I would describe a recording of crickets that had the sound of city traffic
in the background, as a wildlife habitat recording. I'm sure I would find
it interesting if it had been well recorded. This is the habitat where the
crickets live.
It can also be historically important to document the mix of natural sounds
and man-made sounds, even if only to understand how much noisier our
landscape has become.
If I heard a fog horn, and some distant seabirds, I would then begin to
visualize the entire landscape, rocky cliffs, cold foggy conditions, the
sea, ships, swirling birds.
Someone recently sent me a recording of Zebra Finches drinking at a water
trough next to an old creaking windmill in outback Australia. It was a
beautiful recording and clearly described how the finches were able to take
advantage of man-made technology.
Vicki Powys
Australia
on 22/8/07 9:56 AM, Rory at wrote:
> 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 question.
>
> Cheers
>
>
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause
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