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Article #327Re: Fractal sound?
From: Scott Denham X7117
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 22:58
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 22:58
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In article <29895@castle.ed.ac.uk> eanv20@castle.ed.ac.uk (John Woods) writes: > >>I believe it's known as Shepherd's tone. > >I wouldn't have thought this qualified as a fractal --- more a >psychological effect. The reference I have to Shepherd's tones was a talk given by IBM's Richard Voss at SHARE 79 in Atlanta. He didn't actually desribe it as a fractal but used it to demonstrate the concepts of self-similarity. You _can_, if you listen carefully, pick out the point where a rising tone drops out and is replaced by one several octaves lower. Interesting effect, though.
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