Comments for Sound is Art http://margaretnoble.net/blog Listen to field recordings, instruments, performances and other noise. Maintained by Margaret Noble Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:59:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Semi-Determinist by karen c. http://margaretnoble.net/blog/semi-deterministi/comment-page-1/#comment-1275 karen c. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:59:03 +0000 http://margaretnoble.net/blog/?p=2190#comment-1275 incredible. incredible.

]]> Comment on Arborea Sardinia Under Water by Andy http://margaretnoble.net/blog/arborea-sardinia-under-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 Andy Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:05:28 +0000 http://margaretnoble.net/blog/?p=1995#comment-1245 Great sound- lovely to think these tiny sounds of life go on all the time without us aware.... Great sound- lovely to think these tiny sounds of life go on all the time without us aware….

]]> Comment on Pipistrelle Bat by Ian http://margaretnoble.net/blog/pipistrelle-bat/comment-page-1/#comment-1236 Ian Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:49:54 +0000 http://margaretnoble.net/blog/?p=2117#comment-1236 Hi Kyle, The longer bat recording is here: http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/wildlife/other_animals/121/621/ Wildlife > Mammals > Common Pipistrelle Thanks for all your kind comments, and many thanks to Margaret for presenting the recording on Sound is Art. Ian Hi Kyle,

The longer bat recording is here:

http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/wildlife/other_animals/121/621/

Wildlife > Mammals > Common Pipistrelle

Thanks for all your kind comments, and many thanks to Margaret for presenting the recording on Sound is Art.

Ian

]]> Comment on Pipistrelle Bat by Andy http://margaretnoble.net/blog/pipistrelle-bat/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 Andy Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:22:24 +0000 http://margaretnoble.net/blog/?p=2117#comment-1226 Beautiful. And a great site beautifully executed by the way. And today a friend of mine had a dream that I'm too bat-like and you sent me this link! I have used the sounds of bats in several of my compositions. Here is one http://andypink.co.uk/blog/ Beautiful. And a great site beautifully executed by the way.

And today a friend of mine had a dream that I’m too bat-like and you sent me this link!

I have used the sounds of bats in several of my compositions. Here is one http://andypink.co.uk/blog/

]]> Comment on Pipistrelle Bat by Kyle http://margaretnoble.net/blog/pipistrelle-bat/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 Kyle Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:28:55 +0000 http://margaretnoble.net/blog/?p=2117#comment-1218 Very nice. Hard to imagine this wasn't processed. I'm navigating the London Sound Survey site and I'm having trouble locating the longer recording. Its not under the wildlife section as one would expect. Very nice. Hard to imagine this wasn’t processed. I’m navigating the London Sound Survey site and I’m having trouble locating the longer recording. Its not under the wildlife section as one would expect.

]]> Comment on Gas Horns by Felix http://margaretnoble.net/blog/gas-horns/comment-page-1/#comment-1217 Felix Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:34:35 +0000 http://margaretnoble.net/blog/?p=2055#comment-1217 Superb! I love the oscillating quality of those sounds and the way that they are not exactly matched in pitch. It creates a super interesting chorus effect. Superb! I love the oscillating quality of those sounds and the way that they are not exactly matched in pitch. It creates a super interesting chorus effect.

]]> Comment on Pipistrelle Bat by Felix http://margaretnoble.net/blog/pipistrelle-bat/comment-page-1/#comment-1216 Felix Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:33:08 +0000 http://margaretnoble.net/blog/?p=2117#comment-1216 Hello, I love this. It reminds me of Robert Jarvis's work with bat detectors and wavelengths... I love projects that make the sound of bats audible to our ears! Thanks. Hello, I love this. It reminds me of Robert Jarvis’s work with bat detectors and wavelengths… I love projects that make the sound of bats audible to our ears! Thanks.

]]> Comment on Pipistrelle Bat by Peter Behrendsen http://margaretnoble.net/blog/pipistrelle-bat/comment-page-1/#comment-1215 Peter Behrendsen Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:13:47 +0000 http://margaretnoble.net/blog/?p=2117#comment-1215 Hallo, nice sound. I have a concert piece called "Nachtflug" (Nightflight) from 1999 that I (we) performed several times, a sort of live musique concrète. It was also performed recently by canadian music students. P. Behrendsen Hallo,
nice sound. I have a concert piece called “Nachtflug” (Nightflight) from 1999 that I (we) performed several times, a sort of live musique concrète. It was also performed recently by canadian music students.
P. Behrendsen

]]> Comment on Banned by the Catholic Church by Jhhl http://margaretnoble.net/blog/banned-by-the-catholic-church/comment-page-1/#comment-1214 Jhhl Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:19:30 +0000 http://margaretnoble.net/blog/?p=1839#comment-1214 You can also hear Shepard tones as the James Tenney piece "for ann (rising)" I wrote and performed a "live" implementation of it in 1988 on an Amiga, which had the ability to change the separating interval, which in his case was phi/1, so as to get different effects. It's a fascinating piece to hear for a very long time, as your ears try to follow the tone up to its highest frequency, then jump down to catch on a lower rising tone. A Tritone really is a diminished fifth - or enharmonically, an augmented forth, at least in 12 tone equal temperament. That temperament probably didn't exist at the time of the "Devil" condemnation, though. Most intervals near 600 cents sound pretty alien, because it's a big gap in the harmonic sequence (11th harmonic comes closest first). I made some more Shepard tones recently for the WFMU Locked Groove record "Running in Place," some ascending, some descending. Shepard tones seemed a natural for a locked groove record! You can also hear Shepard tones as the James Tenney piece “for ann (rising)” I wrote and performed a “live” implementation of it in 1988 on an Amiga, which had the ability to change the separating interval, which in his case was phi/1, so as to get different effects. It’s a fascinating piece to hear for a very long time, as your ears try to follow the tone up to its highest frequency, then jump down to catch on a lower rising tone.

A Tritone really is a diminished fifth – or enharmonically, an augmented forth, at least in 12 tone equal temperament. That temperament probably didn’t exist at the time of the “Devil” condemnation, though. Most intervals near 600 cents sound pretty alien, because it’s a big gap in the harmonic sequence (11th harmonic comes closest first).

I made some more Shepard tones recently for the WFMU Locked Groove record “Running in Place,” some ascending, some descending. Shepard tones seemed a natural for a locked groove record!

]]> Comment on Stretched To Perfection by Jhhl http://margaretnoble.net/blog/stretched_toperfection/comment-page-1/#comment-1213 Jhhl Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:45:24 +0000 http://margaretnoble.net/blog/?p=1971#comment-1213 Another great spectral manipulating program is Mammut, which takes fft to its logical conclusion: fft the entire sound which results in on massive frame. Then manipulate the frame and IFFT. It looks like you'll have to scrape around to find it, though. Another great spectral manipulating program is Mammut, which takes fft to its logical conclusion: fft the entire sound which results in on massive frame. Then manipulate the frame and IFFT. It looks like you’ll have to scrape around to find it, though.

]]> Comment on Chicago Phonographers by Jose Maria Pastor Sanchez http://margaretnoble.net/blog/chicago-phonographers/comment-page-1/#comment-1181 Jose Maria Pastor Sanchez Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:53:09 +0000 http://margaretnoble.net/blog/?p=2050#comment-1181 Muy buena la idea de recrear los sonidos de la ciudad. Es como transportar toda la ciudad entera a una simple habitacion. Un saludo. Muy buena la idea de recrear los sonidos de la ciudad. Es como transportar toda la ciudad entera a una simple habitacion.
Un saludo.

]]> Comment on Wind Turbines by Jose Maria Pastor Sanchez http://margaretnoble.net/blog/wind-turbines/comment-page-1/#comment-1180 Jose Maria Pastor Sanchez Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:49:31 +0000 http://margaretnoble.net/blog/?p=2082#comment-1180 Impresionante como "dialogan" los generadores de energia eolica¡¡¡. Un saludo. Impresionante como “dialogan” los generadores de energia eolica¡¡¡.
Un saludo.

]]> Comment on Edge of the Ice by Jose Maria Pastor Sanchez http://margaretnoble.net/blog/edge-of-the-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-1179 Jose Maria Pastor Sanchez Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:45:06 +0000 http://margaretnoble.net/blog/?p=1940#comment-1179 Genial el sonido del agua-hielo. Como se generan ritmos y sonidos de una manera totalmente natural, como no podia ser de otra manera. Un saludo¡¡¡ Genial el sonido del agua-hielo. Como se generan ritmos y sonidos de una manera totalmente natural, como no podia ser de otra manera.
Un saludo¡¡¡

]]> Comment on Sounds of Wasted Energy by Margaret http://margaretnoble.net/blog/sounds-of-wasted-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Margaret Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:47:06 +0000 http://margaretnoble.net/blog/?p=2161#comment-1168 All modeled on their environmental science studies on phantom drains and what was possible with their limited audio technology. All modeled on their environmental science studies on phantom drains and what was possible with their limited audio technology.

]]> Comment on Sounds of Wasted Energy by Charlotte http://margaretnoble.net/blog/sounds-of-wasted-energy/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 Charlotte Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:43:29 +0000 http://margaretnoble.net/blog/?p=2161#comment-1166 Wow I'm impressed. How did David and Daniel find/choose those sounds? So cool. Wow I’m impressed. How did David and Daniel find/choose those sounds? So cool.

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