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I went out in my backyard oner hozt summer evening and recorded a myriad of crickets using a Sony Scoopman (handheld). It would have been a lot better had it been a stereo recording (it would also have helped to lower the noise floor in the background) but within a mix it worked really well. Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: <burnett@pobox.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 6:51 PM Subject: Re: [LOOP] cricket sounds? > On Thu, 6 May 2004, Damon Grossman wrote: > > > where do you get cricket sounds? > > In my situation as I wrote: from listening to the crickets in the tank in > the next room. In David's case, I would hazard a guess that he was either > speaking metaphorically, or simply had a window open nearby :). > > There's more than one recording that uses insect sounds, including "Chaos > and the Emergent Mind of the Pond" on David Dunn's _Angels and Insects_ > album (not to be confused with the film score by the Balanescu Quartet > for the unrelated film of the same name), Graeme Revell's album _Insect > Musicians_ (which I think I have as released under another name as well), > and I think there's one by Clan of Xymox I forget the name of right now > (sorry). > > If you're asking for "where do I get sounds of crickets from the > Internet?", I can refer you to the "Reference Library of Digitized > Insect Sounds" on the web at > > http://cmave.usda.ufl.edu/~rmankin/soundlibrary.html > > which has cricket sound samples, along with dung beetles (for anyone > wanting to do Egyptian mythology-themed stuff [memo to self: save that > idea for later]), mosquitos, termites, and so on. > > hope this helps, > Steve B > Subscape Annex http://www.subscapeannex.com/ > Phasmatodea http://www.phasmatodea.net/ > > > damon > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: burnett@pobox.com [mailto:burnett@pobox.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 9:14 PM > > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > > Subject: Re: [LOOP] Re: EchoplexPro Yahoo Group > > > > > > On Wed, 5 May 2004, David Beardsley wrote: > > > > > I can hear crickets. > > > > So can I - in the tank in the other room where I raise them as food >for > > my scorpions. > > > > (obLoop: I should sample the cricket chirpings and use them as a >stashed > > loop in the RC-20, or on the Repeater. Hmm.) > > > > Steve B > > Subscape Annex http://www.subscapeannex.com/ > > Phasmatodea http://www.phasmatodea.net/ >