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April 10, 2006

Frog Sound Samples and Tree Frog Macro Photography
Recipher @ 9:41 pm

Tree Frog

At Blue Distortion, we’ve gone frog crazy! Here is a small tribute of electronic media to our little green friends. First, we have some sound samples packs. The first is of a plethora of frogs going through random rhythms. This was sampled in the late summer of 2005. The second sample pack is processed one hits from the first pack.

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September 17, 2005

The Lightsaber Sound Effect
Recipher @ 9:22 pm

We came across an interesting found sound that resembles the tone and harmonics of the Lightsaber, every geek’s favorite weapon. The Lightsaber sound was one of the first Ben Burtt (sound designer of Star Wars) made for the famous sci-fi series. The original sound effect was created using a mix of an old projector’s hum and the warm feedback from a microphone passing an old television set.

Today, we are going to teach you how to recreate a different version of this sound using common household items. Well, more common than the old projector and television set. The items you will need for this sound experiment is an electric shaver and a water jug (the big ones used in water coolers).

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August 17, 2005

Microrecordings, Sampling with David Dunn
Recipher @ 12:55 am

I was listening to Living on Earth, which is a podcast focused on Sound Journalism. One segment stuck me as very interesting. Much like Macrophotography, I’m sure people have experimented with microrecordings other than David Dunn. But how many is the question? David does microrecordings and has a segment in Living On Earth dealing with a beetle infestation of a piñon tree.

David Dunn, stands nearby at the edge of a grove of needleless, dead gray piñon that look like the backdrop for a Halloween play. Like me, he wears headphones and has a recording machine slung on his shoulder. But the device connected to his recorder is a microphone like none I’ve ever seen.

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