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pw · Post by pw » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:32 pm

//sound for the armchair anthropologist, or the sonic decontructionist//

edit: files updated
I followed Luigi's suggestion and added more info in the file tags, including equipment information and as well as location information.

I also changed the file names, and the rates for conversion.

OGG (320kbps):
http://www.babelaudio.org/field/india/I ... g_Band.ogg

MP3 (96kbps):
http://www.babelaudio.org/field/india/I ... g_Band.mp3

First, the material:
'Almora Wedding Band' is a recording of a traditional wedding band in the village of Almora, located in Uttaranchal, India. The recording was made from a first floor balcony, while the band played on the street below in front of my hotel. It is around five minutes, basically an excerpt of hours and hours of playing that day (and the next, and the next...).

The recording was made in February 2002 - Winter in the Himalaya.

Second, mp3 or ogg:
I have uploaded an mp3 file and an ogg file. Who will actually use the ogg? Please vote so I know. Ogg will be better for those looking for fidelity.

Third:
I am very slowly going to build a field recording website, basically a database of the sonic ecology of our world - a grand project, and it will be a slow one, but I am looking for participants (so if you are into this stuff, please pm or email me).

pw · Post by pw » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:34 pm

I voted for ogg

tuz · Post by **tuz** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:57 pm

this is pretty cool.

turns all scottish and stuff... :p (from ~3.10 to 3.30)

liqih · Post by **liqih** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:17 pm

great idea Paul,

may you add for each file , beside the useful info, some tech info on how you made the recording?

thanks

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:39 pm

I voted ogg, only because ogg at its worst is better than mp3 at its worst. And ogg usually has a smaller filesize compared to mp3s of equal quality.

But if you were to encode your mp3 with this "lame -m s -h --vbr-new -V 2 [filenames]" the difference is moot between the two.

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:45 pm

Either way, cool recording. Thanks for sharing.

pw · Post by pw » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:57 pm

I am quite interested if anyone uses this as source material for further manipulation/re-contextualisation. Either post here or pm me a link if you do, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

laputa_sync · Post by **laputa_sync** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:03 pm

YAY!!!...lovely work, also think the global sonic ecology project is worthy.

Vonbrucken · Post by **Vonbrucken** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:01 pm

thanks pw

pw · Post by pw » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:13 am

liqih wrote:great idea Paul,

may you add for each file , beside the useful info, some tech info on how you made the recording?

thanks

cool. I will update the files with more info. Anyother suggestions on useful/interesting info is good, as it will help me design the layout for the sound database.

Xenakios · Post by **Xenakios** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:40 am

Voted for ogg. More of this India stuff, please?

-X

PTV · Post by **PTV** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:15 am

An amazing recording! Thanks
(btw: +1 for ogg)

pw · Post by pw » Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:40 pm

I guess for future field recordings I might put a low quality mp3 (96 or maybe 128) and a high quality ogg.

steff3 · Post by **steff3** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:57 pm

this is great! Love that

pw · Post by pw » Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:11 pm

files updated:
I followed Luigi's suggestion and added more info in the file tags, including equipment information and as well as location information.

I also changed the file names, and the rates for conversion.

KVR Audio

Field Recording: Indian Wedding Band

Field Recorded Audio: Which format?