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October 12

Where can one find a thing of such a beauty

During looking for something on the net I suddenly came across this marvel [1], which probably is exclusively designed for wallpapers. Can someone be kind enough tell where I can find it in its full wallpaper-sized resolution ?210.56.124.241 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:09, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

This particluar wallpaper image can be obtained here. Tevildo (talk) 06:40, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Note that's the default wallpaper for Windows 8 [2]. Nil Einne (talk) 12:21, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

talking sound effects

When I was a child back in the late 1970s, I used to play a 33 rpm Looney Tunes record on my phonograph. Sometimes I'd set the phonograph to 45 rpm, just to be funny. Where can I find 33 rpm talking at 45 rpm sound effects?2604:2000:7113:9D00:399B:399F:48:11E7 (talk) 22:24, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

To make them sound like "Chipmunks", as it were. We used to do that too. What was more interesting was to play a Chipmunks 45 at 33, and get closer to what the voices really sound like. Hard telling about your specific record, but there is software that will allow you to speed up or slow down a given digital recording. Google "changing speed of sound files" and you'll see various alternatives. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:28, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Just to provide some links for those unfamiliar to Bug's references to "Chipmunks", see Ross Bagdasarian Sr. who created the technique, Witch Doctor (song) where the technique was popularized, and Alvin and the Chipmunks, the fictional singing group he later created to capitalize on the technique. --Jayron32 23:36, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

It's an old technique. The initial voice behind Woody Woodpecker was Mel Blanc's, sped up, as with his Daffy Duck. Further back perhaps, most of the Munchkin voices in The Wizard of Oz were regular voice actors, likewise sped up. Speeding up couldn't disguise the voice of Pinto Colvig, though, as it tends to stand out. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:40, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

British readers of a certain age will remember Pinky and Perky. Alansplodge (talk) 18:29, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

SoX allows you to pitch shift audio (without speeding it up) or to change the tempo without pitch shifting (or you can do both). So, e.g. using SoX's play program (which takes the same SoX options, but renders the output to your speakers, rather than to an output file):

    play foo.mp3 pitch +1200

will shift the playback up one octave (12 semitones at 100 cents per semitone), which keeps it in the same key but makes it sound very squeaky

    play foo.mp3 tempo 2.0

will double the speed. So (if my past-my-bedtime maths is right) the 33->45 rpm shift would be

    play foo.mp3 tempo 1.36 pitch +432

and the opposite (a 45 single at 33) would be

    play foo.mp3 tempo 0.73 pitch -324

-- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 23:44, 13 October 2016 (UTC)