I am frequently astonished at how I am transported
when listning to recordings I have made in the past.
This only works for recordings that I was monitoring
at the time that they were made of course.
Photographs work in a different manner for me, they
revive memories well, but I dont feel that I am there
again.
Tony.
--- Klas Strandberg <> wrote:
>
> Audio seems to trigger fantasy and emotional
> memories better than pictures.
> We see what we see and it is mostly very clear to us
> what it is. But when we
> hear something, we are free to fantasize as much as
> we want.
>
> Sound can be used to make people relax, almost to a
> hypnotic level. Sounds
> of waves and distant birds, for example. But I don't
> know of any picture use
> with the same effect. (Except some blinking light,
> which may develop
> epilephtical attacks.)
>
> Personally, when I listen to a recording I have
> made, I remember very well
> what the place looked like, the weather, the smells
> and other
> circumstancies. I also remember what I felt like,
> excited or whatever. (Or
> perhaps I just THINK that I remember well...? Hm.)
> Well, no picturess can
> give me that.
> I wonder if this is true in general, or true for
> some individuals only?
>
> Our hearing is very accurate. Back in 1984 I made a
> binaural stereo
> recording of ambience 1/ about a foot outside my
> balcony, 2/ on the balkony
> rim and 3/ a feet inside the balcony rim. I asked my
> wife to listen to the
> recordings with headphones and tell me which was
> which. No problem.
>
> I often hear wildlife recordings far too much
> filtered. Worst case, you even
> hear artifacts. I often find digital filters on
> audio software far too
> drastical.
>
> Klas.
>
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