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A bleep censor is the replacement of profanity and classified information with a beep sound (usually a beep ⓘ), used in public television, radio and social media. History [ edit ]
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As far as I know there is no standard bleep sound. I suspect that the most easily available tone source is generally used by the sound engineer. This is probably going to be something like A4, 440 Hz, because that is a common tone used to tune instruments, though 500 Hz and 1000 Hz are probably also available in many radio studios.
A beep is a short, single tone, typically high-pitched, generally made by a computer or other machine. The term has its origin in onomatopoeia . The word "beep-beep" is recorded for the noise of a car horn in 1929, and the modern usage of "beep" for a high-pitched tone is attributed to Arthur C. Clarke in 1951.
He also used a censor beep sound effect throughout the song, which according to him: "It makes you think of something illegal. Makes you think of something bad. If you're casually listening to this beat or to this song, these little effects are going to be the things that makes someone go, 'Oh, what was that?'
Censorship of music is not limited to lyrical content; MTV edited the M.I.A. song "Paper Planes" to replace sounds of gunfire in its chorus with alternative sound effects, and remove a reference to cannabis. Similar sound edits occurred when M.I.A. performed the same song on Late Show with David Letterman (broadcast by corporate sibling CBS).
Bleep sound, a noise, generally of a single tone, often generated by a machine Bleep censor, the replacement of offensive language (swear words) or personal details with a beep sound; Bleep techno, a Yorkshire-born subgenre of techno music, that was popular in the early 1990s; Bleep (store), an online music store established by Warp Records
"Beep, Beep" ("The Little Nash Rambler") was a song which utilized the "beep, beep" sound in a tempo-changing novelty record recorded by the Playmates in 1958. The record became a #4 hit on the Billboard Top 40 record chart for twelve weeks. The lyrics tell the story of how the beep-beep horn of the "Little Nash Rambler" following close behind ...