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Author Topic: Telemarketer Nightmare  (Read 3371 times)

12AX7

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Telemarketer Nightmare
« on: June 12, 2007, 05:27:06 PM »
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Re: Telemarketer Nightmare
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2007, 05:30:26 PM »
An internet classic.
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12AX7

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Re: Telemarketer Nightmare
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2007, 05:32:25 PM »
You used to post some hilarious ones you did yourself (Text, anyway...). I wish I could think on my feet like that.
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Re: Telemarketer Nightmare
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2007, 05:32:47 PM »
That is Fuckin'awesome.
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Re: Telemarketer Nightmare
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2007, 07:02:55 PM »
Speaking of which, 12, has any progress been made on that call I gave you?
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Re: Telemarketer Nightmare
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2007, 07:47:51 PM »
Quote from: 12AX7 on June 12, 2007, 05:32:25 PM
You used to post some hilarious ones you did yourself (Text, anyway...). I wish I could think on my feet like that.
My favourite, to this day, is still, "Can you hear me now?"
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Re: Telemarketer Nightmare
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2007, 02:30:51 AM »
Quote from: Agent_Tachyon on June 12, 2007, 07:02:55 PM
Speaking of which, 12, has any progress been made on that call I gave you?
Not really. I can get some of the buzz out, but to take enough of it out to make any real difference leaves a huge chunk missing from the frequecy spectrum; rendering voice rather unintelligible. The bandwidth on that buzz is so wide, a simple notch filter at 50Hz or 60Hz just doesn't take enough out to keep it (the buzz) from being noticeable. Like I said, I can take it out, (widening the filter); but then that leaves enough of the speech unintelligble to make it tough to follow what's going on.
 Of course there is a medium; where you can follow the speech; but then there's still enough buzz to be noticeable and at times distracting.
  Don't give up on me, though! I'm currently working all the bugs, etc out of my studio; and I have new recording/editing software to install and play with; so I may be able to come up with something yet.
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Re: Telemarketer Nightmare
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2007, 02:41:09 AM »
BTW, I also tried fux0r1ng with it dynamically as well. The difference in the voices' loudness needed to be reduced so I could try to bring them up above the buzz; but, um...heh. 
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Re: Telemarketer Nightmare
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2007, 12:08:47 PM »
Both were absolutely priceless ... I love it when someone can get telemarketers to practically wet their pants with fear.  :evil:
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Re: Telemarketer Nightmare
« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2007, 12:14:50 PM »
Damn that sucks, I may upload some far better quality recordings I found a while ago from wayy back in the day. Ironically, they were recorded off a payphone years ago and that one was recent from a home phone.
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Re: Telemarketer Nightmare
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2007, 02:53:25 PM »
We have to figure out some way to pull this on some spammers too.
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Re: Telemarketer Nightmare
« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2007, 04:20:05 PM »
The Ebola Monkey Man beat us to it.

I have a log of some emails that were exchanged between me and a 401 scammer who accused me of trying to wipe my ass with his face, I must get around to compiling those.
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Re: Telemarketer Nightmare
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2007, 10:19:19 PM »
*LOL* That's Great!
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Re: Telemarketer Nightmare
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2007, 03:55:29 AM »
Quote from: Dark Shade on June 17, 2007, 03:34:56 AM
Sticky or not, it's not very intelligent to contribute absolutely nothing to an old ANY thread.
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