October 4, 2006
The worst sound in the world
What is the sound you hate most? Bad Vibes researches on people of differet gendres and ages around the world (except Taiwan!) to produce this website. It's quite entertaining! However, when waiting for downloading, there is a sense of excitement as well as worry-- there are sounds that I dare not to hear!
September 22, 2006
A database of sounds
Macaulay Library's website was mentioned once in Taiwan Soundscape website. Nevertheless, there is a page that is worthy of pointing out particularly. On the left side of the page, there is a recording of a harp seal. The sound is really unexpected!
September 2, 2006
32 subwoofers are played together!
The headquater of anti-Presedent-Chen has prepared 32 subwoofers and placed them in front of the president office for protest. After the test, the effect seems to be very impressive. It would be interesting to experience it in person. However, in order to hear more great sounds in the future, it is better to cherish ears and avoid going there. ^_^
June 22, 2006
Suing the noisy neighbour-- a successful case
Asking your bad neighbour to be responsible to his noise is not easy. Nevertheless, Mr Lin has made it!
May 9, 2006
Using the stethoscope as a hearing aid
The stethoscope is always used by the doctors to diagonise a patient. Wang Wen-Lin, a nurse of the Veteran General Hospital, discovered that the stethoscope can be used as a hearing aid for old people! However, I guess that when using it, you should not shout aloud. Otherwise, the old man's ears would be damaged by you!
May 8, 2006
World Forum for Acoustic Ecology 2006 is in Japan! Apply soon!
World Forum for Acoustic Ecology annual meeting is coming to Asia! The meeting place is in Japan, which is only 3 hours away from Taiwan and no visa is required!
Now it is calling for proposals. Hope people can participate it to make our colourful environmental sounds of Taiwan resonating in the international stage! At the same time, to introduce and share our sounds with friends around the globe.
The proposal is limited to 300 words. The deadline is 15 May 2006. Everybody Go Go Go!
May 1, 2006
A Yahoo group: Sound as art
In Yahoo groups, there is a Sound as Art group raised by Bill Thompson. If you are interested in, do have a visit and exchange your views.
April 30, 2006
Arteradio
Arteradio has many kinds of interesting sounds to listen! Here I would like to follow Pouldon's e-mail for phonography yahoo group to recomment two recordings of Anthony Carcone:
One is a soundwalk with R. Murray Schafer in the Parisian streets. Schafer's comment on the link between women and high heel sounds is very interesting and entertaining!
The other one is sounds of Icelandic geyser.
Enjoy listening!
One is a soundwalk with R. Murray Schafer in the Parisian streets. Schafer's comment on the link between women and high heel sounds is very interesting and entertaining!
The other one is sounds of Icelandic geyser.
Enjoy listening!
April 19, 2006
Blogs that contains audio and pictures
Ollie Hall and Justin Hardison's My Fun are both blogs that presents experiences with sound and photos. The blogs are very accessible. Perhaps you can keep your diary in this way, too!
In Ollie blog, although he says that sounds were recorded in binaural. However, please listen carefully, they seem to be in mono! ^_^
In Ollie blog, although he says that sounds were recorded in binaural. However, please listen carefully, they seem to be in mono! ^_^
April 3, 2006
The CD project of Mr Yen-Jun
First of all, I have to apologise to everyone. Because I have been busy at doing fieldwork recently, the development of the blog has been ignored for a while. Please forgive me.
So far, 4 people have shown their interest in participating Yen-Jun's plan. I wonder if anyone else is also interested?
To keep the collaboraton going, I think, it would be nice to have Mr Yen to give a detailed explanation on this blog first and then people who want to participate shall respond and discuss with each other and also with Mr Yen to reach a common agreement. If you are fine with this approach, lets begin!
For discussions about the CD collaboration, please leave your messages under this article. Thank you and enjoy the collaboration!
February 15, 2006
What's your opinion?
Mr Yen-Jun from China contacted me a few days ago. He wonders if he can fund and release a CD for us. Here I display the e-mail he wrote to me. See what you guys think. Then we can decide what to do next.
...繼續閱讀
...繼續閱讀
February 13, 2006
The hotline for reporting noises of Taipei
More and more residents living in Taipei are not happy with the noisy
environment. Can people do nothing but take it? Of course not! You can
call the Department of Environmental Protection to complain about it.
The hotline is: 02-27206301.
...繼續閱讀
February 4, 2006
The CD is out now!
January 23, 2006
A joke
A friend sent me a very Taiwanese joke that has the rarely mentioned element in it-- sound:
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I have a colleague called Mi-Cu-Hwai. After more than 3 years of marriage, a sudden accident took this loving couple apart.
This colleage took medicine to commit suicide once. Luckily he was discovered soon and no regret was made.
After being rescued, he was absent-minded all day long and almost got his job lost. Several friends wanted to help him but without a success. Later on people had an idea, that was to persuade him to hold a calling-spirit ritural. Although it was a bit superstitious, it is a kind of psychological treatment.
People thus donated some money and hired a pretty alrigh Toaist monk (at least someone who did not make a fraud). The retural was hold in the evening. A few colleagues came to company Ku-Haui.
Two little monks set up the alter.
The old monk adjusted the mic hung on his chin and burn a few pieces of ghost paper. He started to rang the calling-spirit bell with 'lin-lin-lin' sounds.
After just a moment, the old monk suddenly grabed the table very tightly and shivered with his whole body.
The little monk standing next to him said to us with axiety: 'it's alright, it should be the ghost mounting his body...' The old monk started to shout out: 'Mi...Mi... Micu...Micu...'
Having heard his late wife calling his own name, Ku-Hwai wanted to run forward. His colleagues hold him and Ku-Hwai shouted out loudly with tears: 'Shiao-Fan... Shiao-Fan... I am here... I...'
The old monk was shivering even more seriously, he shouted out all the time: 'Mi...Mi..Mi...Mi..Micu..Micu.....Micu... Micu is leaking...' (the electricity of microphone is leaking)
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Ha-ha, sorry, it is not a very funny joke... However, with this example, I would like to ask you:
1. Who would record that 'lin-lin-lin' sounds? Would you think about recording while family and relatives holding a funeral ceremony? (In fact, I ....)
2. Is it possible to have an electric leakage from the microphone?
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I have a colleague called Mi-Cu-Hwai. After more than 3 years of marriage, a sudden accident took this loving couple apart.
This colleage took medicine to commit suicide once. Luckily he was discovered soon and no regret was made.
After being rescued, he was absent-minded all day long and almost got his job lost. Several friends wanted to help him but without a success. Later on people had an idea, that was to persuade him to hold a calling-spirit ritural. Although it was a bit superstitious, it is a kind of psychological treatment.
People thus donated some money and hired a pretty alrigh Toaist monk (at least someone who did not make a fraud). The retural was hold in the evening. A few colleagues came to company Ku-Haui.
Two little monks set up the alter.
The old monk adjusted the mic hung on his chin and burn a few pieces of ghost paper. He started to rang the calling-spirit bell with 'lin-lin-lin' sounds.
After just a moment, the old monk suddenly grabed the table very tightly and shivered with his whole body.
The little monk standing next to him said to us with axiety: 'it's alright, it should be the ghost mounting his body...' The old monk started to shout out: 'Mi...Mi... Micu...Micu...'
Having heard his late wife calling his own name, Ku-Hwai wanted to run forward. His colleagues hold him and Ku-Hwai shouted out loudly with tears: 'Shiao-Fan... Shiao-Fan... I am here... I...'
The old monk was shivering even more seriously, he shouted out all the time: 'Mi...Mi..Mi...Mi..Micu..Micu.....Micu... Micu is leaking...' (the electricity of microphone is leaking)
------------------------------
Ha-ha, sorry, it is not a very funny joke... However, with this example, I would like to ask you:
1. Who would record that 'lin-lin-lin' sounds? Would you think about recording while family and relatives holding a funeral ceremony? (In fact, I ....)
2. Is it possible to have an electric leakage from the microphone?
Kuan-Hwah Business Plaza
Kuan-Hwah Business Plaza was demolished on 15 Jan 2006. I wonder if anybody recorded its environmental sounds in January. The social environment of Taiwn changes very quickly. While new sounds are generating, many sounds are disappearing at the same time. Hope everyone can cherish every opportunity of listening. If you have noticed any sound that has a social or listorical value, please record it and turn yourself as a sonic-cultural volunteer of Taiwan! Everyone Go Go Go!
January 2, 2006
Sound Kit
Come to BBC's Sound Kit 1 to play sounds! It's fun!
Also, there is Sound Kit 2, which has fewer options of environmental sounds.
Also, there is Sound Kit 2, which has fewer options of environmental sounds.
December 30, 2005
Listening back sounds of 2005
2005 is coming to an end. I wonder what impressive sounds you have heard this year? In the land of Taiwan, have you discovered some new sounds that you have never heard before? For you personally, what sounds are worthy of remembering?
Wish you all happy listening, happy New Year!
December 23, 2005
Call for recorded sounds for Sound Walk , again!
The album of sound walk that is planned to post out in Jan is editing at the moment. In the CD disk, there are still some space available. Please come to join us!
The recordings you would like to submit has to be recorded within the last 2 months. All kinds of daily life sounds are welcomed. The length of the the sounds work is limited to 5 min max. Please save the files as .wav, .aif or mp3.
Please upload the sound file to http://www.yousendit.com/. If the file is samller than 10MB, you can send the file directly to wei224@hotmaill.com.
Please also send another e-mail to explain the time, place, events, recording facility and motivation of the submitted sound.
Thank you! Hope we can use this opportunity to learn from each other and make friends!
The explosion of oil fields in Britain
The oil field explosion happened on 11st Dec in Hertfordshire, UK is considered as the largest scale of explosion in the peace time of Europe. Believe it or not, there were people being in Holland and Belgium, which was 200 miles (321.8688Km) way, claimed that they could hear the explosion!
The environmental consultant Tim Wilton said, it was because that at that time, there was a layer of hot air (generated by the explorsion and the direction of the east wind) that surpressed sounds not being able to move upward. Instead, sounds return to the ground and spread out.
The changes of sounds of the nature are waiting for you to explore!
Hearing test
As more and more sounds are happening in our living environment, the volume of our voice is increasing. Have you noticed that? Have you been wondering if our listening ability has been affected? Is it you talking too softly or I cannot hear you well? ^_^
According to BBC, Dr John Low from RNID (The Royal National Institute for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People), UK has designed a way for the general public to do a test on hearing at home. It also tells you how to access further treatment.
Curious? All you need to do is to make a phone call from a house-line (not applied on mobile phone), dial: +44 (0)8456005555 and then follow the instructions. The call will take 5 min. (Hello! Think carefully, it's an international call to the UK!)
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