapes.

@LapisandHamtarolover

22 күн бұрын

Techmoan six years ago video.

@CptJistuce

20 күн бұрын

It is weird to me that people remember Pocket Rockers. I didn't know anyone with them when I was a kid, but apparently the line was fairly popular.

@danieldaniels7571

7 күн бұрын

I was looking for this comment, as I collect Pocket Rockers, and that’s what they look like to me.

That garbled message sounded like the first translation in the movie Mars Attacks! _"All green of skin... 800 centuries ago, their bodily fluids..."_ 😆

that recording you discovered slipped through an alternate dimension, i have encountered this on old tapes, and i think i stumbled on the same recording when i was hacking 1800 numbers from a payphone

Wouldn't it be something if the person who made that recording found this video? The circuitry looks beyond crude, like it was made as cheaply as possible. That Samsung IC is an audio amplifier and probably the most expensive part!

@onlyJann

5 күн бұрын

I'm a 90s baby I used to take things like this apart my parents old 80s gadgets lol they all looked similar inside and never properly worked complete junk and thrift stores were filled with it

I found an Energizer AAA that still had the push to test strip on the side from the 90's in a flashlight the other day and couldn't belive that it didn't leak.

@renakunisaki

22 күн бұрын

Why did they stop making those?

@vadnegru

22 күн бұрын

​@@renakunisaki Hazardous/too expensive/not dense/...

@thetechconspiracy2

22 күн бұрын

@@renakunisaki They actually haven't, you can still get them. Duracell calls it "Power Check", though they do seem a bit hard to find

@digitalpicker

13 күн бұрын

I recently found some Duracell AAs that had a similar feature, and they also hadn’t leaked. Actually, I believe there’s an extra outer seal that holds the battery tester onto the outside of the battery, and any leakage is held in under that layer.

My boombox had a crackling problem for a long time, I accidentally fixed it by just pushing the record key down. On other news (olds): Once I bought an answering machine and it had a sad message with someone sobbing, so I was the creepy one for listening to those messages.

The recording sounds like came from a weird old horror movie, and the way you edited it on 4:55 sounds like a weird Boards Of Canada interlude. 😂

@madmax2069

9 күн бұрын

That's what I was thinking, some kind of old movie or OTR.

The market for unused, unchewed, vintage 1987 number two Husky pencils is super hot right now. You have found a gold mine! Risk 1988. That's when my oldest was born so I agree with that speaker's assessment. Recorded in a funeral parlor I think. Nothing creepy.

I'm sleeping with the lights on tonight after hearing that recording. 😂

@thephoenixhasflown

10 күн бұрын

To me it just sounds like a small part of a worn radio broadcast but yeah I can see how people who aren't used to it would get seriously creeped out by that.

That kids face! 😂😂😂😂

@PooopBro420

22 күн бұрын

He really thought he was gonna be watching TV before doing his homework

@SM64BLJ

22 күн бұрын

Not expecting you here 👀👀 @Recordology

Lol industrial music sampling material XD

@ShawnStafford-1978

7 күн бұрын

Skinny Puppy

Oof that message was something straight out of a horror or scifi show. Especially with that reverb 😆

@electronixTech

22 күн бұрын

Yeah, it reminded me of EVP.

OK I had a good laugh at the segment around 4:55 Post 1888?

@nikelquint

20 күн бұрын

Sounds like he says Christmas 1988

i love that you continue to make these fascinating and informative videos for all these years

3:00 Hooray for Mercury!

@crazywarp36

22 күн бұрын

They prob removed it from batteries so if it leaked you had to repair or get a new one

@ChristopherSobieniak

22 күн бұрын

@@crazywarp36 I'm sure. Also I was being jokingly sarcastic. This is coming from someone who has asbestos tiles in the basement for 50 years, yet I'm still here.

@crazywarp36

22 күн бұрын

@@ChristopherSobieniak yeah my house has asbestos tape on the air vents

@ChristopherSobieniak

22 күн бұрын

@@crazywarp36 Perhaps what worked for us was using our heads.

@No-mq5lw

22 күн бұрын

​@@ChristopherSobieniak Asbestos is harmful only if disturbed allowing the fibers to go airborne. Application of water while working with the material also prevents the mineral fibers from going airborne, though it is advisable not to dispose of it in household drains. Many sources, including the WHO, don't recognize asbestos as a drinking water contaminant, but the US EPA does.

This reminded me of the Maverick memo minder I bought 15 years ago or so to remind my mother with dementia to take her medications while I was at work. That device did not use tapes. You could set various reminder recordings to play at specific times during the day. All digital.

Sounds like g..g..g..ghosts! Me and Scooby are outta here!

@GothGuy885

22 күн бұрын

ZOIKS!! 😵‍💫

The address on the box is now DureX, which is in their words "a full service, privately held and operated, ISO 9001:2015 Certified Contract Metal Fabrication facility"

@jonathaneastwood2927

17 күн бұрын

In the UK Durex is a brand of condoms.

@jonathaneastwood2927

17 күн бұрын

In the UK Durex is brand of condoms..

analog horror in the most literal sense.

We had one of these things. My father put it in the bathroom. He was kinda neurotic or something, he made us, my mom and sister, record our bowel movements. We had to give a narration while pooping and describe the experience. He would cover it up when company came over. I can't tell you how this affected my life. Now I can't poop unless it's being recorded. I play the tapes back over and over again. Cheers mate!

Love your videos, man❤

I thought the batteries weren't included. RETURNED!

In the mid-80s I had a Casio alarm clock with a similar tape to record your own alarm.

@danieldaniels7571

7 күн бұрын

The tape looks identical to a Pocket Rocker

Great video and what an awesome creepy sample from that tape! Thanks for your videos Amazing to see those Bandai tapes in something other than a toy!

Ha! I was going to leave a snarky comment, "it needs new capacitors" Well, I guess the joke's on me. The IC chip shows the very old Samsung logo.

@vadnegru

22 күн бұрын

Yes, it's literally Sam Sung, or 3 stars.

WAY back when families lived together and actually communicated with each other.

@johnstone7697

9 күн бұрын

In the late 80's? Not really. It's why that contraption was made. No two people were in the room at the same time, so they had to leave messages for each other. They may live in the same house, but I'd hardly call that "together".

@danny-li6io

6 күн бұрын

@@johnstone7697 Im sorry you missed out on that culture 💔

@danny-li6io

6 күн бұрын

@@johnstone7697 I should have said SOME families

I haven't been to Unique since the beginning of Covid. They closed the one nearest to me, but I heard they're opening a new one soon. I used to stop by the Union (or is it Springfield?) store 2-3 days a week after work. We've probably bumped into each other there, and wouldn't have even known it lol. Once I get my money situation in order I need to start going there again. I probably have several things that I bought from there that you'd be interested in making videos on.

Ah, simple tape loops. Takes me back to a malfunctioning vacant number announcement Evan Doorbell hit on one of his phone trips back in...Eh, the '70s? Kept looping the "I'm sorry, the number you have dialed..." without ever moving on to the next part of the recording.

I was waiting for the pocket rockers comparison….and I was rewarded 😁

it's weird because that amount of time of that looped has looped a finite number of times between when it was first recorded and now like sands through an hourglass, just accumulating over the decades. If my math is correct it would have looped over 58 million times if it could be left to play since the moment it was recorded about 37 years ago.

This one simple accessory turns any fridge into a smart fridge! A must have for today’s busy modern life, circa 1987. I guess it might have been easier to use instead of just a notepad, interesting product!

I love these oddities!

5:58 that's gonna leave a mark 😢

Fascinating. It’s a bit beyond my technical knowledge and interest level, but I love history (even if I was alive for it!) and gadgets, and the message is super creepy-sounding. It kinda sounded like it said “(…) 1888”, although it’s too distorted to feel certain either way, as far as I can tell - anyhoo, to someone with my imagination, it makes me dream up some kind of sci-fi story, maybe involving time-travel or ghosts… something like that. But, yeah, it speaks to my inner nerd; neat stuff!

1888 was the year of the Jack The Ripper's infamous Whitechapel murders. Maybe the recording is a soundbite from a horror movie about Jack the Ripper or its trailer?

@solinus7131

21 күн бұрын

interesting idea I feel like it could've been recorded off the TV by some mischevious kid to mess with their parents

Nice to see your arty side coming out lol; but seriously, I'd love to do something with that snippet of the recording :D

Makes me feel old. I think I've seen this channel before. Interesting hobby this guy has. Hard to believe this was sold in 1987. Looks more like 1977

I think recording bias oscillator related parts may restore it to the full recording quality.. It sounds like low bias current to the head.

This was a fun video! Thanks for sharing

This could have been a topic for Techmoan (as he loves magnetic tape gadgets), but Vwestlife was quicker.

Wow! that cassette looks so cool. I hope that the cassette format's history be discussed more in detail. One of the channels that does this is Technomoan.

Never heard of this product but I grew up in Union New Jersey 😻👍

@gaywizard2000

Күн бұрын

So are only now experiencing 1985?

Johnny about to execute some mischievous plans before TV

Those mini micro cassettes remind me of the carts we used in radio back in the day, based on the old 8-tracks!

I await the ASMR video where you play the creepy message for 10 hours lol.

It sounded like it was saying "list 1888" in the creepy recording

totally expected rob zombie to start singing over the creepy recording at 4:53

We all clicked for the creepy voice lol. Not disappointed at all!

That's different qnd kinda neat... that message though One of the worst cases of leaky batteries I've seen in awhile

Wow! Very interesting piece of old tech.

Wow that’s one lucky find, that’s exactly the stuff I hope to find at thrift store, but rarely do. Enjoy 😊

The editing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Good to hear that you didn't lose an eye.

Wow that is really cool!

I love the Steven Hawking in Family Guy, Text-to-speech voices.

this is just as creepy as a late 80s corvette speedometer/tachometer display or a guy could leave "by the time i get to phoenix" song message lol

I love it, makes everything sound like your in the Red Room fromTwin Peak.

I have something similar, but a newer version, built into a light switch plate. it uses chip technology, instead of tape. it stopped working several years ago. even with new batteries .no biggie tho, I just haven't made time to replace it with a regular face plate yet, so there it sits, Out of Order, unused, but not forgotten.

I remember that video from Mr. Moan, and I think he referred to that cassette as the world's smallest audio cassette, which I kind of loosely disputed (in a tongue-in-cheek manner cos it wasn't serious!) that the Sinclair MicroDrive cassettes were very likely smaller, with the caveat that I knew full well they were never used for audio, plus they were kind of junk anyway, prone to stretching and losing data on every use, because Sinclair... :P

That is a fascinating, creepy message indeed! Their sample message is also creepy and weird, it sounds like it was recorded by a cyborg woman from the future; now we’re just missing the message from the army of the twelve monkeys for the prophecy to be fulfilled 😂

@thephoenixhasflown

10 күн бұрын

I know right it sounded like a female version of Junior from the Macintosh computers but not quite princess either. The decently creepy message actually sounded like it was from some low budget radio horror series something along the lines of the show midnight.

4:55 VWestlife going full Hainbach with a tape loop 😂

Those sample recordings reminded me of "Fitter Happier" by Radiohead...

Very cool. Thanks.

Christmas 1988

@vwestlife

21 күн бұрын

Listen to the real version, not my remixed version where the echo of S in List makes it sound like another syllable ending in S.

Old, found audio is the coolest thing on Earth.

You know where this invention kicks itself in the erse: pencils and notepad.

Okay, that's completely creepy.

1888 was a Seventh-day Adventist historical event, considered very significant

I used a micro cassette recorder to do this. I used to carry it in my front pocket of my shirt and talked into it all day long and played it back at home

Great.. that voice and creepy music is going to be fuel for nightmares tonight. 💀

I heard “Christmas 1988”. Perhaps when it was received as a gift?

With this item you get may an electronic notepad but you also end up with a bonus back up! Something more failsafe and guaranteed to work: some paper and a pencil. (No need to worry about leaky batteries or strange garbled messages with this! The paper and pencil are used for a backup, in case the tape, battery or recording fails! So long as the pencil doesn't need sharpening and your writing is legible you are totally covered for almost all messages! LOL.😄

the text to speech sounded like the catering robot from Short Circuit.

Nice a gadget video this one looks very nice this notepad looks neat

"List 18 A8 3" May be a cataloguing number.

Nice weird sequence you made ! 🙂

I hate vertical videos.

Personally, my favorite part is the mechanical drum indicator on the power switch.

Sounds like Walter Pigeon in Forbidden Planet when you play the tape

Trippy. I love it

Great video...👍

Remember the recording from the radio broadcast in Lost?