#tmp transcript

[pain-is-too-tired]

I know it's describing their shift of tone but I am way too amused by this then I should be dhdhd

[baeblin]

[thetriboulet]

see as a writer and enjoyer of consuming media critically i love the idea of jon and martin being perpetually trapped between universes, or in the tapes, or just any fate worse than death. i think it makes for such an interesting and tragic end to their stories. but as a fan of the show and copybook wimp? man i just want them to wind up Somewhere Else and adopt a cat.

[fracturediron]

OMG Gerry Keay? Alive and happy, in my podcast?! Living with his grandma Gertrude Robinson?!

[yalikejazz9]

[SPOILERS FOR TMP]

Your telling me obsessively creating a Microsoft Whiteboard filled with every theory thought and peice of information I have about TMP so far isnt how your suppose to act about a podcast?

I don't belive that, you're making that up.

[sobecomesomethingelse]

the problem with podcasts with great writing and excellent production values is that they don’t have more episodes for me to listen to

[assistant-meowrchivist]

Ok so, I gave in and started tmp before finishing my tma obsidian thing,,,

that protocol got HANDS literally just the first episode bro tbf it's a double one but still

[disembodiedvoicecrossover]

“Hi I’m Cookie Masterson, and shadowing me today is- oh, sorry, i- I didn’t catch your name.”

“That’s because I didn’t give it to you!”

“Okay, this guy’s giving off some really weird vibes.”

(video link)

[catgirl-intestinal-parasite]

magnus protocol make your podcast listenable to people with auditory processing disorder challenge level impossible

[coconut530]

IT’S TIME OMGGGGGG

[anonymoussong]

DPHW = Dread Powers Have Won ?

[pain-is-too-tired]

THE TAPE RECORDER DOES WHAT???

[weremadeofbadcode]

Hey so we listened to episode 21 of tmp. What the fuck

[mushroompoisoning]

colin can't die before I get an explaination for How he found out the computers were listening. or until he gets to meet jon archivist in person if that happens. he also can't die because I love him

[1nk20ul]

Jonathan Sims ALIVE?? I Believe I Have Proof.

(Spoilers for The Magnus Protocol!)

You heard that right. And if you've listened to TMP 39 - Dependents, you've heard it too. Not only can I prove without the shadow of a doubt that not one, but two Archivists are roaming TMA's London, but I can also prove with spectrogram + phonetical analysis exactly what Jon is saying.

Let me prove it to you.

First, let's start with an unedited audio sample, taken at 16:30:

Did you catch it? If you didn't, I don't blame you. There's a lot happening here. Let's check the official transcript for more context about what we're hearing.

So, what we're hearing is definitely the Archivist. It's evident that it's whispering something, but the specifics are currently hidden under layers of reverb, static, and tape winding. Let's clean it up a bit to get a better listen. I pitched the audio down 30%, reduced the background noise, and ran it through a few frequency filters to make the speech more prominent.

Oh.

Oh, shit.

Yeah, that's definitely Jon.

At the very least, we know this is obviously not Beth Eyre, who voices [ERROR]. Since the transcript states that this audio has to come from an Archivist, that really only leaves us with one other possibility.

But let's assume you still don't believe me. I took the liberty of isolating the vocals entirely and running them through a linguistics analysis programme called Praat (which is fantastic + free by the way!). This way, we can analyse the speech all the way down to the position of the Archivist's mouth when speaking.

Here's the new sample we're working with:

I admit, the speech is a tad more muffled in this version. However, the lack of background noise makes the spectrogram much easier to read, which is what we are aiming for here. We're far past the point of just using our ears.

Behold the Spectrogram:

Looking at this diagram, we can conclude that there are four words being spoken here. (The second word is the gap in the middle part. Note the density shift at around 1000Hz. We know this word must be free of any sharp consonants.) More importantly, the formants provided can be compared to samples of Jon's RP dialect to determine if there's a match. If the frequencies match, it's the same voice. If we get the wavelengths to match, it's the same word.

Let's start with the first word. I'll skip the specifics, as explaining every minute detail would take forever and bore everyone to death. The left image was extracted from the spectrogram above. The right photo? That's Jon saying the word "this."

Note how both waveforms are split into two halves, low then high. Note how the high half trails off at the end. Take into account the similar placement of the red formants. This is the same word, pronounced in the exact same dialect, with the exact same frequency. It is Jon.

Let's do that again with the second word.

Again, the formants line up in the exact same order. The audio on the right is a bit louder, which is why the waveforms have a higher contrast.

What did this word happen to be? World.

Here is the original spectrogram in Audacity. The two bright spots on the right-hand side are easy. It's the same sound as the end of the first word as well. (Notice the frequencies are the same.) These are an easy Letter S. I then fact-checked this using methods like before.

Finally, we have clear, undeniable proof:

"This world isn’t yours."

Edit: thank you to @thestrangepoet for correcting “is” to “isn’t!” The presence of the letter T was a bit inconclusive, but it makes so much more sense in this context.

Now, what does that actually mean? Well, he’s likely referring to Sam. The extent of what he actually knows I’m uncertain of. Feel free to theorise and let me know! I have an idea about how this affects the overall story, but that's a post for another day.

I furthermore checked every single instance [ERROR] spoke for occurrences like this, and what did I find? Nothing. There was a bit of whispering in TMP 10 that I couldn't manage to isolate, but the voice was definitely Beth Eyre's. The only other time an Archivist audibly appeared in this fashion was... Oh, Hello. The TMP series teaser with Jon and Martin. Brilliant.

Now I just have to hope that nothing gets debunked by tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers, TMP 40.

Thank you to Rusty Quill for sending me down this rabbit hole! The details added to all corners of the production bring so much life to the Magnus mystery. I'm glad I could dig deep and analyse this - We love you!

[rqbossman]

Hello! I just wanted to check, who was the lead writer on episode 22 of Protocol? The episode credits say Jonny, but I noticed your name is listed on the transcript.

Either way, what a fantastic episode - I'm absolutely loving the existentialist themes the show is getting into!

Huh, weird. I did write TMP 22 with Jonny editing. Looks like an admin error, we'll try and get round to fixing it at some point. Honestly, most people assume Jonny writes it all anyway so I don't think anyone will be shocked by this revelation.