@NearbyHermit: Uh no idea what you are on about, but its called a shepard tone and its not nearly as complicated as what you've tried to describe. Its simply a set of notes spaced one octave apart and increasing in pitch over several bars. The volume of the lowest and highest pitched notes is purposely made less, so you really hear the midtones, and not where the sequence repeats at the end.
@Pdi1983: Uh dunno what you're talking about but if your saying that the sound from the vid is false, then I can tell you its not. Its called a shepard tone. Many sites will tell you how it works, and if that fails then I can explain it to you.
Which is why if you restart the video in the middle or so, you aren't focusing on the frequency to hear the higher pitch, causing you to believe that there is no illusion in place.
When the video is repeated, the brain "desires" so much to hear the chromatic scale continue to climb that the base tones are suddenly "drowned out" and the harmonics (those frequencies at the higher levels) are what the brain then focuses on. Watch a spike climb upward. Then when it's repeated, look at where the spike ended... there's a smaller spike (a harmonic) that started there. You can continue to repeat the video and watch the spike climb until it is off the screen.
restart it :) it is cool
lontvany 9 months ago
@NearbyHermit: Yeah there are plenty of better vids on it, although you'd be best to look it up elsewhere if you want to really know how it works.
sutasman 1 year ago
@sutasman My keyboard failed me that day !
I suppose you're right, but this video is bad .
NearbyHermit 1 year ago
@NearbyHermit: Uh no idea what you are on about, but its called a shepard tone and its not nearly as complicated as what you've tried to describe. Its simply a set of notes spaced one octave apart and increasing in pitch over several bars. The volume of the lowest and highest pitched notes is purposely made less, so you really hear the midtones, and not where the sequence repeats at the end.
sutasman 1 year ago
@Hyduk87: Yeah thats a pretty good explanation. Its called a shepard tone if you are more interested.
sutasman 1 year ago
@Pdi1983: Uh dunno what you're talking about but if your saying that the sound from the vid is false, then I can tell you its not. Its called a shepard tone. Many sites will tell you how it works, and if that fails then I can explain it to you.
sutasman 1 year ago
i say what what in the butt
Maccus89 2 years ago
Which is why if you restart the video in the middle or so, you aren't focusing on the frequency to hear the higher pitch, causing you to believe that there is no illusion in place.
BlockDuuuuude 2 years ago
Of course you can transform on the fly. You may need to learn some more... :-) No offense.
gayanrs 2 years ago
When the video is repeated, the brain "desires" so much to hear the chromatic scale continue to climb that the base tones are suddenly "drowned out" and the harmonics (those frequencies at the higher levels) are what the brain then focuses on. Watch a spike climb upward. Then when it's repeated, look at where the spike ended... there's a smaller spike (a harmonic) that started there. You can continue to repeat the video and watch the spike climb until it is off the screen.
Hyduk87 2 years ago