Regarding synthesized wildlife sounds, such technology really can be useful
to us nature recordists. Some years ago I heard a fascinating recording by
the English musician David Hindley. He had re-created the voice of an
extinct bird, the New Zealand Huia. This was based on David's careful
research into the species, on written descriptions of the call, and on a
whistled version of the call given by a Maori who remembered the bird
pre-extinction. David Hindley imaginatively recreated the sounds of the
Huia within the New Zealand rainforest of a hundred years ago, and created =
a
beautiful piece of music that was both hauntingly sad and also of
considerable scientific interest.
Vicki Powys
Australia=20
on 14/4/04 10:06 AM, serge masse at wrote:
> Walter,
> I agree with you.
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> Let me be more clear on the note that I was trying to reach: this
> group should not consider *emulating* (i.e., sound synthesis) as apart
> from *recording* but as a natural extension of *recording* and
> therefore this group should be more inclusive with *emulators* because
> they also are *recorders* or are completely dependent on *recorders*.
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> There should be no different group for *recorders* and *emulators*. We
> should all be in the same group: animal/nature sounds enthousiasts.
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> I have read more than one message on this group that implied or stated
> plainly that *emulators* should post somewhere else, and I disagree
> with this. Emulators need recorders and recorders should collaborate
> with emulators.
>
> serge masse
> montreal
> canada
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> --- In Walter Knapp <>
> wrote:
>> From: "serge masse" <>
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>>> The people like the execs at Disney who think that once you have a PC
>>> then you don't need recordings are just extremely ignorant.
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>> Sadly they only reflect the general state of public awareness. Few in
>> their target audience will notice.
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>> Good recordings are about the best we can do to change that. We don't
>> have to join them.
>>
>> Walt
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> "Microphones are not ears,
> Loudspeakers are not birds,
> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
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