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Re:Nordic Ice Skating on Thin, Black Ice in Sweden Is an Art... by sctb on Saturday July 14, 2018 @10:38AM (#17530503)
I'm fascinated by the description “laser-like” for this sound. Does this touch on a broader synaesthetic phenomenon or it based on the historical sci-fi presentation of laser/phaser guns? I suspect the latter.
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Re:Nordic Ice Skating on Thin, Black Ice in Sweden Is an Art... by monort on Saturday July 14, 2018 @11:21AM (#17530658)
I think the first use of that sound was in War Of The Worlds in 1953, they didn't even had lasers at the time :) I couldn't find any explanation, how they arrived at the sound (it's supposedly just electric guitar + reverberation).

https://youtu.be/G5H4yK_tiGI?t=116

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