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== Description == | == Description == | ||
The station is unusual in its choice of DJ, "a computer" (as credited by both the end-game credits and manual) which speaks in a synthesized voice of a female. Often times, the lines delivered by the computer are seemingly philosophical, but appear to be more nonsensical, if not meaningless | The station is unusual in its choice of DJ, "a computer" (as credited by both the end-game credits and manual) which speaks in a synthesized voice of a female. Often times, the lines delivered by the computer are seemingly philosophical, but appear to be more nonsensical, if not meaningless. | ||
This genre of music is the first of its kind to appear in a Grand Theft Auto game, and listeners will recognize the track "Pruit Igoe" by [[wp:Philip Glass|Philip Glass]], which was played in the first GTA IV trailer. | This genre of music is the first of its kind to appear in a Grand Theft Auto game, and listeners will recognize the track "Pruit Igoe" by [[wp:Philip Glass|Philip Glass]], which was played in the first GTA IV trailer. | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
*The imaging voices of the station are provided by one Alexandra Williamson, the only known human voice actor for the station. | |||
*It is certain that a Macintosh computer was used to produce the voice of the computer DJ of "The Journey" (which is clear that "Vicki" from Apple's PlainTalk speech software can be heard as the voice of the computerized DJ). This marks the first time text-to-speech software was used in the Grand Theft Auto series. | *It is certain that a Macintosh computer was used to produce the voice of the computer DJ of "The Journey" (which is clear that "Vicki" from Apple's PlainTalk speech software can be heard as the voice of the computerized DJ). This marks the first time text-to-speech software was used in the Grand Theft Auto series. | ||
[[Category:Radio Stations]] | [[Category:Radio Stations]] | ||
[[Category:Radio Stations in GTA IV]] | [[Category:Radio Stations in GTA IV]] | ||