TED演讲： 我的多调人声(3)

 　　So once this thing really gets going,  一旦系统开始运作

　　and it really starts to mangle¹ the audio² I'm putting into it,  它就会把我录进去的声音切成片段

　　it becomes not obvious that it is the human voice,  人声的特点就不会那么明显了

　　but it is, so I'm going to take you through it bit by bit and start nice and simple. 所以我先一点一点的带你们体验一下，来点儿简单易懂的

　　So the polyphony problem: I've only got one voice.  有一个多声部的问题：我只有一个声音

　　How do I get around the problem of really wanting to have as many different voices going on at the same time. 我该怎样克服希望它同时演奏很多不同声音这个问题呢

　　The simplest way to do it is something like this.  最简单的方法是这样

　　By dancing. It's like this. Thanks. 跳舞，像这样。谢谢

　　So that's probably the easiest way.  这可能是最简单的方法

　　But if you want to do something a little bit more immediate,  但如果你想做点更直接的

　　something that you can't achieve with live looping³, there's other ways to layer your voice up. 用实时循环功能都不能实现的事，还有其他办法实现声音层叠

　　There's things like pitch-shifting, which are awesome⁴, 比如说音调转变酷极了

　　and I'm going to show you now what that sounds like.  现在我就给你们演示音调转变

　　So I'm going to start another beat for you, like this.  我以另一个节拍开始，像这样

1 mangle   

vt.乱砍，撕裂，破坏，毁损，损坏，轧布

参考例句：

• New shoes don't cut,blister,or mangle his feet.新鞋子不会硌脚、起泡或让脚受伤。
• Mangle doesn't increase the damage of Maul and Shred anymore.裂伤不再增加重殴和撕碎的伤害。

2 audio   

n./adj.音频(响)(的)；声音(的)，听觉(的)

参考例句：

• Often,the meeting is recorded on audio or video media for later reference.通常这种会议会以视频或者音频形式记录下来，供以后查阅。
• You don't even have to pay for audio programs.你大可不必为自己听这些节目付费。

3 looping   

循环； 套口； 成圈； 缝袜头

参考例句：

• Lifting it down, looping it over her wrist, she went away with confidence. 她把它取了下来，绕在手腕上，这才放心走了。
• This prevents it from endlessly looping around in inter network. 这样可以防止数据包无休止地在网络之间往复循环。

4 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.