Members Billster Posted July 3, 2008 Members Share Posted July 3, 2008 Link The icky sticky sound of the dessert, known as jello in north America, was recorded at University College London for a soundtrack that will be used at the end of the week in a bizarre "architectural jelly banquet" where leading firms of architects will compete for recognition of their creative skills with this unusual medium.As real jellies wobbled in one of UCL's anechoic chambers - a special room in which the walls are lined with sound-absorbent material - the oscillations were recorded by sound artist Douglas Murphy.He says: "It is refreshing to explore the sonority of a much neglected physical property: the wobble factor. Jelly entices us into a strange but compelling world of organic sounds. The sonic wobble is captured in two ways: by carefully recording the results of gentle coaxing and by expressing the wobble frequency as physically powerful base tones."Prof Jonathan Ashmore, UCL Ear Institute, adds: "Ear experts have been studying jelly for decades, for collagen - one of the starting ingredients of jelly - makes up the critical components of the inner ear. The way that collagen wobbles on a very small scale is what allows us to hear different notes."The sounds captured in the chamber will be turned into a wobbling jelly soundtrack to be played on Friday night at the event, backed by the jelly manufacturer Bompas & Parr, self proclaimed "architectural foodsmiths," as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scud133 Posted July 3, 2008 Members Share Posted July 3, 2008 sounds pretty scandalous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted July 3, 2008 Members Share Posted July 3, 2008 Those scientists will get their just desserts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted July 3, 2008 Members Share Posted July 3, 2008 Those scientists will get their just desserts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bp Posted July 3, 2008 Members Share Posted July 3, 2008 My friend, Paul Wolff, former owner of API had sold a console to a unnamed university. They stopped payment saying that the mic preamps we're too noisy. As the story goes, the school was trying to record the sound of ice melting. The console was eventually paid for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted July 3, 2008 Members Share Posted July 3, 2008 The Jelly Wobbles - pretty good name for an early psychedelic band. nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Billster Posted July 4, 2008 Author Members Share Posted July 4, 2008 My friend, Paul Wolff, former owner of API had sold a console to a unnamed university. They stopped payment saying that the mic preamps we're too noisy. As the story goes, the school was trying to record the sound of ice melting. The console was eventually paid for. The next project was recording the sound of grass growing? Or paint drying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 ... could you -gasp- imagine the sound of JLo wobbling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members halljams Posted July 6, 2008 Members Share Posted July 6, 2008 ... could you -gasp- imagine the sound of JLo wobbling? It wouldn't be as loud as the part of me throbbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted July 7, 2008 Members Share Posted July 7, 2008 It wouldn't be as loud as the part of me throbbing. T.M.I. ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted July 7, 2008 Members Share Posted July 7, 2008 ... could you -gasp- imagine the sound of JLo wobbling? What kind of mic would you use for that, Gus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Nothing smaller than a stereo pair of this: Of course, with a Fat Man tube preamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted July 7, 2008 Members Share Posted July 7, 2008 Ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kurdy Posted July 7, 2008 Members Share Posted July 7, 2008 And some people actually eat that stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zuzz Posted July 16, 2008 Members Share Posted July 16, 2008 *Kim Kardashian spank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dahkter Posted July 17, 2008 Members Share Posted July 17, 2008 For one, nice thread, I find this to be pretty interesting.For two - did anyone watch the video that had the sound of the jello wobbling? Sounded like some looney tunes sound effect. I am sure that somewhere in the history of microphones, someone recorded the sound of jello wobbling, I'm skeptical that this is the first occurrence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ryan7585 Posted July 17, 2008 Members Share Posted July 17, 2008 why is this a big deal? its just a sound.... sounds are pretty easy to record it's just *smackysmacksmapasplap* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dahkter Posted July 18, 2008 Members Share Posted July 18, 2008 I agree, it's not like recording some elusive rainforest creature, it's jello for chrissake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bbach Posted July 18, 2008 Members Share Posted July 18, 2008 So if you put bananas in the jello, will it sound different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scud133 Posted July 18, 2008 Members Share Posted July 18, 2008 How would the jello sound with NOS ingredients? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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