Equalizer to Filter Vuvuzela Whine From World Cup?

[SmellyFarang 57]

Interesting article regarding a relatively simple way to filter out the vuvuzela noise from the World Cup matches:

 

Simple Software Can Filter Out That Vuvuzela Whine From World Cup Broadcasts

Long after the game has ended and the TV has been shut off, the vuvuzela continues to echo in our ears. The plastic stadium horn, blown by World Cup fans to celebrate such moments in a game as — well, every moment — has achieved unprecedented fame and rancor this Cup, as its B-flat drone is broadcast around the world.

 

From German blog Surfpoeten comes a DIY solution for home Cup-watchers driven to distraction by the stadium horns: a software filter that selectively mutes the particular frequency of the vuvuzela. The horn drones, apparently, at 233 Hz, with harmonic overtones at 466 Hz, 932 Hz, and 1864 Hz.

 

Tube, the inventor behind Surfpoeten, runs the audio from his TV through a Mac Mini running Logic Express. A series of bandpass EQ filters in the software neatly excise the offensive frequencies, leaving the game blissfully vuvuzela-free.

 

Tube isn't the only one with that idea — I noticed at least one pub in New York yesterday doing the same with a component graphic equalizer hooked to a giant TV. For those of you following at home, that's 233, 466, 932, 1864.

http://gizmodo.com/5563522/simple-software...-cup-broadcasts

 

Curious if any BMs with a component graphic equalizer (or software) out there can try this out.

[midlifecrisis 4,048]

WTF do they just not have the balls to ban these things from the stadiums?

 

I enjoy the EPL but I turn off la Liga because the Italians seem to like these also. Even in my living room they are annoying. God help me if I was in the stadium without earplugs - and I have been to many a major sporting event and rock concert. And I have left ear tinnitus to prove it!

 

edit: btw, 127 decibles per the news today

Edited June 16, 2010 by midlifecrisis