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Winter 2016
Mar Medina

The six videos in this playlist are image and sound tests. They?re sourced from five channels that post these kinds of videos to test the resolution and sound quality of YouTube. These videos, of three different durations (0'10'', 1'40'' o 25'), are constantly being created by Google employees and by robots programmed by Google, and automatically posted on the platform. The purpose of this constant uploading is to detect any possible loss of quality in the latest videos posted as compared to those posted previously. Driven by this passion to compare, the videos pile up endlessly, with barely any views. I?ve had an idea for making use of all this wasted surplus, under the title: MATERIAL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL SOUND GROUP FOR THE PURSUIT OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

SYMPHONY OF THE PURSUIT OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT 25?:

The videos in this playlist emit pressure waves in expanding concentric spheres. In other words, sine sound waves. Press play and scroll down to the next video.

A sine wave is a simple, ideal wave based on a mathematical abstraction. Even though the previous video is still playing, press play and move down to the next one.

You can generate sine waves using a tuning fork or a glass harmonica (I?ve read that this was Mozart?s favourite instrument but I don?t know if it?s true). Press play on this one too, even though the previous two are still playing, and move on to the next one.

In these waves, the ear detects a slight rise in barometric pressure followed by a slight drop, oscillating rhythmically and elastically. Every time the frequency doubles, you hear an octave jump. Once again, press play and scroll down to the next link.

Most sounds are complex waves created by the sum of sine waves. Sound waves form a spectrum of wavelengths. I have no idea what the spectrum of everything that you are hearing now would look like, but to make it even wavier, press play on this video while the other four are still playing and listen until it stops.

?When YouTube was asked about Webdriver Torso, they replied: "We're never gonna give you uploading that's slow or loses video quality, and we're never gonna let you down by playing YouTube in poor video quality. That's why we're always running tests like WebdriverTorso".? ?Ooh Never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up) Ooh? (Rick Astley). Damn, I love giving up. Press play.