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< Note 1219.0 by PIXEL::BRIAN "Brian Simons - DECXtop Publishing" >
>                             -< Environmental CDs >-

They exist.  I have one that I got at Lechmere in Nashua, NH.  They can 
generally be found in the 'NEW AGE' CD section.  

-Joe

    There actually are such beasties.  At Newbury Comics I even saw
    a section labled "Environmental", next to "New Age".  Has anyone
    seen a section labled "Air Pudding"?
    
    Titles such as "Sun Rise on the Cape at Dawn", which I guess sounds
    different than "Sun Rise on the Cape at Dusk".  Others were "Thunder
    during a Storm", "Morning Birds" (or was it "Mourning Birds"?), and
    the ever popular "Songs of Whales" (but that might have been some
    music from some far away islands).  Titles approximate, your memories
    may vary.
    
    Seemed like there were lots of different discs of nothing but sound.
    Supposed to be the "next music", according to one "industry observer".
    
    								-mr. bill

 � "Sun Rise on the Cape at Dusk"

 ?!? Must be Daylight savings time?

						     
							- JP

>They exist.  I have one that I got at Lechmere in Nashua, NH.  They can 
>generally be found in the 'NEW AGE' CD section.  

Joe, I looked there and didn't see anything (but I didn't look too long).
Do you remember the name or album/producer/publisher so I can look for it
in a catalog?

thx
bs

    Personally I would like to buy an incidental noises CD.  Noises
    like car ignitions, fuses burning, voices, etc.  I occasionally
    like to play around and make weird sonic disturbances and a CD
    containing these noises would be just the ticket.
    
    And just in case their are any wise guys in this conference.  I
    already own all the Art of Noise CDs.  ;^)
    
    Martin H.

< Note 1219.4 by PIXEL::BRIAN "Brian Simons - DECXtop Publishing" >

>Do you remember the name or album/producer/publisher so I can look for it
>in a catalog?

I seem to have gotten two of them.  Perhaps I bought up their entire stock :-).

They are produced by  Syntonic Research, Inc (which did the vinyl, I think).
It is on the Atlantic Recording Corporation label.  They are:

Name                                 Product Code    Time
=================================  ===============  ==============
Psychologically Ultimate Seashore  0  7567-81764-2  60:05

Tintinnabulation                   0  7567-81765-2  59:59


-Joe

< Note 1219.5 by FRACTL::HEERMANCE "In Stereo Where Available" >

>    Personally I would like to buy an incidental noises CD.  Noises
>    like car ignitions, fuses burning, voices, etc.  

I did see something like this recently in the Nashua area.  I forget
where.  It was a sound effects CD and had a number of bizzare noises.
If you are near Nashua, try these in this order:

Rockit Record (sp?) 
Record Town in the Pheasant Lane Mall

I saw it mixed in with the 'oldies' (you know, Vintage '60, Volume 634).
Good luck, and if you find it, post it here for future reference.

-Joe

    Rykodisc has a series called "A Day on Cape Cod" that includes:
    
    BABBLING BROOK
    EARLY CAPE MORNING
    SUMMER RAIN
    SUNSET SURF
    
    There's also a series called "Moods" (on the Moods label --
    seriously!):
    
    Vol. 1	TROPICAL RAIN FOREST / THUNDERSTORM TERROR
    Vol. 2	CARIBBEAN ISLAND / SAILBOAT VOYAGE / OCEAN SURF
    
    Rhino has a disc called SURF: AN ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDING.
    
    And Bainbridge has a couple called STEEL RAILS UNDER THUNDERING
    SKIES - RAILROADING SOUNDS and THE STORM AND THE SEA - NATURE'S
    MYSTIC MOODS.
    
    These are all listed in a year-old GREEN COMPACT DISC CATALOG.
    There are probably quite a few others on the market right now.
    
    Try giving BCD -- Boston Compact Disc -- a call (they should be
    in the phone book). They do mail-order.
    
    --- jerry

    I have the _Ultimate Seashore_ CD.   I'm very disappointed... I
    hear discontinuities that sound to me like tape splices.  I never
    noticed that on the vinyl.  I find listening to the CD to be 
    really disconcerting.   Anybody else notice this?
    
    	bruce

    I have seen "digital sound generators" advertized in catalogs which
    supposedly reproduce the sound of a rainstorm, surf, or white noise.
    They're not cheap ($100-$200), and I wonder if the generated sound
    wouldn't be annoying after a while.  But, they could be an alternative
    for someone looking for this type of programming.
    
    -Brian

    re: .6  and the Syntonic Research Co.  "Oooh, _Tintinabulation_ on
    CD!"  I'll have to look for it.  Gee, you won't be able to play
    it at 16,33,45,&78 like they suggest on the liner notes...
    
    _Ultimate Seashore_ would probably be VERY dissapointing on CD.  This
    recording was processed for playback at 16,33,&45 like Tintinabulation,
    so the frequency spectrum is really truncated at both ends, and
    it is in general a very old analog recording that was not made with
    audiophiles in mind.  I'm not surprised that you can hear splices
    on the CD.  Ugh!  I wonder why they bothered.  Tintinabulation was
    done with some kind of early digital synthesizer, and the recording
    quality was good.  IFF they have done their homework, they re-recorded
    it.  Too much to ask, I know.


                                                                   
    	Eirikur
    

    The latest Digital Audio has a report of a press release from 
    Rykodisc which says they are releasing an 8-disc set called
    "Eight Hours in the Big Apple" - environmental sounds of
    New York City.  Sounds like just the thing to annoy your neighbors.
    
    
    Too bad it was an April Fools joke (the DA editors got caught!)
    
    However, Ryko is apparently releasing a series of REAL environmental
    sound discs.
    
    					Steve

re: .0

I was at Rockit Records in Nashua last night.  Near the front of the store there
is a small section labeled Environmental.  There were several CDs that have been
mentioned in this note.  Even TinTinnabulation is there.... :-)

-Joe

And I forgot to mention that there were two CDs there with various 'noises'.
There was a volume 1 and a volume 3.  This implies at least three cds with
noise on them (sound effects, as in phone ringing etc).

-Joe

    Re: The pointer to Rockit Records
    
    Thanks for the pointer.  I'm off to pick up noise CDs.
    
    Martin H.

    I bought the sound effects CD volume three over the weekend from
    Rockit Records.  It has 92 different sounds ranging from cows to
    A-bombs. My roommate has accused me of having the worlds most
    expensive "See and Say".
    
    I find it amusing that the disk copyright notice states that any
    reproduction of the sounds is not allowed.  What do they really
    think people are going to do with them?  That's almost as bad as
    a company claiming rights to a program you produce because you
    used their compiler.
    
    Martin H.
    

    re .11, others:  _Tintinabulation_ isn't a very good CD.  They put
    some words on the back implying that they re-made the recording,
    but I'm sure it's just a mildy processed version of the analog master.
    Worse, they chose to make the CD like the 16 RPM setting on the
    LP.  The normal speed version sounded much better.
    
    I can't believe the audacity of these people reissuing this stuff
    that wasn't recorded well before, with little or no effort added
    to the CD product.  They deserve to lose money on it.
    
    	Eirikur