![]() ![]() ![]() We would not recommend trying this! We take no responsibility for visceral dreams, dizziness, fatigue, sweaty palms, seizures, lack of friends, or any other side effects from watching this video.Īnd yeah, that’s a Shepard Tone, not to be confused with a Shepherd’s Tone, which is presumably what happens when you attempt to tend to your sheep while also catching up on your anthology of French experimental electronic music. ![]() It was reported by Reddit user “Berkel” that by playing The Shepard tone near a sleeping friend, the friend had a visceral falling dream and woke up very scared. Escher’s “Circle Limit III” ( ) created by Bulatov.Īudio: Shepard’s Tone (Shepard’s Scale) consisting of rising tones set octaves apart, similar to how to barber’s pole always seems to be rising: Interestingly, the Batman’s BatPod in “The Dark Knight” uses a Shepard Tone effect to make the motorcycle to seem to have an infinitely rising tone: In classical music, the Shepard’s Scale is used in pieces like Bach’s “Canon Per Tonos” (endlessly rising canon), to have the piece seem to end an octave higher than it began while ending on the same note: Many have said that they experience a falling sensation or a feeling of imbalance when they watch this combination for a long time. Check out his YouTube page here:, and his DeviantArt page here. SuperCollider is a platform for audio synthesis and algorithmic composition, used by musicians, artists, and researchers working with sound. Video: Used with permission from the animated fractal’s creator, Vladimir Bulatov. The python part change the frequency of the sine to 440 Hz. There are some terrific background notes already on the video, which can lead you into a nice research audiovisual linkhole to match your synesthesia trip: from pythonosc import udpclient client udpclient.SimpleUDPClient ('127.0.0.1', 57120) default ip and port for SC ndmessage ('/print', 440) set the frequency at 440. If ten hours isn’t enough of this sound for some reason, there’s also an online generator with binaural output so you can really trip out (wear headphones). There’s a mailing list, if you want this to continue. Oh, and welcome, new CDM readers! If you’re confused and wonder if it’s always like this here, I am confused, too, and … yes. ![]()
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