Hi Lou,
Yes, I agree, the recordings have the same kind of value as snapshots:
priceless to those that made them, mildly interesting at best to
everyone else.
Still, it's got the same ability to take one back in time, and it's a
lot easier than video ;-)
On Apr 16, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Lou Judson wrote:
> Funny you should ask. I recently had a project in for analog tape
> transfers to digital. It was of a deceased classical singer, for his
> wife.
>
> The concerts, radio programs, and rehearsals were facinating -
> including an at-home rehearsal of Babar the elephant (a musical piece
> similar to Peter and the Wolf).
>
> However, the kids playing flute, making jokes, and singing, and the
> two hours of Christmases in the 1960s, could only be of interest to
> family, or historians if a family member was famous enough.
>
> For yourself, certainly, do it. Doubt it would be of interest to
> others though.I do like the term "Family ambience" though. Or maybe
> personal environment?
>
> Just one person's opinion.
>
> Lou
>
> On Apr 16, 2008, at 7:53 AM, Steve Duncan wrote:
>
>> After I discovered my old voice recorder wouldn't talk to my Mac, I
>> ordered an Olympus LS-
>> 10, which should be arriving today. I decided on the LS-10 because
>> I'd recorded what I guess
>> I'll call "family ambience" a few times with my old recorder, and
>> thought it would be even
>> more fun now that our kids are starting to talk more. I'd once
>> tried to make a custom
>> ringtone for my wife of our oldest daughter's first giggles, but
>> between noise and low signal
>> levels it just didn't work.
>>
>> I suppose this is stretching the definition of nature recording,
>> but is anyone else doing this
>> kind of stuff?
>
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