Tone in Roundabout

[jdgonko]

Ever since I was a kid, I've always wondered about the odd "tone" recorded in the song Roundabout. It occurs twice and is in both the "original" disc I purchased years ago and the "expanded and remastered" disc I purchased recently.

It is a 12,750Hz tone that occurs at 5:21 and 5:26 seconds into the track.

Any idea on what it is????

Thanks,
Joe

[plodder]

You must have super sensitive ears. I hope you find out what it is.

Welcome to Yesfans too.

:)

[chopper7]

Hmm, I can't hear anything apart from Rick's keyboards in the background. Maybe I need to check it on headphones?

[Hed G.]

Ever since I was a kid, I've always wondered about the odd "tone" recorded in the song Roundabout. It occurs twice and is in both the "original" disc I purchased years ago and the "expanded and remastered" disc I purchased recently.

It is a 12,750Hz tone that occurs at 5:21 and 5:26 seconds into the track.

Any idea on what it is????

Thanks,
Joe

I've just checked it out - it's there all right, and what's more, it's on the
original vinyl! It sounds like one of the outboard insert effects used to record
the classical guitar was oscillating at that frequency.

[RickyG]

Ever since I was a kid, I've always wondered about the odd "tone" recorded in the song Roundabout. It occurs twice and is in both the "original" disc I purchased years ago and the "expanded and remastered" disc I purchased recently.

It is a 12,750Hz tone that occurs at 5:21 and 5:26 seconds into the track.

Any idea on what it is????

Thanks,
Joe


Yes, I first heard it when I got the remastering on YESYEARS. Never noticed it on the vinyl until I went back and listened for it. It's likely either as Hed G suggests, or just one of those electronic interference gremlins that got picked up in the signal path - some processor or who knows getting it's bleeping glitch artifact picked up by the record signal path.

What's really interesting to me is the blatantly obvious punch-in one second later at 5:27. The whole tone and brightness of Steve's guitar changes, and most significantly, the attack of the first notes are clipped off!! There's just enough attack on the high notes to make it acceptable, but on the low note it's completely gone. Just a sudden low note resonating with no attack.

Back then it was just up to Eddie's and Steve's fingers, and a bit of luck. No digitally pre-programable punch points that could be repeated endlessly until the perfect overdub was made.

By the way, how did you figure out it was 12.75KHZ??

[prem895]

By the way, how did you figure out it was 12.75KHZ??
I was wondering that too.

[Yes2Yes]

You wouldn't be from Smallville by any chance, would you?

[umgekehrt]

It's actually 12,754.9603 Hz