And John Muir, the late 19th C early 20th C California naturalist and
author spoke of knowing exactly where he was in the Sierras by the
signature of wind in the pines.
Bernie
On Apr 13, 2008, at 4:03 PM, Ed Anson wrote:
> On Apr 13, 2008, at 12:13 PM, Scott Fraser wrote:
>
> > On the other hand, when I've recorded lovely sighing wind lightly
> > rustling through the tops of pines trees, it has always come out
> > sounding like modulated white noise on playback & has never
> portrayed
> > a realistic sense of the soundscape to my ears.
>
> Both wind and waves do tend to sound like modulated pink noise. The
> additional cues that make them sound like what they are can be subtle.
> For example, I once recorded the wind in a pine forest. The main thing
> that made it sound like wind (instead of noise) was the cracking of
> the tree limbs in the wind. When I hear recordings of surf, it's
> generally the sound of gulls in the distance (or a fog horn) that
> helps me identify it.
>
> OTOH: I have played plain pink noise to some friends and they said it
> sounded like waves.
>
> Ed
>
>
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