The McGurk Effect

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The McGurk Effect

Postby Malcolm Boyce » Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:21 pm

Why mixing with your eyes can mess with what you hear:

http://youtu.be/G-lN8vWm3m0
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Re: The McGurk Effect

Postby Scott DeVarenne » Sun Apr 15, 2012 10:26 pm

Holy buck. That's cool.
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Re: The McGurk Effect

Postby macrae11 » Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:46 am

Yeah I can't count the number of times I've been doing some vocal editing, getting halfway through the song and then realizing that Melodyne is bypassed. My brain will actually hear notes in tune and in time even though they didn't change. Usually when I go back and try the edited version to the unedited, I still prefer the edited version because I did originally hear the mistakes initially, they just went away after a bit.

On the video though, it didn't work for me all the time. I think it was because the ADR wasn't always perfect which is something I'm fairly sensitive to.
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Re: The McGurk Effect

Postby RoadDog » Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:55 am

It's like the PHANTOM FADER when doing live shows, if the inquiring punter actually sees you manipulate a control, they believe they hear a difference.
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