In today’s New York Times, an article on obscene recordings from the 19th century (login may be required). In researching The Audible Past, I knew these existed, but they were not easy to come by, at least in the hallowed archives of the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian. But now, you can own them …
Category Archives: Sound
Deep Purple in Space
Full disclosure: the last post came courtesy of Music Thing. This one comes courtesy of Emily Thompson. I rarely find this stuff on my own. If you scroll down through this article on the sonic characteristics of different atmospheres, you can hear a Deep Purple riff run through filters that model the atmospheres of Earth, …
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Want to know what a Helmholtz siren sounds like? Now you can. and here’s some information about them.
I’m old
not really, but older. Awhile back, I posted that we bought a radio to listen to Radio Canada in order to hear more French. The thing is, it’s above our level right now and hard to understand. TV and movies would be better. Anyway, Thursday night as we cooked, Carrie flipped on the English CBC …
Ten Things that happened or that I learned on our 8-day trip to Seattle
1. I wrote a sentence in my book about how depending on what country you’re in, you get a totally different view of the psychoacoustic research leading up to mp3 coding (though the concepts — masking, critical bands, etc., are all the same). Then Lucent (the fools who closed Bell Labs) won a suit against …
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Off to Carbondale + Even Apple Thinks DRM is a Terrible Idea
Tomorrow I head off for Carbondale, Illinois to give a talk at their Center for Global Media. While there, I may have a chance to visit an anaechoic chamber. I hope I get to! In the meantime, I leave you with this new twist from Apple. For years, their iTunes Music Store has been solidly …
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Habs 4 Thrashers 2
Our first regular season hockey game after last year’s giant screwup. We went on a moment’s notice and it was really fun. It was easy to root for the Habs because, well, Atlanta has no business having a hockey team. But when did they decide to put a mic on the ice and amplify the …