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It's just a Phase, mom

I guess you've watched my video about Phase. If you didn't, it's 15 minutes well spent:

If you want to take the survey, scroll down to the bottom of this page. Else, have fun with some audio samples with weird phases ^_^

Random phase swaps

You can hear 15 notes, all at 220Hz. Some of them have a flipped phase.

Phase drift sweeps

The next samples sweep the phase on the right ear from 0° to 180° and back to 0°. The left ear's phase is always at 180°. I made samples for different pitches (care: high pitches can be pretty annoying — keep your volume low, and turn it up only when you feel comfortable).

Pitch	Sample
55 Hz
110 Hz
220 Hz
440 Hz
880 Hz

Phase-flip pairs

Now a few samples where you hear 4 notes. Notes 1 and 3 are identical and share the same phase, while notes 2 and 4 are identical but have a flipped phase, either 180° or 90°.

Pitch / flip	Sample
55 Hz, 180° flipping
220 Hz, 180° flipping
220 Hz, 90° flipping
880 Hz, 180° flipping
880 Hz, 90° flipping