Applied Engineering AUDIO ANIMATOR User Manual page 111

Back Talk
Record a word or phrase forward, listen to
it
backwards,
record yourself saying it backwards and then flip it. How
close can you get to making it sound like an intelligible word
or phrase? One phrase that sounds clear when reversed is
"eem pleh" ("help me") .
• :. Note:
Remember that you're working with th e way
words sound (phonetics), not the way they look;
spelling a word backwards and reading it will usually
not sound intelligible when flipped around.
Traveling Sound
If you've played the Left. Cen. Right file through stereo
speakers, you've noticed that the sound moves from the left
speaker to the middle and then to the right speaker (hence
the name Left. Cen . Right). Look at the left and right
channel of the file. Notice that the left channel has the first
drum beat, the right channel has the third drum beat, and
both channels have the second drum beat.
You can make even mono files "travel" in this manner by
copying them into a stereo window, setting the Effe cts
Channel to Display Channel, then pasting in silence over
a section of the sound wave at the beginning of Channel One
and at the end of Channel 2. Using this technique you could
record a joke in mono, then have the left speaker ask the
question (ex: Why are 5 and 6 afraid of 77) and have the right
speaker answer (Because 7, 8, 9 and 10).
Answering Machines
Are people complaining about how boring your answering
machine messages are? Well, with an Audio Animator, some
stutter, and a little echo, even the most commonplace "I'm
sorry. We can't come
to
the phone right now .. . " comes
alive
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Some answering machines allow external inputs for leaving
messages. If yours does, it may be possible to connect the
AA directly to your machine. If not, place the machine near
the AA speakers, begin recording with your answering
machine and play the file you've created from Audio
Animator .
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