Comments on: Recording of a crying baby with the pitch dropped

By: graywh

graywh — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:07:00 +0000

Didn’t they sing slowly so they just needed to speed up the recording?

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:14:00 +0000

True, but it has a tendency to burn going in and coming out.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:59:00 +0000

More like taking a dump after eating English. Mexican food doesn’t make you constipated.

By: hubs

hubs — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:19:00 +0000

Thought I’d take this chance link to my blog post about auto-tuning a crying baby:
http://www.artifacting.com/2009/05/crying-over-auto-tune-part-ii/

By: martin haeussler

martin haeussler — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:26:00 +0000

it sounds like me taking a dump after eating mexican….

By: The Oven Eye

The Oven Eye — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:21:00 +0000

Fake. (You can tell by the pixels).

But really, I’d have to hear the original baby to be convinced.

By: Matthew Petty

Matthew Petty — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:01:00 +0000

I thought I recognized it. Very interesting sound. I like the gurgling parts at the end.

By: Kludgegrrl

Kludgegrrl — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:55:00 +0000

It’s like a cross between someone laughing while trying to throw up. Maybe on drugs too.

Interesting how the communication of distress appears to be so pitch-specific. I wish that we could hear the “original” and compare.

By: Grahamers2002

Grahamers2002 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:36:00 +0000

This was so disturbing to me that I had to stop it 1/2 way through. Freaky!

By: wrybread

wrybread — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:36:00 +0000

Oh man I shouldn’t have listened to that first thing in the morning…

By: Grahamers2002

Grahamers2002 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:35:00 +0000

No you didn’t do this. You slowed everything down which made things sound lower but last muuuuch longer. This, on the other hand is the correct speed, but with the pitch lowered. HUGE difference. (Ever wonder why Alvin and the chipmunks sound really high but are not singing at the speed of light?)
/preaching about pitch vs. speed

By: TWX

TWX — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:30:00 +0000

Yeah, I wasn’t amused so much as very, very uncomfortable, listening to that…

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:19:00 +0000

I was in actual hysterics.

Amazing.

By: Samuel Valentine

Samuel Valentine — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:16:00 +0000

If Peter Griffin stubbed both knees.

By: relawson

relawson — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:11:00 +0000

Thanks internet (and Mark). I’ve not laughed like that in a while! :)

…meaning, it made me laugh… whatever… i’ll just go play the clip again

By: Lefty 68

Lefty 68 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:57:00 +0000

Sounds like someone on drugs bursting into tears during sex.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:46:00 +0000

My friends and I did this in high school with an LP of sound effects set on 16RPM. I can still remember how bad my belly hurt from laughing.