[Elecraft] OT: The 4-track mind

[G4GNX]

Sounds like Bob Milne has two brains, or perhaps he’s using left and right side for the same purpose. He’d certainly give so-called AI a run for its money. Remarkable.

Well done with the harmonica and guitar. I’ve seen it done but not tried it myself, mainly because I’m abysmal with a guitar. 🤣

Another guy I’ve seen perform an odd feat was the late, great Jackie Brown, who was obviously listening to some guy playing an electronic keyboard and must have heard a wrong phrase. Jackie walked over to the console, leaned over the back and proceeded to play the piece “upside down” and in the same key, remarking “that’s how it actually goes!”

With your discrimination, it seems you might get an extra duty as a tuner. 🤣

73,
Alan - G4GNX
South Coast UK
Elecraft K4D / KPA500 / KAT500 / IC-9700




> On 14 Dec 2023, at 03:01, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
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>> On Dec 13, 2023, at 5:58 PM, G4GNX <g4gnx at g4gnx.com <mailto:g4gnx at g4gnx.com>> wrote:
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>> C’mon Wayne, what’s your take on all of this?
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> First, I think Bob Milne (subject of the podcast) is in a class by himself. He's able to virtually play back the audio of up to 4 symphonies with different keys and tempos in his head, simultaneously, and when queried at a random time, report where each of them is in the score +/- one second. He also has a very sophisticated "chunking" method for different major/minor/seventh/etc. keys, remembers pieces after hearing them once, and can visualize musicians in great detail while they're playing in his internal performance hall. This is superhuman by any definition.
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> My personal best in this regard is to play harmonica and guitar at the same time on "Heart of Gold." Oh, and during Field Day one year, I discriminated two CW signals that were at virtually the same pitch and amplitude using only phase information. For the latter feat I was awarded an extra pizza ration by my temporarily stunned co-pilot.
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> Wayne
> N6KR