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Subject: What is a natural sound?
From: "Rory" rory_ca2
Date: Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:57 pm ((PDT))
This may sound like a dumb question, but I'm curious about where people on =
this site draw the line between recordings of nature and recordings of non-=
nature, and why the line is drawn where it is.

Is a recording of a fog horn on topic on this site?

A recording of a ferry and the water through which it is moving?

A recording from the 30th floor balcony of a New York apartment of the city=
 breathing at night?

A recording of crickets with the sound of city traffic in the background?

A recording of torrential rain from inside a car? From under an umbrella?

To give a specific example...

Last week I recorded nesting seabirds at Cape St. Mary's in Newfoundland. I=
 made a separate recording of the Cape St. Mary's fog horn. If I upload the=
 first recording to this site, would it be "off topic" to upload the second=
 recording? If so, the distinction strikes me as a bit odd. Hence my questi=
on.

Cheers






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