Re: Trivial, but cool

[WretchAwry <vickie@pilot.njin.net>]

> From: clive@uk.mdis.com (Clive Backham)
> 
> WretchAwry (vickie@pilot.njin.net) wrote:
> : I broke my headphones and it's been wonderful! :)  I got the cord
> : caught under the chair and something went very weird.  The lead
> : vocals of whatever I'm listening to almost completely disappear,
> : and so everything is practically an instrumental, except that 
> : some of the way background and hidden sounds, and some vocal
> : overdubs are right *there*.
> 
>   [ more crazy and (practically) impossible stuff deleted ]
> 
> So, you've joined the ranks of the trollers, eh?

I'm in a good mood, so I'm going to give you the benefit of the
doubt, and believe that you weren't *really* calling me a troller.
Because if I really thought that you were, as much as I despise
trollers, it could get very nasty. 
 
> There is one thing that strikes me as just about possible (albeit
> *extremely* unlikely): Somehow the wires inside your headphones got
> tangled up in such a way that you're now only hearing those parts
> of the recording which are out of phase.

Others have explained the process fully. It's not only possible and
*very* likely, it's also easy to achieve.  Two people in Ecto gave
complete instructions on how a person can achieve this effect on
purpose.  
 
> : Vickie (who has to decide between getting new headphones and keeping
> : these so I can hear all the details again, or letting Chris fix 'em)
> 
> Or perhaps to stop smoking that wacky baccy :-)

Nah, I'll never give up my wacky baccy, and with these headphones, it'll
be even more fun! :-)

Vickie