I’m hiding the answer to my patent riddle ponder here in your comments. Shh, don’t tell 🙂 It’s the official patent description of the Tarzan yell ( one of only 22 sound patents in America – Pillsbury Dough Boy giggle, NBC chimes, Darth Vader’s voice and Law and Order TV series intro to name a few. 🙂
I was thinking about that basic problem when my brain was trying to synthesize those tones. Describing in words what is not a concept or an idea is pretty tough. Aromas, flavors, sounds — they do not lend to objective description! Not at all!
For a sound to be given a patent it must be instantly recognizable and associated with a specific product, corporation or creative endeavor. Who knew. 🙂
Wow! You know how I feel about timelapse. Stunning, thank you 🙂
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You’re welcome!
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I’m hiding the answer to my patent riddle ponder here in your comments. Shh, don’t tell 🙂 It’s the official patent description of the Tarzan yell ( one of only 22 sound patents in America – Pillsbury Dough Boy giggle, NBC chimes, Darth Vader’s voice and Law and Order TV series intro to name a few. 🙂
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Funny…. I couldn’t think of a TV or movie sound (like the doink-doink sound) that was the right number of successive sounds. Thanks.
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Imagine being the patent office staffer tasked with writing accurate ( legally binding ) description of sound.
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I was thinking about that basic problem when my brain was trying to synthesize those tones. Describing in words what is not a concept or an idea is pretty tough. Aromas, flavors, sounds — they do not lend to objective description! Not at all!
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For a sound to be given a patent it must be instantly recognizable and associated with a specific product, corporation or creative endeavor. Who knew. 🙂
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Not something I ever thought to investigate. I guess I’m even surprised that sounds CAN be patented.
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