Backmasking is a recording technique in which a message is deliberately recorded backward onto a track meant to be played forward, so the message becomes intelligible only when the recording is reversed. It is a deliberate process, distinct from a message a listener believes they hear through phonetic reversal, an unintentional discovery of apparent meaning when an ordinary forward recording happens to be played backward.
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Type of Phenomenon Core ClaimA message is recorded backward onto a track that is meant to be played forward. 1 Sources
1. Backmasking (Wikipedia)
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Backmasking is a recording technique in which a message is recorded backward onto a track that is meant to be played forward.
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However, apparent backmasked messages may in fact be examples of pareidolia (the brain's tendency to recognize patterns in meaningless data), coincidental phonetic reversal, or as deliberate responses to the allegations themselves.
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