At 3:50 PM +0000 5/12/04, Greg Weddig wrote:
>Thanks for the info Rob, wma stands for (I believe) Windows media
>audio, as opposed to wmv. It is basically 5 wav files encoded into a
>single windows media file which is microsoft's answer to the mp3.
>
>To be honest, I am a die hard Netscape user and the same thing happens
>when I try to open the link with Netscape. Try opening it in Internet
>Explorer, it works there for me. The other option is to dowload the
>file and play it from there. Clearly my HTML skills need to be more
>advanced.
>
>I'm not sure if there is a Windows Media Player for Mac or not.
Real-time 5.1 decoding is very intriguing. A windows player for mac
does exist and I'll try mpg4/quicktime 6 too when I get a chance. You
might try "zipping" the .wma file so it downloads without streaming--
Alladin has free trial version. Rob D.
>
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:27:11 2005
Message: 3
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 15:12:43 -0000
From: "Rich Peet" <>
Subject: Re: Lyrebird playing a musical instrument
Those are examples of mechanical sound rather than vocal sound but do
not incorporate a choice of a foreign object to generate a sound.
Greater Prairie chickens do use the ground to resonate sound while
thumping their feet and at the same time vocalize but that is just a
complex display and no choice of foreign object was made.
Roughed Grouse have a very specific set of needs when choosing a dead
log to display on. They do use a specific diameter and degree of rot
within the log to generate a proper mechanical resonance within their
display. But that too would not be an example of choosing an object
as an instrument. It would be more similar to woodpeckers making the
best possible choice of an object to drum upon.
If you define the use of an instrument to be "an optional choice of a
foreign object to generate music. I know of no examples right now.
If you take the dictionary definition as a "device for producing
music", then any of the critters that make mechanical sound on
foreign objects qualify as using an instrument.
Rich Peet
--- In "Jim Morgan" <>
wrote:
> Syd - A few things come to mind such as the wing whistle noises
made by the
> Mourning Dove, the booming of Common Nighthawks, bill clicking by
Barn Owls
> and woodpecker drumming. I'm sure the group can point out many
others.
>
> Jim
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