If you aren't aware of the latest viral internet story, google Laurel vs Yanny.
It's similar that dress that seemed to be different colors.
Apparently some people hear the recording as Laurel, others as Yanny. The "scientific" explanation is that different people attend to lower or higher frequencies when both are present.
I'm curious as to what trombone players hear. I consistently hear one, on cell phone, stereo speakers, and good quality headphones, but I won't bias you by saying, yet.
Laurel vs Yanny as relates to hearing
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Re: Laurel vs Yanny as relates to hearing
I've heard both simultaneously from the first listen.
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Well, I heard Laurel on cell phone, stereo, and Koss Pro-4A headphones. I heard Yanny in a vehicle at highway speed.
I don't hear both simultaneously.
I don't hear both simultaneously.
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Sounded like Yanny to me. Wonder which frequencies I don't hear.
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Re: Laurel vs Yanny as relates to hearing
It's not so much about what frequencies that you hear, as much as the equipment you are listening to it on. On something incapable of good low frequency reproduction (cell phone, typical earphones, laptop speakers, some car systems) it'll sound like Yanny, since that is all higher frequency information. On something better, like a pair of monitors or a good stereo, it sounds like Laurel, which is mainly lower frequencies.
I heard only Laurel until I listened to it on my phone speaker.
I heard only Laurel until I listened to it on my phone speaker.
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I wonder what Siri or Alexa hears.
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I prefer Lawler vs. Yammy.
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Most of the time I hear yanny, but I tried it last night after rehearsal and clearly heard laurel. An hour later, on the same system, I was back to hearing yanny.
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I hear Yammy ... not Yanny.
Nothing even resembling Laurel and i can't even imagine it.
On computer speakers or high quality earbuds, I hear the same thing.
Nothing even resembling Laurel and i can't even imagine it.
On computer speakers or high quality earbuds, I hear the same thing.
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It's the opposite for me. I hear Laurel and can't imagine it sounding like Yanny. As Mr. Spock would've said, "fascinating".Doug Elliott wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 9:26 pm I hear Yammy ... not Yanny.
Nothing even resembling Laurel and i can't even imagine it.
On computer speakers or high quality earbuds, I hear the same thing.
I'm using ASUS cordless headphones on my PC. I'll try it on my phone tomorrow using my bluetooth speaker.
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This morning I heard both; one superimposed on the other. First time I heard the "Laurel" or anything like it. Same computer speakers as before.
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I heard "Laurel" while my wife heard "Yanny" on my apple phone.
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I don't know how anyone hears anything useful from that video. It sounds like the Bothan bounty hunter in Return of the Jedi to me!
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How do I know what I hear?
It changes from ear to ear!
Is it laurel or yanny?
Is it one or too many?
It depends on the speakers, I fear!
It changes from ear to ear!
Is it laurel or yanny?
Is it one or too many?
It depends on the speakers, I fear!
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"Jerry" on my smart phone and the dress is "black and blue" Your president heard "covfife"![😙](//cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@latest/assets/svg/1f619.svg)
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Me to my girlfriend: “I love you, Laurel.”
Laurel: “Who the hell is Yanni!?”
Laurel: “Who the hell is Yanni!?”
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Re: Laurel vs Yanny as relates to hearing
NPR ran a piece on this. The word is apparently an online dictionary's recorded pronunciation for the word...."Laurel."
I hear both, but I distinctly heard Laurel first.
Is there any correlation here between higher-oriented tenor players hearing Yanny and bass players hearing Laurel? It's definitely a high-vs-low-frequency phenomenon, and I'm wondering if those of us that spend more time with lower overtones are predisposed to select one over the other.
Matt
I hear both, but I distinctly heard Laurel first.
Is there any correlation here between higher-oriented tenor players hearing Yanny and bass players hearing Laurel? It's definitely a high-vs-low-frequency phenomenon, and I'm wondering if those of us that spend more time with lower overtones are predisposed to select one over the other.
Matt
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That's what it started as, but the version that went viral is supposedly the product of someone playing the original sound through a computer speaker and recording it on a phone. What some of us hear as "yanni" is apparently mostly distortion introduced during the playback/re-recording process.
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I came across this from Christopher Bill on YouTube:
Basically it is both, and he manipulates the frequencies to show you how it's both.
Basically it is both, and he manipulates the frequencies to show you how it's both.