What do you hear?

[TBman]

This morning on TV it sounded like Yanny, but on the radio and this video its 100% Laurel to my two ears.

I think there are two sound clips going around. Yanny and Laurel do not sound alike at all.

[robj144]

Originally Posted by TBman

This morning on TV it sounded like Yanny, but on the radio and this video its 100% Laurel to my two ears.

I think there are two sound clips going around. Yanny and Laurel do not sound alike at all.

It's two different wave files embedded on each other so that high frequency is Yanni and low frequency is Laurel. Depending on what you're using to play it back, sometimes the low frequencies are emphasized and sometimes the high frequency is emphasized.

[TBman]

Originally Posted by robj144

It's two different wave files embedded on each other so that high frequency is Yanni and low frequency is Laurel. Depending on what you're using to play it back, sometimes the low frequencies are emphasized and sometimes the high frequency is emphasized.

That makes sense. So its more internet bs making it sound like its just one spoken word

[Russell G]

I can hear "Paul is Dead"!

[flaggerphil]

Laurel, no matter how many times I hear it.

That being saie, my high frequency hearing is long shot from too many jet and race engines over the decades.

[MikeBmusic]

Originally Posted by robj144

It's two different wave files embedded on each other so that high frequency is Yanni and low frequency is Laurel. Depending on what you're using to play it back, sometimes the low frequencies are emphasized and sometimes the high frequency is emphasized.

Not just your playback system and hearing, but where it's posted. I think the twitter version has al the low end cut out of it.
Supposedly the original is just 'Laurel'.

[Inyo]

Originally Posted by TBman

I think there are two sound clips going around. Yanny and Laurel do not sound alike at all.

Not two sound clips going around.

Originally Posted by robj144

It's two different wave files embedded on each other so that high frequency is Yanni and low frequency is Laurel. Depending on what you're using to play it back, sometimes the low frequencies are emphasized and sometimes the high frequency is emphasized.

No overlaying or embedding of two different wav files.

Here's the explanation.

That original laurel/yanny audio clip came from a Reddit post. The individual who created the mysterious audio file to begin with used a recording from the same person who recorded the spoken/audio pronunciation of the word laurel over at vocabulary.com.

And, the experiment is wholly reproducible--to my ear, anyhow. To my complete satisfaction.

Here's what I did. I recorded through my GoldWave audio editor that very same spoken pronunciation of laurel available over at vocabulary.com.

Then, I manipulated/edited that raw wav file with the GoldWave Equalizer, maintaining the identical slider arrangement that I had previously used to recreate the laurel/yanny audio clip original poster provided in this thread--that is, you need to move five of the seven frequency sliders all the way down (left to right), while simultaneously boosting to their highest levels the remaining two frequency functions that control the very highest frequencies (the two at far right).

Presto. That spoken word laurel magically transforms into yanny (to my ear).

Here are my two audio clips, reproducing (to my ear) the content in that Reddit guy's original laurel/yanny post (all in mp3 format, by the way):

First--the word laurel as spoken naturally, unedited, at vocabulary.com:

Unedited Spoken Word Laurel

And, here's the edited version, with the word laurel magically transformed into yanny (to my ear):

Edited Spoken Word Yanny

Addendum: I tried the same experiment with the spoken word laurel available at dictionary.com. A female voice pronounces the word laurel there, by the way. After the GoldWave audio file editing, per instructions outlined above, the word laurel sounds more like "nanny" (to my ear).

[BrunoBlack]

And perhaps this is why we appreciate different guitars.

[Jeremy]

"Yanny," clear as day, and nothing else. I couldn't make out the word "Laurel" at all.

[Nailpicker]

The first time I heard it, I heard Lanny. Now I just don't care one way or another.

[Golffishny]

So which is best, Yanny or Laurel?

[Kh1967]

If you hear Laurel, do you tend to prefer mahogany or rosewood?

If you hear Yanny, do you tend to prefer mahogany or rosewood?

Just thought this would be kind of fun and interesting.

[MHC]

Gosh, I kinda hear one layered over the other, kinda like "yalaurnnyel" which, I must admit, makes me prefer African Blackwood -- but maybe that's just me?

[Kh1967]

Originally Posted by MHC

Gosh, I kinda hear one layered over the other, kinda like "yalaurnnyel" which, I must admit, makes me prefer African Blackwood -- but maybe that's just me?

Way to kick this off...Fantastic!

[Al Acuff]

I'll play along... I hear Laurel and I own four flat top acoustic guitars––all are mahogany with spruce tops.