Re: Unknown biological sound

[R K Moore <r.k.moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

... and I notice that there is a significantly faster syllable rate right at
the beginning of the sound - could this be consistent with a motor starting
up?  Certainly the ants do not seem to display such a characteristic.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception
> [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mikael Fernstrom
> Sent: 11 December 2009 00:30
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> Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Unknown biological sound
> 
> I had a good listen to the file (including playing around with levels,
> filters, etc) and I have read your responses so far. I think it could
> be a non-bio sound. I gathered a lot of subaqua recordings from both
> Sweden and Ireland some years back when working on the artistic
> project Coisir an tSionnan (The Shannon Suite). I've heard similar
> sounds from pumps and engines, quite far away from the recording site,
> e.g. a pump feeding fresh sea water to an oyster storage pool on land;
> a compressor on a pier for an ice house.
> 
> Or, am I listening to the wrong parts of the recording?
> 
> /Mikael
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