[sdiy] harmonics & vibrato - drums

[Magnus Danielson]

From: Tom May <tom at tommay.net>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] harmonics & vibrato - drums
Date: 20 Dec 2002 13:24:46 -0800

> I noticed when I was a kid that I could get an after image more
> quickly and it would be more intense if I mentally visualized
> something else while staring.  It still works that way for me.  Also
> the after image goes away more quickly with sudden eye movement.  If I
> stare without moving my eyes I can retain the after image much longer.
> I don't see a chemical theory accounting for these observations, it
> seems more like a neural thing.
> 
> With regards to Grant's crackpot theory: I guess the drops in the
> chinese water torture are random enough that they won't be tuned out
> as a "stuck input" :-)

No... they come sufficiently long away from each other for the
suppression to work, so they act like new sounds each time, and they come
sufficiently close to be anoying since each time you react and think
about it, for each drop. Now that's the annoying thing, your CPU keeps
reacting to each interrupt and other tasks gets scheduled out. That's why
it works well as a torture method.

Sorry for teaching you to become a good torturer! Kids (big and small)!
Don't try this at home... or at work... or anywhere else for that matter!

Cheers,
Magnus