• OhmsLawn@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Nothing as a kid. Now I listen to a detuned playlist of fascinating, but dry science/history/tech videos.

    My current rotation is Anton Petrov, Sean Wilsey, Red Wrench Films, and Curious Droid, all played at 85% speed, 95% pitch.

    Edit 95 pitch, not 90.

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      4 months ago

      Very intriguing answer ;) If you’ll indulge me for a momen, can you tell me more about how you came to decide on those tweaks

      Been working on some psychoacoustics stuff recently so this is very appropos

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        I slowed it down because it’s more sedate sounding. Even though these videos have relatively even tonal qualities, they sometimes speak fairly quickly. I adjusted the pitch only enough to reduce the distortion from the speed shift I just checked and the numbers are actually 85/95, not 85/90. 90% pitch is too unnatural sounding.