Shepard's Tone - an auditory illusion

[Kick Strickland]

A Shepard tone is a sound consisting of a superposition of sine waves separated by octaves. When played with the base pitch of the tone moving upward or downward, it is referred to as the Shepard scale. This creates the auditory illusion of a tone that continually ascends or descends in pitch, yet which ultimately seems to get no higher or lower. It has been described as a "sonic barber's pole."







https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_tone

• In Super Mario 64, a modified Shepard tone is incorporated into the music of the endless staircase.
• In the film The Dark Knight and its follow-up The Dark Knight Rises, a Shepard tone was used to create the sound of the Batpod, a motorcycle that the filmmakers didn't want to change gear and tone abruptly but to constantly accelerate.

I just thought this was pretty cool. Never heard of it before tonight. Thought I'd share. For no apparent reason other than to make you bastards learn something new today Enjoy

 

[loyalyolayal]

I have an urge now to strangle people and make masks out of their skin.

Thanks TS.

 

[Kick Strickland]

I have an urge now to strangle people and make masks out of their skin.

Thanks TS.

I have an urge now to rewatch LOST

 

[loyalyolayal]

I have an urge now to rewatch LOST

In reverse order. That way, you'd have a quality ending.

 

[Kick Strickland]

In reverse order. That way, you'd have a quality ending.

it would actually be the same ending. Like a barber pole. Like a shepard's tone. And the main character is jack SHEPARD

* i just blew my own mind

 

[Seano]

Phasing is what it sounds like to me.

 

[Kick Strickland]

Phasing is what it sounds like to me.

Not gonna lie I had to look it up. It is a similar effect. But if I understand it right, the Shepard's Tone seems to rise or fall indefinitely, which it's actually not doing. The phasing effect just modulates the peaks and lows. But I may be wrong there idk, lol