Testing the world’s longest echo
Technically, the Inchindown oil tanks in Invergordon, Scotland, have the world’s longest reverberation, but that makes a much worse title. We tested them with a loud noise and some very sensitive microphones.
Matt’s musical experiments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzMVJkTjKNc
Behind the scenes on the Matt and Tom channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4qplnaPjbk
Thanks to Allan, Alan and Preston for all their help on the day, and to landowners the Bannerman Group for allowing us access!
Edited by Michelle Martin, https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheCrux
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@TomScottGo
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
If you want some more ridiculous noises, do check out Matt’s video — the link’s in the description and the end card!
@steveschritz1823
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
Need that guy with the saxophone
@Nomad1960ish
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
It neds a Gary Moore rift letting go in there 🎸🎸
@0LD5CHOOL
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
missing his videos 🙁
@erickviverosborges6046
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
Es un tanque para combustible de esos de la segunda guerra mundial
@alectron8484
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
I'm jealous.
What a life 🥸
@thomashninan3825
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
not for people with claustrophobia
@zathrasyes1287
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
Wonder, how it would sound when the tank is completely filled up with either sulfur hexafluoride or helium. Than stand inside with oxygen breathing masks.
@markmills586
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
For when your Lexicon 480 just doesn’t cut it.
@raphael53859
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
Sing the halo theme in there
@michaelmcconnell7302
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
and nobody has farted in there with a camera? smdh
@brokebackfountain
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
1:53 dropping a spoon at 3AM
@P-G-77
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
AMAZING
@MrMikev22886
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
I should call her..
@zigwil153
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
Hello……………………………………………………………………………………. is there anybody in there?
@damjan000
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
How much sustain do you want?
-YES.
@kenpower2304
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
You could have a lot of fun there. I would like to hear Cylons debating in there.
@DaleSnail000
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
1:53 when you drop something at 2am while your parents are asleep
@almosthuman4457
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
I find it criminal that there aren't large speakers and an array of microphones in there connected to some kind of small recording studio on site.
@geonerd
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
That asinine whispering is super fking irritating!
@Wheelgunfan327
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
Imagine an open E chord in a Les Paul through a 100 watt Marshall stack. Or even better, a pre-war Martin flattop in the hands of someone who really knows how to use it.
@movingmountainsaffirmations
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
For everyone making echo jokes, its reverberation…. the jokes are fun, but the science of it is they are totally different things…..
@jeremyminecraft3130
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
2:53
@jeremyminecraft3130
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
1:53
@mipa-fs4vu
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
Imagine being stuck inside the tank and the people on the other side who are supposed to pull you back out disappear. 🙁
@Klaxosapien_Minecraftian
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
“I’m an idiot” “you’re an idiot”
@FightingBoredom
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
Was he in creature comforts??
@RGT-L-23
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
Sing holy Mary in the chamber
@mistermonke4239
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
Imagine building that and working in it all day. Would drive people mad!
@YourAashique
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
25th October 2025, 2124 hours IST.
@skalatoor4872
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
flyingkitty really ruined how i watch this video
@LucaDAlterioMusic
February 23, 2026 at 6:07 pm
What kind of starter pistol is that?
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