Comments on: Symphony of Science: Onward to the Edge

By: Onward « A View From The West

Onward « A View From The West — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:43:54 +0000

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By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:55:11 +0000

@ ^ Grand Lunar : YES!

Seconded by me – & think that applies to a lot of this series as well.

By: Grand Lunar

Grand Lunar — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:27:38 +0000

The SoS videos are often inspiring, and this here is no exception!

Always loved Dr. Tyson’s roles in them.

Perhaps NASA could make use of this video.
Maybe post it on their site.
Or show it to Congress….

By: Joseph G

Joseph G — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:05:37 +0000

@26 oldebabe: Autotune is the electronic effect used in the video to turn speech into “singing.” It was originally invented to make singers who couldn’t carry a note in a bucket sound decent. These videos, I think you’ll agree, is a much better use of the technology.

Also, if you have the misfortune of listening to any pop or hip-hop from the last 18 months or so, you’ve undoubtedly heard autotune at some point

By: oldebabe

oldebabe — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:56:42 +0000

Oh, most excellent. I can’t stop re-listening… and re-listening… ah, and the punch line …

By: oldebabe

oldebabe — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:49:14 +0000

Never heard of `autotune’ before or how it applies here, but this was surely a delightful video/audio in every way. Thanks, Phil.

By: Joseph G

Joseph G — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:41:09 +0000

Superluminous. Hyperluminous, even!

Y’know, I agree that autotune is acceptable in this case, but I wonder – given the popularity of SoS, and the (as far as I can tell) relatively approachable nature of the “performers,” isn’t it possible that Tyson, Porco and Cox would be willing to go back and actually sing the relevant lines? Not unlike an actual music video, where the video portion is just lip-synced, with the recorded vocals added later.

By: icewings

icewings — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:31:31 +0000

I wish Neil deGrasse Tyson would run for President. But he’s too smart for that. I just hope he inspires lots of kids to become scientists. Maybe they can save the human race.

By: Lewis

Lewis — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:57:32 +0000

Autotune in these cases are great because it’s being used in an artistic creative way. Autotune for existing, popular and “talented” artists is something I dislike very much. Anyhow, I’m a huge fan of the SoS series.

By: Random Excess

Random Excess — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:42:17 +0000

#10 @ Micheal

NdGT did a series of 12 30-min lectures in a class room type setting. It is very good, here is a link to the first one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sidLNXlTyU4