Clemer Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 A guy named Jim Wilson recorded crickets, slowed it down, and found that it sounds like people [blog=http://www.trueactivist.com/gab_gallery/someone-recorded-crickets-then-slowed-down-the-track-and-it-sounds-like-people-singing/]singing[/blog].I thought it was utterly beautiful, so I felt like sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsicum Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 That's pretty amazing, It doesn't surprise me though, I've done something similar and slowed down a recording of rain hitting a metal roof. It sounds like monks chanting. If you make a recording of a lot of people at a social gathering talking loudly and filter out all the treble and turn up the bass we sound like straight up chimpanzees lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkwind Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 That is awesome! Really changes the way you look at things in nature I'll have to try that with different sounds in nature.Thanks for sharing that! :clap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horne Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) Is it just me or am I just too skeptic to believe that the recordings have at least been a bit tampered with more than just slowing down the pitch? I mean, cricket sounds are repetitive yet the music is not only melodic but sounds like a composition. The recording IS beautiful though. Edited October 7, 2014 by Horne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsicum Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 They may have been, Horne, but it has inspired me to try it myself and see if I get similar results. I've already had some success in the past with doing things like this. It definitely puts relativity into perspective...imagine how our own voices would sound to a cricket if there is that amount of relativity distortion. It brings back the concept of why a fly is hard to swat with your hand...well because to the fly it's moving in slow motion ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horne Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I know Caps, but to me that cricket chorus is too damn perfect to be fully true and untampered with. I've heard some pretty unexpected effects in natural sounds before (with or without err... "stimulants") but nothing quite like this. It's almost like an aria by Verdi, Rossini or Puccini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsicum Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Holy shit I'm tweaking my own recording of them right now. LIttle bastards sound like they're chanting to Cthulhu. Give me a bit and I'll upload it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsicum Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 well lol, I never thought I'd say this but I wish I had one in the house right now so I could isolate just the ONE cricket. That being said, I'm not so good at cleaning up thousands of the voices, but you can heard about 3-4 of them separated...still not terribly clear though because of all the background noise. It's slowed down around 320% which was my estimation of the lifespan of a human at 80 years. I'm kind of wanting to experiment a little more with this kind of stuff now that I've been tinkering with it for the past hour or so crickets.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horne Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 How cool that you're trying that! Cthulhu indeed, these crickets don't sound anywhere near heavenly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsicum Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 How cool that you're trying that! Cthulhu indeed, these crickets don't sound anywhere near heavenly.-------------------------------------------------------- well they are crickets from my own yard ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horne Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 LOL! :biggrin: Now I can't help but wondering what my beloved neighbourhood geese sound like on a slower pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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