Comments on: Information Loss Creates Illusion of Slowness http://b.rox.com/2007/09/27/slowness/ Life in the Flood Zone Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:58:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Sean P. Clark http://b.rox.com/2007/09/27/slowness/#comment-146876 Sean P. Clark Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:11:28 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/09/27/slowness/#comment-146876 Jon, I pretty sure that's what b was saying... i put the original julia track on top of the slowed track and the timing matched up fine, the result was pretty eerie. I guess you could kinda compare the dropped audio to the effect you get when you sing into moving fan blades or fake trilling with your hand instead of tongue. I have the illusion of slowness when I wake up in the morning – the clock is going faster than I am. What's the name for that so when I call in late for work I'll know what to call it? Jon, I pretty sure that’s what b was saying… i put the original julia track on top of the slowed track and the timing matched up fine, the result was pretty eerie. I guess you could kinda compare the dropped audio to the effect you get when you sing into moving fan blades or fake trilling with your hand instead of tongue.

I have the illusion of slowness when I wake up in the morning – the clock is going faster than I am. What’s the name for that so when I call in late for work I’ll know what to call it?

]]> By: Jon Konrath http://b.rox.com/2007/09/27/slowness/#comment-146408 Jon Konrath Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:19:51 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/09/27/slowness/#comment-146408 I think it has to do with the song dropping so many frames during the speedup, and then when you slow it down, it doesn't have enough frames to hold the right time/pitch. Or something. I know back in the old days, if you tried to hijack audio on a really shitty PC, you'd end up with an MP3 that was the same length but would either sound like this (but not this bad) or the pitch sounded a little off. I think it has to do with the song dropping so many frames during the speedup, and then when you slow it down, it doesn’t have enough frames to hold the right time/pitch. Or something. I know back in the old days, if you tried to hijack audio on a really shitty PC, you’d end up with an MP3 that was the same length but would either sound like this (but not this bad) or the pitch sounded a little off.

]]> By: Varg http://b.rox.com/2007/09/27/slowness/#comment-146387 Varg Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:05:13 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/09/27/slowness/#comment-146387 I just listened to a great podcast called Radio Lab that talked about something similar to this. In the episode they talked about some folks up in New York who sit in a gallery and listen to Beethoven's 9th stretched out to 24-hours. Here is a link to the streaming version of the music. http://www.park.nl/park_cms/public/index.php?thisarticle=118 Here is a link to the show I first heard it on that talks about lots of other neat stuff in regards to our perception of time. Good to listen to if you have some meaningless task to perform... http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2005/02/25 I just listened to a great podcast called Radio Lab that talked about something similar to this. In the episode they talked about some folks up in New York who sit in a gallery and listen to Beethoven’s 9th stretched out to 24-hours.

Here is a link to the streaming version of the music.

http://www.park.nl/park_cms/public/index.php?thisarticle=118

Here is a link to the show I first heard it on that talks about lots of other neat stuff in regards to our perception of time. Good to listen to if you have some meaningless task to perform…

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2005/02/25

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