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Amazing Bird (its a synthesizer!)
 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2006-06-15 21:44 [#01920851]
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This is fucking amazing. Its a bird that can mimic other
birds extremely accurately.

But then it started hearing other sounds in the forest...
watch what happens. (watch to the end)

Lyrebird


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2006-06-15 21:49 [#01920852]
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i was hoping there was a new synth called the amazing bird


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2006-06-15 21:55 [#01920853]
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go catch one, and use it as one


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2006-06-15 21:58 [#01920854]
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i hope it knows how to do the amen break


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2006-06-15 22:01 [#01920855]
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i bet if you played it enough, it could pull it off


 

offline QRDL from Poland on 2006-06-15 22:30 [#01920857]
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I can't believe it. The sounds of machines are just too
convincing.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-06-16 01:03 [#01920879]
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Human beings are capable of up to four distinct timbres in
their voice. Most humans, at the very most are capable of
two.

That bird sounds like its designed to generate a lot
more. Its multitimbral.


 

offline LuminousAphid from home (United States) on 2006-06-16 01:40 [#01920890]
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are those chainsaw sounds for real? i'm having a hard time
believing it... it just sounds way too accurate to be
actually coming from that bird. i can buy the camera
shutter, but the logging noises sounded like they were being
played from a speaker...


 

offline DaggerHappy from Australia on 2006-06-16 01:57 [#01920897]
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humans are capable of four timbres, but at the very most
they are capable of two.?


 

offline DaggerHappy from Australia on 2006-06-16 02:00 [#01920899]
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australia produces some talented animals doesn't it? the
lyrebird and kookaburra both featured in that clip. :)


 

offline DaggerHappy from Australia on 2006-06-16 02:01 [#01920900]
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the lyrebird is actually on our 10cent coin :)


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2006-06-16 02:35 [#01920903]
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But most people. There are a few people that practice using
all four at once (and by a few, I actually mean a few).

From what I understand, there are four different places that
the human voice is generated from, but most people are only
capable of using two at once.


 

offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-06-16 04:28 [#01920953]
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yeah its actually real. i couldnt believe it at first, ive
seen it before though and ive seen one in real life, does
similar things.
anyway, david attenborough would never lie!


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2006-06-16 04:29 [#01920954]
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I want one


 

offline DaggerHappy from Australia on 2006-06-16 08:14 [#01921142]
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i can hum and whistle at the same time, if you get them both
to the same tone, makes a cool effect, like ring modulator.


 

offline QRDL from Poland on 2006-06-16 10:16 [#01921196]
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hey, it sounds nice, gnna practice that


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2006-06-16 10:31 [#01921198]
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my wife can do 12 distinct timbres. The other 8 are designed
to drive me nuts.


 

offline diabrotikos from Laputa (France) on 2006-06-16 10:35 [#01921199]
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mh...i posted this yesterday and nobody gave me
attention...LAZY_TITLE

as i said a few days ago = "it's a bit unfair the way people
give you attention".


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2006-06-16 10:38 [#01921200]
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Did anyone hear something? Hmmm, no? Ok.


 

offline diabrotikos from Laputa (France) on 2006-06-16 10:38 [#01921201]
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sometimes, i think you could be aphex twin, post your last
brand new album, and no-one give you attention cause you're
not a premium member or what.
but as some says "remember, it's just a board".


 

offline imdex from Argentina on 2006-06-16 10:44 [#01921204]
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that's no truth.


 

offline diabrotikos from Laputa (France) on 2006-06-16 10:46 [#01921205]
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i don't know.


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2006-06-16 10:48 [#01921206]
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yeah but your thread was confusing shit.


 

offline diabrotikos from Laputa (France) on 2006-06-16 10:50 [#01921207]
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i know.


 

offline QRDL from Poland on 2006-06-16 10:52 [#01921209]
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no no no, you just need to work on thread naming, that's all


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2006-06-16 10:54 [#01921210]
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that bird is awesome. my friend has a parrot that will mimic
bong toking sounds. its damn cute


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2006-06-16 11:24 [#01921225]
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sorry to spoil the fun, but surely it's a sampler,
not a synthesiser


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2006-06-16 11:27 [#01921226]
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actually no. the bird didn't record the sounds. its
mimicking them with its own vocal chords.

synthesizer


 

offline bogala from NYC (United States) on 2006-06-16 11:38 [#01921232]
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He was born with an 8 bit sampler in his head. Like an all
natural teddy ruskin. I doubt that.


 

offline Falito from Balenciaga on 2006-06-16 11:41 [#01921233]
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earth is the mother and sun is the father



 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2006-06-16 11:42 [#01921235]
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no, synthesizer.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2006-06-16 12:01 [#01921241]
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you're starting to whine a bit, now.


 

offline virginpusher from County Clare on 2006-06-16 12:06 [#01921242]
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That bird is amazing!!!


 

offline Dannn_ from United Kingdom on 2006-06-16 12:33 [#01921251]
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i remember seeing it on TV if thats any guarrantee of
authenticity. I would love for someone to test this to its
limits


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2006-06-16 13:41 [#01921267]
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ah no, it must be a sampler. Here is the logic:
A synth can be made to make a sound, a sampler must first
record the sound then it can reproduce it.

The bird effectively records the sound then replays it, so
it cannot create complex sounds from scratch.

Also does this remind you of the dicta-phone bird from the
flintstone films?

People should ditch ipods and get one of these. 100% DRM
free to boot :)


 

offline Dannn_ from United Kingdom on 2006-06-16 14:41 [#01921280]
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its actually an interesting/sickeningly IDM argument, but
there isnt a device which can record a sound and not
reproduce it but synthesise an approximation of it. this
might be quite a cool thing, sort of like a vocoder but not


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2006-06-16 14:55 [#01921284]
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It's a bird. It' not an IDM bird or a granular bird. It's
just a lovely bird.


 

offline isnieZot from pooptown (Belgium) on 2006-06-16 14:55 [#01921285]
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the bird doesn't sample or record anything. how does it
record the sound? is it stored as an mp3 in his brain? no!
it creates the sound using it's beak (and other parts).
therefore it synthesizes sound.
ok yes, he recreates a sound he heard but to make it a
sampler it has to record the sample and play the exact same
sound it heard.

it's a resynthesizer...



 

offline QRDL from Poland on 2006-06-16 15:00 [#01921289]
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No no and NO! It's a sampler. It records the sound in its
brain using its own own proprietary format. Then recreates
it using imperfect speakers. Sampler also recreates the
sound as faithfully as the technology allows.


 

offline Aesthetics from the IDM Kiosk on 2006-06-16 15:33 [#01921314]
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Really amazing! is he also capable of mimic human voices?


 

offline DeleriousWeasel from Guam on 2006-06-16 15:41 [#01921315]
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very cool, but can it mimick human speech, eh? Eh??


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2006-06-16 15:45 [#01921316]
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but can it do a human voice


 

offline tridenti from Milano (Italy) on 2006-06-16 15:51 [#01921322]
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Incredible, I want one too!


 


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