Audio Experimentation

There are some fantastic audio projects happening these days, mostly because it is cheap and easy to publish on the Web, and because there are some really nice tools out there.

For people interested in audio production, I recommend a great site to get you started:

Transom (http://www.transom.org/) -- Great tips on audio production, and an excellent commitment to our audio history.

My Experiments

I don't have much time for fun projects like this, but I did do a little work on a short audio piece. It's called Antigone Kubler-Ross. I was browsing the Creighton University library, and they were selling old books. There were some audio tapes that they were selling 4 for $1.00. They had the entire set of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross tapes "On Death and Dying," and a two-tape set of Antigone, and I thought the irony was too good to resist. Then I thought, "Why not use only excerpts from these tapes to produce a small audio piece on death and dying?" So I bought them. There is a lot of hiss on the tapes, which carried over to my piece. I think I might filter the piece to remove the hiss, but I'm afraid of losing audio quality when I do it. I might just re-record the bites with the graphic equalizer engaged to reduce all of the high frequency stuff, which would do it. Guess I need more play time. Don't we all?

Anyway, if you want to listen to the piece, here it is: Antigone Kubler-Ross (.mp3 file)