I seem to have lost my Google-fu on this one - failing to find the right search terms:
When you play a #record - or a CD even - does it spin at the same speed the whole time, whether the #sound is being read from closer to the outer edge or closer to the middle?
Assuming yes, is the #fidelity better when the track is going past the needle/laser faster, as I guess you're getting more information from the track in a shorter time? Or do the record and CD #tracks somehow calibrate for this?
GameDev problem: the music in our WebGL game on itch.io won't start until the user clicks in the window. Unity claims this is a browser limitation (no autoplay):
... but the user has already clicked to load and launch the game, so it seems there should be no reason to require another click. I know I've seen WebGL games on itch that don't have this problem.
Das Spotify jetzt schon unregelmäßig wenig zahlt, im Vergleich mit dem Aufwand zur Musikproduktion, ist extrem und nun wird es absurd hässlich – Verlasst Spotify!
»Spotify schließt kleine Künstler und White Noise von Einnahmen aus.
Spotify will einem Bericht des Branchenmagazins MBW zufolge seine Lizenzzahlungen umstellen. Die großen Künstler bekommen mehr – auf Kosten anderer.«
I was out recording a few things and one of my cats ran up to me and wanted to talk. Say hi to Lucy. In binaural audio! Might want to wear headphones for the best effect. #Recordings#Binaural#Sound#Cats
On Monday, I’m giving a #presentation to some #graphic design #university#students all about #sound, and how they might start to incorporate it in their #projects, so I put this little #demo together about how I make use of it as a #blind person. I have an hour to talk, so this is just what I’ll open with. the rest of the time will be live chat and Q&A.
In doing something like this with absolutely no visual aspect, I want them to start thinking about, and understanding the benefit of incorporating sound in new ways, how sound can help tell a story, and how together, visual plus audio can perhaps make something special.
If you're not 'optically challenged' like myself, it's likely that sound is just one of those things you don't necessarily think about very often.
Consider however, the sound of the cars passing outside, the birds in the trees, the engine on your bus, car or train to work.
AS well as what your eyes tell you, there's an absolutely fascinating world to be found with the help of your ears, too.
The next time you're on a train, in the back of a cab or perhaps in a cafe drinking your beverage of choice, try closing your eyes and considering whether you can tell what's going on around you simply by the noises in your environment.
Is someone in loud shoes walking toward you and pulling out a chair at the next table?
Is the sound of the person who just got on the train one of someone who's happy, or just trying to get to work?
Sound-listening can be just as interesting as people-watching.
In any case, here's a little story I made about sound, and how I personally perceive it on a daily basis.
What's the fascination with noise-cancelling headphones? The last thing I want when wearing #headphones is to completely block out the real world. That sounds really dangerous; how will you hear if someone's breaking into your house or sneaking up behind you to slit your throat?
Maybe it's the symptom of living in #SouthAfrica with its high #crime (and home invasion in particular) rates. Or maybe it's another symptom of my tunnel vision, where I can't see people approaching me from the side anyway, and therefore have to rely on environmental sounds more than the average person. Maybe it's a bit of both, but cancelling out all background noise just feels like a really bad idea to me.
I wear headphones often, but when I do, I make a point of sliding one of them slightly off my ear, specifically so I still CAN hear what's going on around me.
Sorry if you routinely wear noise-cancelling headphones and I've now made you paranoid about someone sneaking up behind you and slitting your throat! XD #SorryNotSorry
I’ve been using a pair of #Apple#HomePod minis on wall mounts for bedroom TV duty, and while their sound is adequate, their orientation definitely makes a difference in the #sound. Since the primary driver fires downward, I’ve been experimenting with rotating the minis so their bottom is facing the wall, and I THINK that I hear better midrange and treble.
Any of you HomePod mini owners out there been experimenting with orientation and placement on or near a wall?
If you drive a particularly loud vehicle, or blast your car stereo, and you drive by someone’s home or work or just where they happen to be at that moment,
some people won’t notice
some won’t mind
some will be slightly annoyed
some will be stressed out
some will be tortured
You might think “it’s just one car, what’s the big deal?” But you’re not the only one doing that.