Aural Illusion
If there is such a thing as an optical illusion why
can't there be a similar thing but with audio, not
vision?
I just listened to a song on a
CD which includes a live version of that song. As often happens, the instruments
are tuned differently when it's live and the band are playing it faster than the
studio version (which they recorded when they didn't know the tune so well). The
effect of flipping between the studio version and the faster but slightly flat
live version is interesting - it sounds like the song is going slower because
it's slightly lower in tuning, but because the music is moving faster it "feels"
weird.
It "sounds" like it's somehow
sloping away as you listen to it.
The
song is "Come On Eileen" on the "Too Rye Ay" - and the extra is a bonus
track.
Posted: Thu - August 14, 2003 at 06:26 PM