Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev:

AS>> I  forgot  so  remark that it was done not to add speed
AS>> and dynamics, but to change the timber  of  the  voice:
AS>> Eugeniy  Leonov  spoke slowly, so that the sped-up ver-
AS>> sion would have normal tempo but increased pitch.
AK> No -- this animation is very old

Not very old if you compare it to the  first  animations  of
Alexander Shiryaev made in 1906 :-)

AK> at  that  time  they  could  not  increase pitch without
AK> changing tempo. Such possibility had appeared only after
AK> appearing powerful computers.

You  misunderstood  me.  The  voice actor spoke at a lowered
tempo. When they played it back at higher speed, the  result
was normal tempo and a higher pitch.

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