That was my first professional recording assignment, Mark, to record
corn growing in Iowa in the mid-1960s. A Hollywood film crew, with
which I was hired to work, sent me off late one August to Iowa to
record...yes...the sound of corn growing. To make a long story, short,
when the stalk expands at night...sometimes as much as an inch...the
telescoping creates a kind of squeak, much like rubbing dry hands over
the surface of an inflated rubber balloon.
Bernie
On Mar 23, 2012, at 10:46 PM, Simranpal Singh wrote:
> It reminds me of my youth in rural Oklahoma and people telling me
> corn grows so fast that you can hear them on a calm still night,
> never saw enough corn in Oklahoma... anyone from Nebraska or Iowa
> ready to confirm? ^__~
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> Regards, Mark
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> On Mar 24, 2012, at 11:07 AM, "robin_parmar_sound" <=
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>> This is the strangest coincidence. I was just explaining to a
>> curious friend how our ears are so precise we could likely hear an
>> insect walking... and then along comes some proof!
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>> Thanks for sharing this, and the thoughts afterwards.
>>
>> -- Robin Parmar
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