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Re: emulating birdsong with a synthesiser design program

Subject: Re: emulating birdsong with a synthesiser design program
From: Walter Knapp <>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:18:16 -0400
From: "serge masse" <>
> 
> Walter,
> I agree with you. 
> 
> 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*.
> 
> There should be no different group for *recorders* and *emulators*. We
> should all be in the same group: animal/nature sounds enthousiasts.

A while back there was a spin off from this group of folks who realized 
they were into more than just nature recording, and it's still quite 
active. That's phonography, they do compositions, modified nature 
recordings, mixes of nature recordings and man made sound and so forth. 
They would be a more appropriate place for emulators. I belong to that 
group, and it's certainly populated with recordists too.

If you are into the formal bioacoustic uses of emulation, the group to 
get into is probably Bioacoustics-L. They are not a yahoo group but 
connected with cornell, you can get in from this link:
http://asa.aip.org/ani_bioac/ABbioList.html
They can at least put you in touch with other bioacoustic specialists 
who might be working on this. As much as nature recordists might 
resemble a scientific group and contains many members who are scientists 
of one sort or another, it's not a scientific group.

> 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. 

There is no reason whatsoever for recorders to be involved with 
emulation at all. So, it's more a one way thing. If emulators want to 
learn nature recording that's certainly appropriate.

Many things are connected to nature recording in some way, yet we don't 
bring them into nature recordists often if at all. Being connected is 
not sufficient reason. Nature recording in itself is a challenging 
enough subject to keep the group very active and occupied. Adding in 
another subject area would increase the number of posts if it attracted 
anyone, making more that recordists would have to deal with one way or 
another. And it's clearly a sideline to real nature recording, if that.

That is my own opinion, not up to me what is included in the group 
discussions.

Walt




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