[microsound] Unintentional sound

[Aaron Ximm <ghede@xxxxxxxx>]

Earlier this month I wrote:

> A logical conclusion from the premise of phonography ("unintentional
> sound is worth listening to") is that the goal is not so much to share
> specific recordings, but to cultivate and inculcate a particular kind of
> intentional listening (ie attention) both as a practioner and in the
> "audience."

Kim asked me what I meant by "unintentional sound"; this weekend I
happened to record what I consider to be a perfect example; I just
put up an excerpt on my site here:

  http://www.quietamerican.org/download/dropbox/Harbin/

The sound in question was the continual chaotic (in both a technical and
visceral sense) burbling of a swimming pool drain at some developed
hotsprings near Calistoga.

The two recordings "Harbin Hotsprings Pool..." are the drain. It was at
water level and was making variations on this variously musical and static
burble for the three days we were there. I recorded it for about an hour
total and was interrupted by security only twice. :)

As labeled, one was recorded with my head-mounted Sonic Studios DSM-6S/EH
mics, and the other was my first try with a new Aquarian H2 hydrophone
(not simultaneous recordings sadly).

The generator off to stage left also provides the resonant hum in the
hydrophone recording I believe. A good argument for a directional mic!

Btw the other two files in that directory were frogs recorded a quarter
mile away -- one (as labeled) that I took a 30 second stab at "cleaing up"
to remove the gray noise of a stream a few hundred feet away and some mic
hiss...

 best,
  aaron

  ghede@xxxxxxxx
  http://www.quietamerican.org

  |  quod omne animal post   |
  |  cogitum est triste...   |


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: microsound-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
For additional commands, e-mail: microsound-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
website: http://www.microsound.org