the dissensus listening test

[Rambler]

I know that site, hint - the stereo illusions are particularly good.

up down up down, by the way...

 

[xero]

thats fucking amazing

explains a lot about why different people prefer different types of melodies

you mean you understood it??? respect

my hypertext eye skimmed it, brain rejected it, moved on - maybe i need to concentrate harder

 

[luka]

'my hypertext eye skimmed it, brain rejected it, moved on - maybe i need to concentrate harder '


if it's any consolation you're not the only one. anyone fancy trying to put it in laymans terms?

 

[mpc]

i couldn't be bothered to read it either. can someone explain it in 5 or fewer lines?

 

[mms]

thats fucking amazing

explains a lot about why different people prefer different types of melodies

i love shit to do with sound, the effects it can have. how people hear it, how it's used in the natural world etc.. quite fascinating but almost completley useless..

 

[puretokyo]

i couldn't be bothered to read it either. can someone explain it in 5 or fewer lines?

really really simply, each 'note' is actually on several octaves.

the second note is half an octave above AND below the first one. which way you hear it depends on your personal 'learned' ear - which is of course socially/culturally determined.

theres a bit of other stuff but thats the gist.

 

[egg]

do dat mean others who have down down up up would be my bestest friends?

 

[puretokyo]

... or at maybe just live near and have a similar accent to you.