Voice from the beyond?

[Rybow]

One of the narrators I work with recorded something rather odd a couple days ago. She records remotely in her home studio, and then sends me the files for editing & finalizing. She was recording a ghost story book, when she noticed something odd. A short part of the audio she had just recorded had been replaced by a man speaking. The sample is very short, and doesn't sound like background noise.

Any rational explanation? Or should I tell her to get a priest over there for a little cleansing

 

[crazydoc]

What did he say? (Sorry - the audio hadn't downloaded for me when I responded.)

RF interference?

 

[Rybow]

Sounds like he says "sitting there you look like a guy who had a million bucks", which seems like it might be from a movie

Is RF interference capable of completely interrupting a signal being recorded? She uses a Rode NT1a (not my choice). Not sure of the interface.

 

[living sounds]

So the "ghost" adheres to a samplerate of 16 khz (unlike the rest of the recording it only goes up to 8 khz). Sounds like it's from a phone.

 

[rob_gould]

Here you go

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/db5af494-667e-40b9-b37b-fb6b4a6e57a1
Never heard of it, but looks like a TV series.

How it ended up on the VO artist's recording is another question!

 

[cyrano]

Is she hoping this goes viral, like the joke from Brasil this week?

That joke vid shows a security guard at the entrance of a medical facility talking to an invisible visitor. Doors open automatically. He seems to take note of the visitor's name.

However, the same door opened 28 times for no good reason that day. He probably decided to play a bit, knowing there's a security camera behind him.

 

[Rybow]

Here you go

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/db5af494-667e-40b9-b37b-fb6b4a6e57a1
Never heard of it, but looks like a TV series.

How it ended up on the VO artist's recording is another question!

Ha! Great show. How did you find this? To be fair I haven’t watched season 6 yet.

Someone in or around her house must have been streaming it, and briefly interrupted her signal.

 

[user 37518]

Here you go

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/db5af494-667e-40b9-b37b-fb6b4a6e57a1
Never heard of it, but looks like a TV series.

How it ended up on the VO artist's recording is another question!

I used to watch that TV series, it was ok.

 

[crazydoc]

I watched the first one, and that was enough. Not my cup of tea I guess, but I'm old.

Glad you found where that audio was from.

 

[rob_gould]

How did you find this?

I just typed the line into a search engine and crossed my fingers. It took two or three tries to get the exact line.

That site - getyarn.io - was a new one on me. It has the potential to be useful.