The sound that keeps rising forever

🗣️ Come join us on Discord:   / discord   ☕️ Support the channel: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mixedsig...   / mixedsignals   (or click the Join button under the video to support us through YouTube!) 🎤 Gear (affiliate links with no extra cost to you) Microphone - Electrovoice RE-20 https://amzn.to/3FvBu7O Camera - Sony a6400 https://amzn.to/4kpegzq Camera lens - Sigma 16mm f1.4 https://amzn.to/43s5Ml7 Prompter - Elgato Prompter https://amzn.to/45B4ntG Main light - Godox SL-60W https://amzn.to/4krUR0I Softbox - Aputure Light Dome SE https://amzn.to/3T2ko4r ------------------------------------------------------------------ Shepard Tones are tones consisting of 2 or more sine waves separated by octaves, and if these are combined with volume automation, it's possible to create an audio illusion that sounds like it's going up forever or going down forever. This is then called a Shepard Scale. The Endless Stairs in Super Mario 64 is a really good example of this, and we take a look at how the endless stairs music uses the shepard tone illusion plus some other compositional tricks to parallel the fact that Mario is going up the stairs forever. There is also the Shepard-Risset Glissando, which as the name suggests uses a smooth glissando rather than discrete notes to modulate the pitch, which opens the door to all kinds of sounds being used as the basis for the illusion, most notably for things like risers. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 🗣️ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram:   / arbitersofsound   TikTok:   / arbitersofsound   Twitter:   / arbitersofsound   Facebook:   / arbitersofsound   🎧 CHECK OUT OUR CONNECT THE SONGS GAME PODCAST Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/141cTJs... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...