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Laurel or Yanny?

its got "laurel" at low frequency playing at the same time it plays "yanny" at high frequency. both the speaker playing it and your hearing play a role in which one you hear, so try playing it through headphones and different equipment. like optical illusions, its possible to have it switch between both once you're able to isolate each one separately (every optical illusion does this for me); i think this is the first "audio illusion" anyone has come up with, or its at least the first one to become popular/viral.
 
I won't disclose my own revelation, but I will share the significance of which word you hear. It's deep, people.

"Yanny": Congratulations on being awesome person! To prevent dark clouds from gathering, do something positive, just for example being nice to a mod of a difficult forum, like CE&P, to continue to fluorish. If you're nice to a female mod of the difficult forum, you will have even better fortune. It's up to you.

"Laurel": You are possibly suffering from a hearing or cognitive processing deficit. A good way to reassure yourself that you are completely problem-free and will begin to flourish posthaste is by performing a random act of kindness. For example, choose a female BL mod, perhaps of a challenging forum like CE&P, and then unleash kindness. This small act in itself assures you that you have the full capacity to be an awesome person!

Just let it sink in. It's definitely deep.
 
I often wonder what sort of hearing damage i have done - some musicians seem to have low tolerance to bass frequencies, but for me it's the high-end stuff that hurts. Which is a result of being in confined spaces with loud drummers (especially snare and crash cymbals) - and a shitload of feedback as heard 6 inches from my amp when it's turned up to 10 - so i wouldn't be surprised if that contributes to my answer.

It kinda reminds me of those apps with tones that you can't hear if you're over x years of age.
I've never been able to hear any of them - but i'm no longer in the "youth" demographic.
 
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I hear Laurel but if the audio is pitch shifted down, Yanny it is.

That said, I am not convinced that this isnt a hoax of sorts.
 
I do have tinnutus and definite high freq loss due to blasting fucking doof inti my head 24/7 in my 20's. I used to literally hug speakers at said doofs :) Coupled with headphone use for production and playing and especially mixing over loud background sound, I would just pump the volume. Oops. Its barely noticeable though (which I suppose is the point).

But the main frequencies of human speech are midrange and I don't really think removing the high frequencies would alter the content in a way that would alter perception that widely. If it were based on hearing loss it wouldn't require processing.

I now wonder what the fuck regular speaking sounds to the Yannites.
 
What fascinates me about this is how it might impact things like language learning (speech reproduction etc). Could that be why my French is so bad? But also, could it be why I have such amazing taste in music while everyone else's is, well, let's say a little 'questionable' in comparison?


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So, while it's now been scientifically agreed that the computer voice is saying "Laurel" (hee hee hee gloat gloat gloat), listen to the noise demonstration in this Popsci article for some funky mindgames :D

I did eventually manage to hear yanny after pitch shifting downwards, but increasing bass didn't work for me like it did for others. Anyone hearing yanny can hear laurel if they listen to the pitch shifted upwards a bit.
 
It seems like Americans are tending to hear yanny and Australians/British/etc are tending to hear laurel. Which seems to suggest to me it's not totally about equipment and pitch, but about subconscious speech recognition stuff. I seriously can't comprehend how someone hears "laurel" from that.
 
There were a whole bunch of people at my house last night, and this girl was playing it on her phone, and for the first time i could hear "yanni" - when i listened closely, i could hear both.
I then played it on my phone, and i could only hear "laurel" - but other people in the room were saying "wow! I can hear both now!"
Seems like it's a frequency thing, and related to speaker quality, amongst other things.
Weird, but i'm convinced it's not a hoax or whatever.
 
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