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2017.01.20Apple AirPods: Pitch Shifting

Apple AirPods

 

I've observed some occasional weird behavior from the AirPods when connecting to conference calls. My calls typically use a bridge that starts with a recording of a male voice that says "Welcome to the conference calling center." Twice I've heard this recording pitch-shifted down about an octave... if I disconnect the AirPods and just use the speaker on the phone, the voice sounds normal.

It's as if the AirPods are using a technology that shifts the pitch of the signal it receives, possibly to sync the receivers with each other.

It hasn't happened often, but it has happened.




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