I Cast Fist@programming.dev to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agoTIL - Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally "David Seville and the Chipmunks", is really damn old - 1958programming.devimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up161arrow-down1imageTIL - Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally "David Seville and the Chipmunks", is really damn old - 1958programming.devI Cast Fist@programming.dev to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
I think my first contact with them was via the mid 2000s movies, I never saw it while it aired on Brazilian TV in the 90s
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·7 months agoYep, they changed the playback speed on the tape to get those voices. Made audio engineering history with one simple trick.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 months agoI imagine this was a brilliant mistake. Someone played a 45 at 70rpm, and thought tee hee, they sound like a chipmunk! Wait a minute…
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoThanks! My bad. I’m from the cassette generation, so I have experience with vinyl, but occasionally mess up the details.
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoYeah lol, like they left it on 70, noticed after the recording, and when they switched it back they were like “OK this is it. This is the banger.” and ran with it.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI wish I could come up with a small gag/mistake that would earn me 3 grammy’s or some other equivalent 😄
Yep, they changed the playback speed on the tape to get those voices. Made audio engineering history with one simple trick.
I imagine this was a brilliant mistake.
Someone played a 45 at 70rpm, and thought tee hee, they sound like a chipmunk! Wait a minute…
That’s 78, youngster. :)
Thanks! My bad.
I’m from the cassette generation, so I have experience with vinyl, but occasionally mess up the details.
Yeah lol, like they left it on 70, noticed after the recording, and when they switched it back they were like “OK this is it. This is the banger.” and ran with it.
I wish I could come up with a small gag/mistake that would earn me 3 grammy’s or some other equivalent 😄