Hearing Color, Seeing Sound. This Is Synesthesia. (360 Video)

What would happen if some of your senses overlapped? What would that experience feel like? In this special 360° episode, we show you what it's like to have synesthesia.
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[@annemarielbalboa6116]

Imagine if someone who didn’t know they have synesthesia is in a museum and looks at an abstract art and says “man that sure as hell looks like chopin nocturne op. 9 no. 2”

[@jude4400]

😂 😂 this had me rolling

[@NuLiForm]

this does happen..Good call!

[@cobalt5853]

i have synesthesia, and similar stuff to that happens from time to time! it's very funny lol

[@hectormarshall8608]

i realize I am pretty off topic but do anyone know a good place to watch new tv shows online?

[@johnnyesteban89]

@Hector Marshall I would suggest Flixzone. Just search on google for it :)

[@rklauco]

I think this can be considrred a kind of superpower!

[@lake-om5ss]

Heh. That sure is fancy.

[@TexasDymond01]

Yes it is!!!

[@wtfRowdy]

@@VincentKarabouladMusique THATS WHY I LOOKED FOR THIS! I WATCHED IT AGES AGO AND IVE BEEN FASCINATED EVER SINCE!

[@NuLiForm]

we Need a school to teach us h9w to use it...then....maybe...

[@billcar6805]

LSD can sometimes give this same effect.

[@Individualpsychologe]

Damn this must be extremely helpful for learning to play an instrument.

[@jayjohn9893]

Electrofensterheber you'd think so but not really. Learning the instrument is the same, but we get different feelings, etc. We might like a certain riff because of how it manifests in our mind.

[@EMan-tp4zp]

@@jayjohn9893 if I play a lick from nowhere and right away, try it backwards. Quicker, slower. Funk-ti-fied. if nothing sticks, my guitar guy back when we'd write fervently and record everything! Keep a penn paper bedside as my best lyrical ideas come as the day goes. I for got one night and lost some great words. I heard Pink with Tony Bennet say she does her best work when she's feeling low. Perfect practice makes for perfect performance and there's no "bests", its an art. Sometimes, ill be up for couple hrs, editing in my mind.

[@freakazoid115]

..only if you have great eye hand coordination.. that's why we are the best video gamers.. the colors are just entertainment on top of the feeling of being in tune with yourself...

[@MrBazzos]

Jay John I'm sure it helps with musical memory greatly though.

[@Spam.ani.salami]

not in my experience haha! its just as hard--

[@aliciabanister2033]

As a musician, I can say I've never wanted a neurological condition as much as I do right now

[@ezra-keto]

Alicia Banister ikr!

[@saksagan1436]

nope it would be too annoying imagine ur playing music and u get assaulted by angry glowing circles

[@Spam.ani.salami]

@@saksagan1436 There's also associative synesthesia^^

[@NuLiForm]

...trust me....you don't want this...

[@t.p.6422]

Hi! A bit late, but as a fellow musician who DOES happen to have synesthesia, 10/10 wouldn't recommend. At least for me, I find in often confusing and frustrating, as many of the "visuals" of certain songs don't like up with my train of thought, this and, of course, many aspects of songwriting. It feels more like a lukewarm soda than anything else- sometimes too vague, sometimes overwhelming (2 AM writing sessions say hello).

[@LunaNicoleTheFox]

Now...what about Heavy Metal concerts....

[@jolly3257]

Blindness V (Minecraft Reference)

[@michaelmichael1450]

@Shawn Camburn Well thats Black Metal. For Death Metal you will see skulls popping up around the center, with the grim reaper appearing when the frontman starts to sing.

[@Pingandlucky]

Every note is black

[@sebastianjakov4895]

@@jolly3257 I liked this reference XD

[@jolly3257]

Then if you listen to a video, without the actual video, will you see the video? Lmao

[@JozziBug]

As a synesthete I have to say, this is probably the best/most accurate representation I have seen. Well done!

[@Neon-ws8er]

you said synesthete as if you’re part of a seperate species lmao

[@sunnysideup33]

One of the best videos i have ever seen. Thanks.

[@SeekerVR]

Thanks for the kinds words, we appreciate it!

[@irocc]

Heard*

[@bluejacket4429]

@@irocc I do believe he used his eyes to view this video my guy. If he didn't, a lot of this would seem very odd and out of context.

[@larissamiller6801]

I have synesthesia. I "see" colors when I eat food or listen to music and even when i feel emotion. however unlike the video, I don't see the colors in my vision. I more get the essence of the color. Like fresh foods are a nice green and savory foods are more of a purpley red. I've always seen these colors but never knew how to put a word for it. I would ask for a food that's green and no one would understand. I see these colors the same when i listen to music. It's a swirling image of color, like abstract art. The colors are typically following a dancers feet as they move so does the color. It's a beautiful expepiernce. The colors are hard to pinpoint becuase I don't see them in my vision as she does. I more just know that a color is there. being color blind really doesn't help with my cause becuase it's hard for me to say what color is there when I don't see the color the way everyone else does.

[@SillyScyllia]

Sounds like a bad luck Brian meme.... "Has synesthesia - Is colour blind"

[@MrPomboskate]

and do your colours match with the ones that women showed in each note? or is a different color for each individual?

[@MrPomboskate]

i asked because those people that can do amazing calculations with synesthesia, they see the numbers has objects, and can calculate because placing those objects close to each other, they get the product and weird things like that.. i was just wondering if there is an 'hidden' reality we dont know of, like each number is actually some type of figure or sensation that people with synesthesia get to experience, or is just a more usefull way of interpret information. seeing it as objects, feelings and colours instead of the typical numbers we get by writing them on paper. its probably easier to remember a piece of music if you are watching the colours and feeling them, then just hearing i guess. im just really amazed how that shit works

[@JuukezeBarbie]

what an amazing trait to have that's very beautiful!!

[@dennile_7355]

Larissa Miller ur like the mouse in that Disney movie heh that cool

[@tigergallant]

I have the opposite! My vision creates sound. When I see movement, I hear wave like, "whooshing" sounds. Flashing, or blinking lights are usually "pops" and "sizzles" (like crosswalk signs). Bright colours,(especially on simple shapes), create high pitched "static" sounds. At night, if an ambulance passes by, the flashing lights create "booming echos". Sometimes, it's distracting. I'm also a musician!

[@NanoShifter]

I would love to just watch a playlist like this, synesthesia is actually really cool to me, especially if it's like this I love color

[@architbhonsle7356]

That's one heck of a ability you've got there woman.... So let me tell you about my school *in Professor X's voice*

[@morisleskovsek8700]

? i dont get it

[@SquirrelWaterson]

imagine having epilepsy and synethesia lol

[@nagatopain1984]

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[@nagatopain1984]

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[@alexk9642]

@@nagatopain1984 you need to lay off the chocolate milk

[@EMan-tp4zp]

my best friend and I were on grocery run. was epileptic. Suddenly, he whips out a harmonica and is amazing. 25 years who knew? took him to an open mic and he took the roof off.

[@sylent_amnesya]

Thank you sooo much for this. My daughter is young and ambidextrous. And I recently looked up what potentially could be associated with ambidexterity. And synethesia was something I learned she could potentially have. And I asked her a few questions like if she could taste sounds etc. And her answers were "no." But when it came to asking her if she sees colors when she hears music or sounds, she said, "yes." She tried her best to explain it to me but I still couldn't understand exactly. But this here really helped me understand. Of course, not everyone with synethesia see exactly the same thing but it really helped me understand what she meant when she says she sees colors and shapes that flow and fade away. I'm so grateful for this. ❤❤❤

[@ferryansony2161]

damn, its like a disco inside there.

[@mohamedumar3082]

Well I see why you love music......that's one hell of a condition.

[@TexasDymond01]

My mind is blown after seeing this! Thank you for sharing. This is truly a gift!!!❤

[@Nimesh_Rs7]

Imagine driving at night with music onn😨😬

[@NuLiForm]

for us who have this...we are already in the 5th dimension..and more...

[@null360]

💀

[@shiyulin-pe7ii]

这就是我不开车的原因。可以看到其他普通的声音。

[@JM-zb7up]

I have Synesthesia too. I "see" colours of the days of the week and months of the year. However everyone with the condition is different than the next. It's hard for me to explain.

[@deathshead357]

I remember feeling the exact same way as a child, only with days of the week though. I'm not sure this is the same thing but you are the only other person I have heard mention about seeing days as colours.

[@ObjectsInMotion]

This is called lexical synesthesia and is the most common type. I have it too. Monday - Red Tuesday - Yellow Wednesday - Orange Thursday - Green Friday - Blue Saturday - Brown Sunday - Yellow

[@kidislat]

@@ObjectsInMotion I thought it goes like this: Monday - Blue Tuesday - Grey Wednesday - Grey Thursday - I don't care about you Friday - I'm in love

[@user-rk9dv8md1c]

@@kidislat mine: Monday: Red Tuesday: Light orange/green Wednesday: BLUEEEEE Thursday: Orange 🍊 Friday: Light purple, light yellow/green Saturday: ur confusing and boring lol/green Sunday: YELLOW/ BLUEE

[@hanfkartoffel5175]

It's so cool how many different forms of synesthesia there are. Like for me numbers and equations have a place associated with them and when I calculate something I don't use numbers but instead the dots, lines or planes shift in corresponding directions. I'm not sure whether it's just because of this but on an IQ test (a real one) I scored just above average on most things but on mathematical, logical or spatial tests I almost always scored as high as it gets.

[@DrachenGothik666]

She's not kidding when she says there are so many forms of synesthesia. When I see things like flashing signs, in absence of any loud noise, I "hear" a sound in my head for whichever colour is flashing. For example, neon red is a kind of low, grinding buzz, and depending on the shade of red it is, that buzz will change tone slightly. For the violinist, her tones are pure. For me, the sounds aren't often clean, they're more often distorted, fuzzy, or just strange. Moreover, I "hear" sound in motion, and something repetitive will form simple rhythms. It gets more fun when there are multiple rhythms in the silent motions I'm watching, and my mind translates it into layered "sounds", that can form a fun sort of drum-track. Here's an ever weirder one: I have tinnitus--I have constant hissing in my ears, which can be annoying, some days. I also have an air purifier running in my living-room and bedroom all the time. Machines, because of the way they're built, have rhythm-cycles to them, and when it's quiet in the house, I hear my head hissing and the air-purifier going, and between all that, I start to "hear" *music*. Actual music. It's ranged from black metal, folk, 70's style rock, Goth/Industrial, to a mish-mash symphonic orchestral thing and it's a lot of fun to listen to. If I could read or write musical notation, I'd write the stuff down and see what I could do with it, just for the fun of it...

[@yasminmestman3524]

That sounds like an advanced version of the synesthesia i have! I can simply hear in my head constant motions, like a morse code or sound waves. I'm so relived to know I'm not the only one

[@EmptyRedBullCan]

so basically she's getting high with music :D

[@larissamiller6801]

keeps life interesting

[@EmptyRedBullCan]

indeed

[@dennile_7355]

Larissa Miller nah she's just on life man

[@charlesparr1611]

Thank you for playing that music. Its one of my favourite musical compositions, it has some very intense emotional triggers lodged within it, and to hear a new interpretation is usually a devastating experience for me. I am not sure why I haven't just stopped listening to the pieces that get their claws into me, but I'm helpless to do so. Strangely listening to you play it this morning was quite the opposite, I feel restored, almost as though something within me has been satisfied, or replenished. And lately things have seemed awfully empty. Again, thank you, it's very possible that your music has just changed my life, or more correctly, made it worth living again.

[@SanchEnhance]

Wow... She's really talented and beautiful. Fine show. Love Vivaldi!

[@rita6355]

I wish I could be synesthetic, then again, it looked kinda scary

[@gross6475]

Overandover u would get blinded if u went to a heavy metal concert or something

[@scriptyshake]

I have synesthesia, not the same type though, for me, I see letters and numbers in colors, they also have their own gender and personality and age. I can also feel the personality of music notes. I don't have the same type of synesthesia in the video but usually we don't actually see the colors as if we're seeing them through the eyes, we mostly just picture them in our mind as if they were there. For example, when seeing 2, it is blue for me, but when looking at it on the paper I know that in real life it's black ink. Your mental image kind of overlays with what you see. In any case, I love having this... Let's call it gift. It helps a lot in remembering things and feeling things differently. It's kind of a superpower :D

[@NuLiForm]

Yes!...it can be!..on such a Deep level that feels like drown9ng..ii know cos i have drowned 2 times

[@null360]

@@NuLiForm I almost drowned 100 times...

[@narta11]

The first time I played live on stage with a band, I saw distinct shapes in my mind with colors that followed along with the riffs and chords I was playing. I tried explaining it to my band mates later that night and they looked at me like I was crazy. I just chalked it up to being excited for my first gig but now it makes sense.

[@Nospoon53189]

This is beautiful. I wonder if she only sees it for music. Thanks for the inspirations.

[@kidswragg4704]

This was beautiful. Thank you, KZbin Recommendations.

[@BlenderTimer]

Legit can't stop watching this. It's soooo cool!

[@yardmasterswealtheducation8424]

I am so looking forward to the new heaven and new earth! I am sure our senses will be a lot more like this than unlike it! Seeing sound, hearing color, tasting smells...

[@hankwilliams150]

For as long as I can remember I always saw the numbers and letters of the alphabet as certain colours. I always thought it was because I had building blocks as a child with the letters in those colours. Can you imagine how relieved I was to find out I have synesthesia?!

[@mackenzietucker4292]

I thought the same thing too!

[@jadepflug2312]

This seems like a really cool thing to have. At least this particular form of it!

[@saksagan1436]

nope i would like tasting sound

[@ajani9194]

I wish I had Synesthesia I believe I would be a much greater musician it's almost like a super power to see colors when you hear certain sounds. That's pretty damn cool

[@MightyOneManBand]

Wow. This is Amazing.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

Incredible. Absolutely incredible.

[@C.O.G.]

When I tap into the endorphens in my brain, I percieve them as having an array of colors with each color representing a specific purpose for each endorphen. For example a rich blue color means that endorphen is seratonin. A vivid golden cream color means melatonin. A white endorphen can stop any pain in the human body, except for a toothache. A combination of rich orange, pale aqua and light olive green works to calm exposed nerves in an open wound (such as an ulceration caused by veinous reflux disease.) I have used these endorphens and many more to help a variety of ailments within my body. I can't help but wonder whether I could teach other people to release the endorphens in their own brains, in order to help with their particular aches, pains and ailments in general. I would love to try it and see what is possible.

[@viky1010]

Thanks, that happen to me over a sound meditation when i didn't know anything about synesthesia. Then after i started researching what was that mind blowing magic! so wonderful!

[@timenixe]

I see music too, but more like waves. Thanks for sharing!

[@uRaDipShit1635]

Well done!

[@konradzuk6303]

Synestesia is not the blending of the senses.... but the expansion of the senses.... I can see the colours and shapes of the sounds (the instruments) in the music. It enriches my world and I have deeper understanding of this phenomenon what the music and sound is... during composing.

[@89fz]

This is amazing

[@09.Aniket]

sooooo cool.., you guys make really great videos...

[@HD893]

It would be interesting to have someone like this on "I Can See Your Voice".

[@stargazeronesixseven]

This is Amazing! Thank You So Much for Sharing! Stay Safe & World Peace! 🌍🌷🕊

[@donbarile8916]

Bravissimo! I have muliple channels, I can see colors which relate to pitch/key, and I also see architecture in motion. The structures are fluid and can remain in space, grow, become more complex or just continuously change.

[@nellyvu5624]

This is the best video i've ever seen

[@alwaellimustafa]

This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen

[@thesupertendent8973]

How inspiring. (Hard to explain why) impressive music

[@user-to7gr2bk9v]

Why is this beautiful? 😍

[@Thinkingman69]

wow this was mind blowing,and cool that seeker VR covers this kind of stories

[@vreal1936]

TH HAT ,WAS AWWEEEESOOOOME

[@jackies1729]

Excellent explanation and representation! Saving this to share with others when they ask me Thanks! Blessings! From a fellow synesthete

[@nir913]

So basically, Loud music like Heavy metal hard rock music which is deafening to us is actually blinding for you?!!!! That's really intresting.

[@manictiger]

Music is only as loud as the volume control sets it to.

[@ralphhooker6019]

Thank you for that

[@foldy1580]

This taught me a lot thanks! I never knew that this was a thing before! I heard of somethings like this before though

[@stargazeronesixseven]

Wow! One of the Most Eye Opening Sound & Sight Tutorial alright! Thank You So Much for Sharing! ♥️🌷🕯

[@2000FATY]

Amazing.

[@bristacos4938]

This is the coolest things ever

[@dreams8565]

This is so cool omg😍

[@dontillman]

Thank you!

[@melodicnostalgic3823]

This is Evolution happening before our eyes :) Maybe 1000 years from now, A lot of humans will hear colors..

[@marionelisabethspale8210]

Woow thank you for making and posting this, I love it!

[@LOREIRIN]

THIS IS AMAZING!

[@waynerobinson979]

Wonderful.

[@jordand.7579]

Thank you for making this video. This was really insightful, left me speechless. it's beautiful

[@serenet182]

That was the most amazing video I have ever experienced.

[@BCJoshi-iq2tn]

That's beautiful ❤️

[@MrGelly70]

it is like a superpower!!

[@nicotopcat1188]

I was entranced by your expression of synesthesia and wildly blown away by your fantastic music. You are a dream...

[@wtfRowdy]

This piece is beatiful btw.

[@luxeok75]

This is lit 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@daniriyo8188]

oh this is my first time seeing a video with a '360' view this is amazing

[@dollsandmilk]

THAT'S COOL!!!!

[@jessf7910]

Ah, this is the *perfect* piece (timbre, melody, harmony) for this demo. Mmm!

[@marcuscicero9587]

beautiful music

[@socialistislamicrepublicof9699]

Keep up the good work!

[@deniseflattery]

What a eye opener

[@vedicpagan8852]

A blessing wee have seeing as we do

[@arthurorpiana9621]

Now that is some cool super power!!!

[@Hail2GOD]

Amazing❤️❤️

[@superdupertuper9640]

so if you go to an edm festival , you are essentially digging yourself a grave ?

[@shalinc8840]

1:50 gave me goosebumps

[@blackhatvisions]

that's actually cool

[@Viol3entJay]

Wow what a brilliant video! I love the content! Great job i can feel your colors!!!

[@noahmay7708]

Man, synesthetes just have a headstart on life. I can't imgaine how useful this is for memorisation.

[@izreor]

very interesting to hear and see your perception, though i think you could have done a whole lot more with this, even just doing some chords and location, change/movement but it's cool to see a 360 now and then, even if the 4K looks like 240p

[@manualdomundo2550]

Now i fell sad because i cant have this blessed talent. I am here, seeing this, and i fell that being a normal person is nothing special.

[@lenwoodturneriv6169]

Interesting. My ‘G’s’ are ‘Green’ too! I don’t see lights, but I have consistent color associations with then 12-tet. They shift in different tuning systems.👍🏾

[@Uthael_Kileanea]

I'm partially colorblind. And this video really helps in describing what it's like. All you "normal people"... You're soundblind! Can you describe what it's like?

[@belalehsen]

Damn this video kinda makes me wish I had Synesthesia. Your world is definitely brighter than ours!

[@zurps]

Does it ever get obstructive? For example if you are watching a movie / video, do these glowing dots manifest in your vision, blocking what you want to be seeing? Does the sound have to be a particular type of sound to trigger it? For example, can you "see" footstep noises?

[@LGH666]

Had my first non-drug induced instance of synesthesia just the other day. Setting in my vehicle with my arm on the window sill eyes closed dozing as it started to sprinkle lightly, very small drops, on my arm, I could see each drop as they hit my arm in my visual field as a tiny light spots. Such a shame I reflexively opened my eyes and it was gone. It was a rather marvelous sensation.

[@andymiller4458]

That was sooooooooo cool

[@somnia268]

|-/

[@junwui3625]

Very nice….

[@chipo-lweendomwiindilila3689]

The best video on the internet 🔥🙏🏾👏🏾

[@tw06le1]

& here I thought I was crazy.... Growing up I used to play around with sound equipment a lot, higher frequencies that would give feedback modulating off the shiny walls & furniture always felt funny inside & when I experienced Pink noise I had a flat tart like taste. White Noise just irritates me but after a while you tune it out. Early teens I've resorted to just telling people I can hear the frequencies, without even knowing that these things exist & can be explained. What else might I be experiencing totally different...

[@Konstantinos143]

I would love to have your condition. I also love music trance, and classical as well as symphonic heavy metal. I would gladly center my life around this. I wish you the best:)

[@c.5439]

AMAZINGGGGGGGG. Somehow, that reminds me of an anime scene where someone would play music and different colors would appear. For me it was just some kind of aesthetic before. Now, i'm thinking, maybe the one who edited the video has synesthesia.

[@MarsheIIo]

I can feel sounds, this song feels like a stroking on my head. :)

[@abigailr9094]

I have it too :D

[@jslevenson101]

Truth can be like comfortable sounds that connect thoughts logically and mindfully and beautifully ... ❤️