Even more so, Lou, because sound is physical and active. Snapshots
are passive and two-dimensional. It's so important to capture and
preserve those voices of the past, whether human or non-human and
especially the latter for their lack of agendae.
Bernie
On Apr 16, 2008, at 8:25 AM, Steve Duncan wrote:
> 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?
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> > Krause
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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