In a sense, all sound is "natural sound", and that seems to be what Rory is
saying.
However, one may distinguish sounds of nature from sounds resulting from
human artefacts. I was not an original subscriber to naturerecordists, but
my guess is that the list was set up with sounds of nature in mind.
Our moderators have been remarkably tolerant and the list is very
democratic, so it's whatever subscribers want it to be. My interest is in
sounds resulting from any living organisms that deliberately make sounds.
But wind, waves, and thunder are equally sounds of nature.
But a fog-horn is not? If a fog-horn is included, then why not a bugle or =
a
fiddle? An emergency siren? A chain-saw? A symphony orchestra? Traffic
grid-lock? The term "natural sound" becomes all inclusive, and just means
"sound".
My computer is running Internet Explorer and I don't know what other
software may offer, but I can delete a message with a single click. And do
so when I can tell from the "Subject" that it is not of interest to me. So=
,
OK by me, if Rory wishes to introduce a foghorn recording; I'll simply
delete.
But if <naturerecordists> is intended to be a mailing list for nature
sounds, and the term 'nature sound' is to define a class within all sound,
then a possible distinction is between sounds that occur and always have
occurred in the world at large, and sounds resulting from human artefacts.
(Other than artefacts used to record and reproduce the natural sounds.)
Syd
> From: "Rory" <>
> Reply-To:
> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:56:42 -0000
> To:
> Subject: [Nature Recordists] What is a natural sound?
>
> This may sound like a dumb question, but I'm curious about where people o=
n
> 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 ci=
ty
> 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 th=
e
> first recording to this site, would it be "off topic" to upload the secon=
d
> recording? If so, the distinction strikes me as a bit odd. Hence my quest=
ion.
>
> Cheers
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