Jay Rose Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Interesting web app: custom assembles a :30 loop of tone, gathered from close to 50,000 NPR programs, and layered/mixed in surround. http://silent-sky.com. You'll need to access it from a handheld device, or if you're using a desktop browser, reset the user agent that the site sees. (I've been doing it from Safari, set to emulate an iPad under IOS 9.3... when I do that, Safari lets me download the sound to my hard drive.) From the site: About five percent of radio news is silent, the short breaths and pauses we faintly hear. I’ve taken the last 6 years of NPR hourly news broadcasts and collected every such moment of silence, whisper & human breath — a total of nearly a million tiny clips. Silent Sky generates a unique compilation based on these silences for every visitor. Each compilation is released only once, its selection of silences is played only for that visitor. Each compilation is 30 seconds long and contains 350 silences on average, layered in 6 tracks of surround sound. Make a tape recording of the sound of the stars moving. Do not listen to the tape. Cut it and give it out to the people on the street. — Yoko Ono Silent Sky is a project by Gregor Hochmuth... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundtrane Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 WHOA!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Spagnolo Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Makes me wish I had saved all that room tone and world tone I had recorded over the years. It is the new Zen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Cameron Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 Through these files, I've achieved audio atonement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbiesodd Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 Years ago, for a holiday present to my clients, I sent a 16 track CD entitled "The Best of Room Tone". It was a big hit with the nerds at the office. Cheers, Evan Meszaros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jozzafunk Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 definitely louder than one hand clapping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izen Ears Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 So cool thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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