Yes ... and I enjoy sound recording ...
... but sounds can be shared just as well through words. A good recording
does't have to be audio?
Here for example is W H Hudson's 1900 recording of a corn bunting singing
(in "Nature in Downland")
"The common bunting's little outburst of confused or splintered notes, is
when heard (by me) at the same time mentally seen as a handful of clear
water thrown up and breaking into sparkling drops in the sunlight."
just a thought
Tony
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Klas Strandberg <> wrote:
> **
>
>
> Isn't that wonderful, Tony?
> And, may I add, with the same headphones being able to hear it again,
> years later? And for others to share?
>
> Thanks Bernie.
> I needed that. (Even if it can be one of those wonderful American
> ironies which I never will understand, before it's too late...:-))
>
> Klas.
>
>
> -04, you wrote:
> >I sometimes wonder if the reason I record is to give me a reason to
> listen.
> >
> >I know I shouldn't need a reason but, for example, today I recorded the
> >quiet interior of a rural English church.
> >
> >As I let the recording progress inside, I sat outside and simply listened.
> >I heard the blackbird's evening chorus. I heard redwings and fieldfare
> >overhead, fresh in from the east. I heard the distant rumble of main road
> >linking Exeter to Plymouth. I heard dogs bark and footsteps. Cows, crows
> >and jays. I listened as the breeze picked up and moved slender baldes of
> >grass between gravestones. And the rustle of leaves and the rain on my
> >jacket. And dusk spread.
> >
> >It almost doesn't matter what I recorded (30 mins of near silence) ... it
> >was a good recording for me.
> >
> >Tony
> >
> >
> >
> >On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Bernie Krause <
> >wrote:
> >
> > > **
>
> > >
> > >
> > > Hear! Hear!, Klas. Great observation.
> > >
> > > Bernie
> > >
> > >
> > > On Nov 3, 2012, at 3:15 PM, Klas Strandberg wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dan, Bernie and all
> > > >
> > > > For 40 years I have been promoting the use of parabols, well aware of
> > > > that parabols twist "reality" and create illusions. I have been
> > > > fighting a war against "purists", telling me what a terrible person
> > > > I was.
> > > > But "we" won that war, Dan, Bernie and all. And myself. It ended 20
> > > > years ago.
> > > > Today I hear no voices at all, not anywhere, being "purist" about
> > > > flat frequency curves or non-editing or anything like it.
> > > > "Every recording is an illusion".
> > > > Yeah? Who claims differently nowadays? Where is this massive global
> > > > commercial sound production industry, aiming for "purity" and
> > > > forbidding us poor nature sound recordists to switch a filter "on"?
> > > > I don't see the threat.
> > > >
> > > > I do see, however, a need for "quality" discussions.
> > > > I like words like "sonels" and "splashing," because such words give
> > > > us ways to describe the quality of a recording. I would like a long
> > > > list of such new words together with sound examples.
> > > >
> > > > Why is that considered so wrong?
> > > >
> > > > Klas.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > At 16:59 2012-11-03, you wrote:
> > > >>> If all the above sounds like "manipulation", that started with the
> > > >>> choice, placement and aiming of mics, recording level, and
> decinding
> > > >>> when to push the record button.
> > > >>
> > > >> Ansel Adams made a lot of adjustments in his negatives when he
> > > >> printed them.
> > > >>
> > > >>> I've got weeks of rubbish recordings, but the ones that go out are
> > > >>> those which, to my mind, represent the wildlife in this area. It is
> > > >>> the end result which matters.
> > > >>
> > > >> It's an art of illusion.
> > > >>
> > > >>> BTW I've just put a stereo file on Soundcloud asking what is wrong
> > > >>> with it:
> > > >>> http://soundcloud.com/stowford/wren-and-stream-stereo-check
> > > >>
> > > >> Out of phase?
> > > >>
> > > >> -Dan
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> ------------------------------------
> > > >>
> > > >> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > > >> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> > > >> Krause.
> > > >>
> > > >> Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > > Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
> > > > S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
> > > > Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
> > > > email:
> > > > website: www.telinga.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> > > > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> > > > Krause.
> > > >
> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Wild Sanctuary
> > > POB 536
> > > Glen Ellen, CA 95442
> > > 707-996-6677
> > > http://www.wildsanctuary.com
> > >
> > > Google Earth zooms: http://earth.wildsanctuary.com
> > > SKYPE: biophony
> > > FaceBook:
> > > http://www.facebook.com/TheGreatAnimalOrchestra
> > > http://www.facebook.com/BernieKrauseAuthor
> > > Twitter:
> > > http://www.twitter.com/berniekrause
> > > YouTube:
> > > https://www.youtube.com/BernieKrauseTV
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------------
> >
> >"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> >sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
> >
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> Telinga Microphones, Botarbo,
> S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
> Phone & fax int + 295 310 01
> email:
> website: www.telinga.com
>
>
>
>
>
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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