Audio oddities.. The McGurk Effect

[StevenSurprenant]

Try The McGurk Effect!

Try The McGurk Effect! - Horizon: Is Seeing Believing? - BBC Two - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=G-lN8vWm3m0)

We can't always trust what we hear.

[Hyfi]

I've seen that one but it is pretty good.
Can you imagine if speakers were animated?

[StevenSurprenant]

I've seen that one but it is pretty good.
Can you imagine if speakers were animated?

There's this one too (falling sound)... Unbelievable Magic Sound Illusion! Video - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xRIOwP_CEc&feature=related)

One of the posters explained it like this -

I get it. There are actually two tones at work here. One that starts later and higher than the first and both are descending. Our ears are automatically locked onto the first tone and listen to it descend. In the meantime, the second high tone begins it's descent. By the time you hit replay, the second tone has ended where the first tone started so it sounds like a continuous tone. Very cool!

[Vasilis]

Impressive...

[hifitommy]

i have often said that with music videos, the sound can be of less quality because our brains are distracted by the eye.