https://noisybox.net/blog/rss noisybox.net blog en-us jason@noisybox.net (Jason Plumb) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:17:15 GMT https://noisybox.net/blog/2010/01/new_years_2010_audio https://noisybox.net/blog/2010/01/new_years_2010_audio Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:17:15 GMT <p>On the transition from New Years Eve to New Years Day I made a recording of the sounds in my neighborhood, similar to <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/NewYears2009WoodstockPortlandOr">the one I made last year</a>. <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="350" height="24" data="http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.5.swf"><param name="movie" value="http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.0.5.swf"> <param name="flashvars" value="config={&quot;key&quot;:&quot;#$b6eb72a0f2f1e29f3d4&quot;,&quot;playlist&quot;:[{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http://www.archive.org/download/NewYears2010WoodstockPortlandOr/new_years_2010_woodstock_portland_or_vbr.mp3&quot;,&quot;autoPlay&quot;:false}],&quot;clip&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true},&quot;canvas&quot;:{&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;0x000000&quot;,&quot;backgroundGradient&quot;:&quot;none&quot;},&quot;plugins&quot;:{&quot;audio&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.audio-3.0.3-dev.swf&quot;},&quot;controls&quot;:{&quot;playlist&quot;:false,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;gloss&quot;:&quot;high&quot;,&quot;backgroundColor&quot;:&quot;0x000000&quot;,&quot;backgroundGradient&quot;:&quot;medium&quot;,&quot;sliderColor&quot;:&quot;0x777777&quot;,&quot;progressColor&quot;:&quot;0x777777&quot;,&quot;timeColor&quot;:&quot;0xeeeeee&quot;,&quot;durationColor&quot;:&quot;0x01DAFF&quot;,&quot;buttonColor&quot;:&quot;0x333333&quot;,&quot;buttonOverColor&quot;:&quot;0x505050&quot;}},&quot;contextMenu&quot;:[{&quot;Listen+to+NewYears2010WoodstockPortlandOr+at+archive.org&quot;:&quot;function()&quot;},&quot;-&quot;,&quot;Flowplayer 3.0.5&quot;]}"> </object> Here&#39;s a link to the <a href="http://archive.org">archive.org</a> page for it in case you want to download it or read more:<br><a href="http://www.archive.org/details/NewYears2010WoodstockPortlandOr">http://www.archive.org/details/NewYears2010WoodstockPortlandOr</a>. It has reminded me just how much I enjoy the sound of binaural recording. I&#39;m <em>still</em> tickled by the spacial placement of sounds in a 3D field. If you listen, you should ideally wear headphones and keep the volume very high (I didn&#39;t alter the signal and left a bunch of headroom).</p>