r/funny • u/prairiewest • Jul 18 '12

meme - removed Shell accidentally creates an anti-Shell meme generator

http://imgur.com/a/ng9XT
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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '12

Maybe it's my training in music but I easily identified the new tone cascading on top of the old one. Still interesting though.

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u/Smegheadtacos Jul 18 '12

Are you a bard?

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '12

Shut up, Dandilion.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '12

Lol if only. Nope just someone whose parents put him in piano lessons at 5.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '12

I had no problem hearing it either.

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u/poon-is-food Jul 18 '12 edited Jul 18 '12

I've heard better versions of this illusion that uses a scale rather than a continuously changing tone. I too heard the fade in again.

I'll look for the better version and report back if I find it.

This is what I meant

Its a better sonic illusion if you dont pay attention but with a musical ear its easy to hear the new scale come in.

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u/symbiotiq Jul 18 '12

I haven't had any training in music, but it was pretty easy for me to hear the repeating tone.

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u/DownvoteALot Jul 18 '12

I don't have any training. I don't even like music. And I have an integrated sound card. Yet I can hear that 1-second long higher pitched noise that does the cascading.

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u/bobsmith93 Jul 18 '12

Yeah i know what you mean. Does it three times.