[GreenKeys] Our lunch time vocabulary

Dave Horsfall dave at horsfall.org
Thu Nov 9 15:27:19 EST 2023


On Wed, 8 Nov 2023, Harold Hallikainen via GreenKeys wrote:

> We also did fun stuff with full track Ampex tape recorders. Record a 
> phrase. Play it backwards and imitate it, making a recording of the 
> imitation. Then play the imitation backwards. How close did you get?

That reminds me of how the "Doctor Who" bass beat is generated:

Write out the bass line.  Flip it end to end.  Get some poor sod to play 
it, and flip that recording around.  The result sounds weird because the 
attack/decay times are reversed...

-- Dave


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