RE: [microsound] New York Times: Cell Sounds

[Eloy Anzola <eloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You'll want to revise your definition, as a guitar,
a trumpet, your voice, and my computer can all make
sound at a 1000Hz frequency.

Still, regardless of how rich its timbre or possible
variations and overtones, it is probably interesting
and 'beatiful' to hear a living cell.

cheers,

Eloy
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hopkins [mailto:jhopkins@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 11:56 AM
> To: microsound
> Subject: Re: [microsound] New York Times: Cell Sounds
> 
> 
> >Cells produce faint sounds which could be used to detect 
> cancer (among other
> >things)...
> >
> >...He discovered that a yeast cell produced about 1,000 
> vibrations a second.
> >When he amplified the signal, a musical hum filled the room. 
> ''It wasn't at
> >all what I expected,'' he recalls. ''It sounded beautiful.''...
> 
> but a 1000 hz sound is a 1000 hz sound, doesn't matter where it comes 
> from it 'sounds' the same, by definition.  not sure how beautiful a 
> single frequency could be.  for something to be interesting 
> (subjectively) for the ear, there would have to be a more complex 
> signal...  maybe I missed the point of the article, but...  it seemed 
> simplistic...
> 
> jh
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