Ruins of Alph Embedded Images and Strangeness

Defying my belief that this should be kept confidential, I will share this in the sole interest of two individuals. My name is Ruben. I have always been interested in subliminal techniques, regardless of the media or way in which they are conveyed. However, I did not go looking for this particular example. No, it found its way to me. It's certainly no coincidence that the move 'Curse' was introduced in Generation II with the release of Pokemon Gold, Silver, and Crystal versions.

Often heard that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover? A sound should not be judged by the way you hear it. There can be so much more, that of which the single sense of hearing can not handle by itself. Sounds are visual as well, despite what some may say. Any piece of music can alter your state of mind and emotions. What else can sounds do? Maybe a certain group of individuals set out to answer just that.

New concepts were realized with version 1.0 of the Lavender Town music released in early Pokemon Green and Red cartridges in Japan. There's no doubt that there was interest from the sound team to create an eerie effect from special inflictions in the music, most notably the high pitched frequencies which could only be heard by those with especially acute hearing. Version 1.1 of the Lavender Town music soon replaced its older counterpart in newer cartridges in order to avoid suspicions. Perhaps enough data had been collected anyway.

The person who posted the previous video was surprised to find that his friend, Anthony, had developed a special way to retrieve the frequencies that were lost when the developed music was redesigned in order to fit within the limitations of the Game Boy. According to him, certain hints were left in the music which encouraged him to develop a way to analyze the sound and insert special tones which mimicked the original intentions of the music. Although Anthony may have never realized this, the tones which he added constructed unusual images within the sound when combined with the original Pokemon music. These images had been embedded into the music through certain methods of steganography. In Pokemon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, these images were waiting for their key to be unlocked.

Likewise, two sound files from the Pokemon Gold, Silver, and Crystal soundtrack fit together in an interesting way. One you are most likely familiar with; the other you would have only heard if you had listened to your radio while within the Ruins of Alph. These files can never be played concurrently while playing the game. However, they can be while using a computer.

I am not the one who posted the previous video. I will refer to him as Edwin from this point on. When he looked through Anthony's laptop, he copied more than an audio file and just a few pictures. Edwin found an entire algorithm which Anthony had written which was able to reconstruct the lost images within particular Pokemon sound files. Anthony had created the sound file featured in the last video from this algorithm and a generic binaural beat, which he had downloaded from the internet, and many viewers/listeners have recognized.

Subsequently after discovering Anthony's creation (lavender.wav) and his homemade algorithm, Edwin himself became obsessed with the oddness of Lavender Town. Despite what he wrote in the previous video, he did not lose interest. Edwin spent his time up until posting the last video testing Anthony's algorithm. He became quite familiar with it and tried it on numerous sounds from the early Pokemon games. Eventually, he tried combining the Ruins of Alph music with the erratic sounds that play on the radio. After running this through Anthony's algorithm, results even more astounding than Anthony's original discovery were found. The outcome is this video.

To my dismay, I am the "sound enthusiast" which Edwin mentioned in the description of the last video. This is why I know so much of this ordeal and have felt the need to write this description as well as post this video. Edwin contacted me through the internet requesting help with the lavender audio file, so I sent him a spectrogram program. He began to send me more and more details about the problems he was facing as time went on, and I grew to know him pretty well. Eventually, he sent me the password to this account along with a terrifying note.

YouTube imposes a text limit which prevents me from posting the entire description here. Please continue reading at the link below:

http://freetexthost.com/6fymlsrf5r

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MP3 Transcode "ruinsofalph.mp3" (10 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/3poon1epvpydd3i/ruinsofalph.mp3

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• ruins
• of
• alph
• pokemon
• gold
• silver
• crystal
• unown
• unknown
• lavender
• town
• missing
• frequencies
• mystery
• tone
• syndrome
• red
• blue
• yellow
• game
• boy
• color
• gameboy
• death

[flamemustang224]

First Message: Our words shall remain here for the ages.

Second Message: Thus we shall erect a pokemon statue outside.

Thrid Message: We humans must learn to walk in harmony with them.

Forth Message: They possess great insight and refuse the outside world.

Final Message: Escape

[23Tuv]

@glados360 Yep, check the link in the description! ;P

[charizardman22]

I wan't to know what this guy is up to...maybe a fake but many people dont think so...i want to know about this mystery

[charizardman22]

Oh. Well nevermind

[somerdaytrumpet]

1:47

[IanHolly44]

@charizardman22 Apparently this guy logged in 02-19-12, which is 7 days ago...

[charizardman22]

I think this guy might've died too. Its been two years. No one will ever know about this mystery

[ElectroWizrd2]

Dont list, guys.

[hgdge]

lol this is creppy. and why THE FUCK AM I WATCHING THINS AT 3:00 AM IN THE MORNING!!!

[Zpcielite2]

i can hear strange things in the background and those voices....

[akalpine]

This is funky music.

[PCupcakeScratch]

If you listen really closely at the parts when the UNOWN come up, it sounds like a computerized voice is whispering the message to you, looping bits of the words, in your sleep while you're half awake.