YouTube Adding Vuvuzela Noise to All Videos

By Marcus Yam
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Earlier on we wrote about what you can do to take down the noise of the vuvuzelas while you're watching the World Cup. You can either use an audio editing software, or even an EQ in your audio system could do the job.

As we're all trying to make things a little less buzzy in our viewing experiences, YouTube has done the opposite and has added in a soccer ball button into some of the videos on the site. Pressing it will evoke the hoard of vuvuzelas.

Check out one such YouTube video here, or just find your own to hear it in World Cup mode.

Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
48 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Teen Geek
    Am I the only one who thinks this is dumb?
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  • dragunover
    it's not only dumb it pauses after it resyncs.
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  • dEAne
    My uncle likes this, me its annoying.
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  • Yes. It's a poor sample. Choppy. A flowing sound wouldn't be so annoying.
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  • yay
    Well i think its funny lol.
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  • you do not understand world cup spirit, maybe because its not in your country, maybe if it is ever in your country you will understand.
    this is similar to google replacing the image on their search site with a mini pacman game on pacmans anniversary.
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  • Reynod
    Yes the soccer is at fever pitch ...
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  • Where do you hoard your horde?
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  • manvanstaal85
    Yes Yes this is my country but I still don't like it!!! I was at the England game in Port Elizabeth yesterday and the singing of the English was a much better sound than this annoying Vuvuzela sound. But yes everybody got there own liking but I applaud Youtube for getting in the soccer spirit.
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  • anamaniac
    I was wondering what that button was.
    Gladiatorzayou do not understand world cup spirit, maybe because its not in your country, maybe if it is ever in your country you will understand.this is similar to google replacing the image on their search site with a mini pacman game on pacmans anniversary.To each their own I guess.
    But if someone brought one of those damned things inside my house, a paramedic would have to remove it and they'd limp for a week.
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