Teacher-proof ringtone

In message <[email protected]>,
Jeremy Porteous <[email protected]> writes

>I find this one much easier to hear than the BBC sample. Are you sure it's
>not a lower frequency?

Similarly the one on the nytimes site is easy to hear for old duffers:

http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages...0_RINGTONE.mp3
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On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:44:49 +0100, Mehdi wrote:

> screaming to my hears. I suppose that my hearing must have a weak point at

read "ears" of course

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:46:17 +0100, Gyp <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Similarly the one on the nytimes site is easy to hear for old duffers:
>
>http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages...0_RINGTONE.mp3

I'm a young duffer and I can't hear it!

"Xeonwales" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Mehdi wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:38:42 +0100, Gyp wrote:
>>
>>> In message <[email protected]>, "dave @ stejonda"
>>> <[email protected]> writes
>>>> In message <[email protected]>, King Queen
>>>> <[email protected]> writes
>>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/audio/mosquito_sound.mp3
>>>> seems to be low-pitched traffic sound and someone laugh?
>>>>
>>> Background rumble that builds to have laughter towards the end, 2
>>> distinct clicks like wood being knocked together about 2/3 the way
>>> through. Both myself and my 8-year-old heard the same (or at least
>>> described it the same).
>>
>> There is actually a very high pitched beep-beep sound that starts half a
>> second or so after the beginning of the recording and and is repeated
>> continously until the end. This is a quite terrible sound actually, i
>> couldn't listen to that more than a few seconds. It's very similar to
>> this
>> high pitched sound you sometimes hear in your head after having spent to
>> much time in a very noisy environment such as a concert or night club
>> except than rather to be a continuous beeeeeeeep sound it's a beep-beep
>> sound (i'm not being very clear but you get my point). I'm sure that your
>> daughter heard it but simply discarded it since this is not a "normal"
>> sound. If she really can't hear it then it might be worth considering
>> bringing her to a specialist as she might have some hearing problems
>> (although not all people are equal when it comes to hearing really high
>> pitched or realy low pitched sounds).
>
> Where can i get this as a ringtone??

http://www.compoundsecurity.co.uk/

Red box in the middle of the website, near the bottom. Though I just made my
own using adobe audition. 16KHz mudulating by 100Hz with a modulation
frequency of 0.5Hz. I can just about hear it. Got to try it on some
teenagers now.

Don't MP3s compress audio by "losing" parts of the audio people aren't
expected to hear? Would an MP3 of the mosquito's sound make it less useful?

Ben

King Queen wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:46:17 +0100, Gyp <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Similarly the one on the nytimes site is easy to hear for old duffers:
>>
>> http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages...0_RINGTONE.mp3
>
> I'm a young duffer and I can't hear it!

Of the three that have been posted, I can hear:

1) Not at all
2) REALLY loud
3) Can JUST hear it - reckon it must be my limit

Have just sent the links to GF and she can hear 1 and 3 but not 2 at all.

Most odd!

Dave Newt <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> King Queen wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:46:17 +0100, Gyp
<[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Similarly the one on the nytimes site is easy to hear for
old duffers:
>>>
>>>
http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages...n/20060610_RIN
GTONE.mp3
>>
>> I'm a young duffer and I can't hear it!
>
> Of the three that have been posted, I can hear:
>
> 1) Not at all
> 2) REALLY loud
> 3) Can JUST hear it - reckon it must be my limit
>
> Have just sent the links to GF and she can hear 1 and 3 but
not 2 at all.
>
> Most odd!

Well I'm 42 in November and I can hear number 2 and number 3
through my pc speakers. Number 3 is particularly annoying.