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Sound Clip: Automated Voice Response by Andy Armstrong.
An ode to the automatic recording function on hand held cassette recorders. Here, three recorders are placed in various points of a large living room. Next, they were set to AVR while samples played of kitchen items, musical instruments, and various other things. The recorders did the editing – and this is the result.

Just wanted to say how much I’ve been enjoying your posts. I also liked the laser vibrometer one a lot! This one reminds me of Janek Schaefer’s piece, where he mailed a packaged with an dictaphone inside to himself through the London post:
http://www.audioh.com/projects/recorded_delivery.html
Terrific in it’s subtle expressiveness.