I enjoyed that, Chris, and am glad you posted it. That type of audio
scene appeals to me almost as well as a "man-less" soundscape does, I
think because it fires the imagination. I have always been an avid
reader and words without visuals work the same in my head as audios
without visuals. I can create my own "scenery" and place your
whistling cheesemaker into it. Thanks.
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Suzanne
http://web.tampabay.rr.com/swilli41/www
Florida, USA
--- In "Chris Hails" <>
wrote:
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>
> Walt, you give me an excuse for a post I have been thinking of.
Like
> everyone else I have learned to hate the human intrusion, but
> sometimes it can complement a natural sound. House Martins
(Delichon
> urbica) long ago abandoned their natural cliff face nesting sites
to
> nest on artificial cliffs made by man (houses), hard to get a
> recording of them without some sort of man-made noise.
>
> I recently found a nice colony on a Swiss farm which was making
> cheese (of course) with cows and bells (of course) in a nearby
field.
> By getting up against the house wall, with my back (and parabola)
to
> the cow bells I was able to reduce their impact, but got the
> reflected sound of a nearby (1km) road (which I admit later reduced
> with an equalizer). About a minute in the cheese maker appears
> whistling aimlessly and banging his cans, and then re-appears with
> his hose pipe to wash down the yard =96 at which point I had to duck
> out !
>
> Not the world's greatest recording but I thought it made for an
> interesting rural mixture of man-made noise and nature. Listen if
> you'd like to:
>
> http://cjhails.googlepages.com/hosuemartinsandcowbells (1.5 mins
2Mb)
>
> Chris
>
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