Marc & Volker,
I like the definition and use of those three terms: Wild, Digitally
Processed and Edited. I would like to add a forth, Foley, to be applied to
a recording when one sound is used to mimic another sound but is created by
separate and unrelated events. Clomping coconut shells to replace horse
footfalls is one example. Wind from wind machines would be another.
What is natural and what is not? This is probably a cultural perspective. =
I
remember a whale documentary in the early 90's that followed the migration
of a particular whale. Near the end of the documentary we see and hear wha=
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the whale sees-a boat filled with noisy tourists flashing cameras and loud
boat noise. I thought how odd. A Japanese person also thought the same
thing but only about why I would think it was odd. Human made sounds are
rarely in tune with place, but not always, and that is the big difference
for me. I like telephone wire wind sounds because it tells me what the win=
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is doing in a musical way and I learn about place. I don't like jet noise
because it says very little and spoils a great deal. What to include or
what not to include for me is not about what is natural but about what is
meaningful.
I am a great fan of train sounds and have recorded train sounds and birdson=
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together, intentionally, and sought out through great effort places and
times to listen/record them in balance.
--Gordon
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