https://soundcloud.com/rec_986

Why are #choir recordings almost universally awful?

I get it. It's a high reverb environment. But you are also a world famous choir that can afford some directional mics. (Or in this church/school recording I'm watching I can SEE at least 6 mics in different areas.)

You have the #sound #engineering equipment! F'ing use it!!!

It is well edited, so I know someone listened to it. But they haven't changed their behavior in the slightest.

bc this is apparently going to be an issue every 6 months and I want to be objective, I took an #audio spectrum via my phone. Sampled at 48kHz, fwiw on a phone....

Look at this garbage

Carrement residency

https://peertube.swrs.net/w/dAsfyMuWt2m3VWYRKtLShx

Plants can #hear. Study proved "in response to the bee #noises, the snapdragons increased the volume of nectar & its sugar content" wow. "There is growing evidence that both insects & plants can sense & transmit" #sound. The #plants also altered their "#genes that govern sugar transport & nectar production." #Research announced at internat'l convention in New Orleans (25th Internat'l Convention on #Acoustics/ 188th Meeting of the #Acoustical Society of America) this week.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/21/plants-produce-more-nectar-when-they-hear-bees-buzzing-scientists-find

Hopelessly alone in a world that’s always online.

#Loneliness, the silent scroll,
A #TikTok loop that takes its toll.
Endless feeds, but hearts on mute,
A DM world, yet no salute.

We’re all like stars in #Netflix skies,
Bright but distant, no replies.
A #playlist full, but ears won’t hear,
The #sound of #silence, loud and clear.

It’s the ghost in the #algorithm’s #maze,
The echo in a viral haze.
A #selfie world, but no one’s there,
Just pixels floating in thin air.

So here I stand, a lone #profile,
A #meme of sorrow, lost for a while.
In this age of streams and endless light,
Loneliness is the quiet fight.

Hopelessly #alone…
In a world that’s always #online.

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source: https://societas.online/posts/2410952

Ubiquitous objects transform into ambient soundscapes in Zimoun’s installations. Listen now:

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/zimoun-installations/

After skipping the last Monday, here we are again with a new episode of Frame by Frame, by @disquiet and me.
I'm experimenting with posting the individual panels, instead of the full page. The reasoning is that it's more readable on mobile. Let me know if you prefer the full page though!

As usual the full set thus far is viewable at https://disquiet.com/fxf

Sleep in sounds is broadcasting now.

Tune in for two hours of #ambient, #experimental, #music and #sound.

This week: Stay warm with your weird music friends!

#EdgeRadio993FM

Listen now or at your leisure at <https://www.edgeradio.org.au/shows/sleep-in-sounds/>

Things have been extremely busy round here, so I'm a bit late with the new Frame by Frame episode with @disquiet
In the meantime, here's little teaser, with some details from the panels I'm working on!

#PFAS #recycling #sustainability #sound

'A new technique that uses soundwaves to separate materials for recycling could help prevent potentially harmful chemicals leaching into the environment.

Researchers at the University of Leicester have achieved a major milestone in fuel cell recycling, advancing techniques to efficiently separate valuable catalyst materials and fluorinated polymer membranes (PFAS) from catalyst-coated membranes (CCMs). '

https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/breakthrough-fuel-cell-recycling-forever-chemicals-renewable

Given that our name is #Mirlo, we'd enjoy it if you sent us your birdwatching pics today, because why not.

Also, any field recordists out there who've got nature-themed releases on #Mirlo, so we can peruse with an appropriate soundtrack?

When life's a soundtrack, we dare to listen

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSrWrmtdU/

Never tried to upload a sound file. But let's be this the first time!

This is a bit of ambient sound recorded during our little walk today. Insects in the meadow, cow bells, a little bit of wind.

The rest must happen in your mind until I upload photos or clips. I hope you like it.

The people at Cornell are doing fantastic work on everything #birds. I realy love their projects and how they share knwoledge.
Some time ago I joined the mailing list for their Bioacoustalks, which are always interesting and give a good insight on current research in the field of #bioacoustics .
You can find previos talks on their YouTube channel. Here is the link to the Bioacoustalks: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/ccb/bioacoustalks/
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#acoustics #research #education #science #sound

Every day at 2:46 pm, a bell is struck in Ōfunato to commemorate the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami. The #sound spreads out over the land and the water.

A bell ringer noticed that even on days when the sea was choppy--even on stormy days--when the bell rang, the waters grew calm & still. Was it respect? Remorse? He wrote the question a stone and tossed it into the waves.

That night he dreamed the waves were speaking to him. "It's like a lullaby," they said. "It calms us."

The mayor and developers sat behind a table at the public hearing.
Totemo Isogashii stood and spoke.
"I understand why you want to site the marina here," she said. "But it will damage the ecology of the #sound, which plays important roles as a nursery for fish and capturing sediment." (1/3) #wss366

If this does not #sound #familiar, you may be in a #cult.

Gearing up for summer with JBL Soundgear Frames

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DH3Zp6aSnQR/?igsh=MXA0dWI1M2lqdXFjdg==