Bird Sounds Website
The xeno-canto website is a home for the sharing of bird sounds from around the world. Pretty neat resource for bird nerds and nature sound recordists generally.
Tim Duck
Vickii Cotter on Music Business Facts
A couple of ex-CIT Music Business teachers have a chat. Rodney Holder (of Alchemist fame) interviews Vickii Cotter (of Visabel, Noosa Jazz Festival). Vickii is a very knowledgeable event manager and is a mentor of mine for events stuff. Check out the podcast here: http://www.musicbusinessfacts.net/335/vickii-cotter/
The 4 Biggest Myths about Location Sound, Sound Gear, and Sound Operators
This was a post on Craigslist that was later passed on through the sound community… http://eqtion.com/the-4-biggest-myths-about-location-sound-sound-gear-and-sound-operators/
Visualisations of a geo-magnetic storm
Interesting video of some VLF material interpreted into a visual form. Looks pretty cool… 20 Hz from Semiconductor on Vimeo. http://vimeo.com/30668685
In Search of the Click Track
Here’s an interesting little site and web app that maps out tempos from popular songs: http://labs.echonest.com/click/
Virtual Compressors
No, not more plug-ins. This is a short interactive web tour so that people can sample some basic settings on a couple of classic compressors. The first one is an SSL G series bus compressor, which is arguably “the” classic stereo bus compressor. I made a kit version of one of these and they do … Read more Virtual Compressors
Camera Simulator
Confused by manual camera settings? This neat online DSLR simulator lets you play with settings like ISO, aperture, and shutter speed so that you can learn how the different settings affect your image. Check it out at: http://camerasim.com/apps/camera-simulator/
Wired Lab Open Day 2014
On Saturday I attended the Wired Lab Open Day. Wired Lab is based on a farm near Cootamundra, NSW, and is an “artist led organisation evolving interdisciplinary art practices in rural Australia”. A big element of the Wired Lab is their large scale fence wires that traverse parts of the property. The wires sing in … Read more Wired Lab Open Day 2014
What Does Sound Look Like?
This is pretty cool… What Does Sound Look Like? from NPR on Vimeo.
Mythinterpret
Around 18 months ago Ayla Pentikainen and I put together an installation for the Burning Seed festival which is held near Matong, NSW. The festival is an offshoot of the Burning Man festival in USA, and is not-for-profit and based around art and community. For more information about the festival, check out http://www.burningmanaustralia.com/burning-seed The theme … Read more Mythinterpret