I dusted off my copy of Niep! and listened to some music in chipmunk-mode. It's one of the features that I like to have every now and then that iTunes doesn't have. It actually goes up to 8x playback, but 2x is pretty much the limit. Some observations:
- slower songs and singers with deep voices sound better at 2x. i.e. Johnny Cash is pretty good at 2x
- Moonlight Sonata is remarkably spiffy at 2x
- At 2x the piano sounds like that baroque pre-cursor to the piano (can't remember what they're called...it'll come back to me). Matchbox20's "3am" (accoustic piano version) is a good candidate to demonstrate this effect (also recommended, any piano rendition of Pachelbel's Canon).
- At 2x, some slower songs acquire a nice beat. E.g. first minute of Guns 'n Roses "November Rain".
- Techno can get kinda hectic at 2x. Someone should make techno with an ultra-bass track that can only be heard when played back at 2x that maintains a decent rhythm at that rate.
- If you want chipmunk techno, try Hawaiian music.
- For some reason, crickets sound like crickets even at 2x.
Posted Fri, April 11, 2003 15:20 by MrHodes
Harpsichord. Your welcome. -MrHodes
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