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WHAT DO YOU HEAR?
He determined through the use of spectrographs
that the recording contains partial characteristics of
both words in different frequencies—explaining how
reproduction and frequency sensitivity and bias can
cause a difference in how listeners interpret what they
are hearing.
But while the recording was reported to have originated
from an opera singer for Vocabulary.com, Rose
discovered that the combination of frequencies present
is not natural to what occurs in human speech.
The "frankensound," as it has since been dubbed,
could therefore not have entirely been created by
a human. He has a few theories on the origin of
this divisive viral sensation and they are surprising.
His findings were even headlined on Buzzfeed on
May 27 (https://www.buzzfeed.com/virginiahughes
/ y a n n y - l a u r e l - a u d i o - c o n s p i r a c y - t h e o r y ? u t m _
term=.vdA2vleGz#.wx0JQK42g).
Learn more about Jay's findings on his blog here:
http://www.jayrose.com/tutorial/laurel/
by Karol Urban CAS MPSE
Yanny
Laurel?
or
ew of us have likely escaped from the May 2018 Yanny/Laurel internet
phenomenon. Hordes of office workers, friends, and families have divided
themselves, scrutinizing their hearing, and that of their group after debating
which word is present in the infamous recording. But our very own Jay Rose
CAS heard more than "Yanny" or "Laurel." He heard a possible conspiracy.
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