https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/public/ recent bookmarks from matthewmcvickar 2021-06-14T05:24:40+00:00 https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-earbuds/ matthewmcvickarThe Jabra Elite 65t is the current entry-level model, offering 5 hours of battery life (or up to 15 with the charging case), Bluetooth 5.0, wind noise reduction on calls, and three sizes of molded tips; it’s also rated IP55 waterproof. “I’ve used the Jabra Elite 65t daily for a few years,” says Portland, Oregon, web developer Matthew McVickar. “They’re considerably cheaper than AirPods and sound great, but the essential difference for me is that you can control volume, track skipping, and the hear-through—which amplifies the outside sound for better environmental awareness—with the on-earbud buttons.”]]> audio self music https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:10bbb2ace17e/ 2021-06-08T22:58:14+00:00 https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-wired-headphones/ matthewmcvickarPortland, Oregon, web developer Matthew McVickar says, “I have yet to find a pair of over-ear headphones that don't feel uncomfortable with glasses after more than half an hour or so, but I love the Sony MDR 7506.”]]> self headphones music sound audio https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:1166b97d92f1/ 2021-03-24T16:58:27+00:00 https://zoomescaper.com/ matthewmcvickarZoom Escaper is a tool to help you escape Zoom meetings and other videoconferencing scenarios. 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The natural and cultural sounds in parks awaken a sense of wonder that connects us to the qualities that define these special places. They are part of a web of resources that the National Park Service protects under the Organic Act. From the haunting calls of bugling elk in mountains to the patriotic calls of bugling horns across a historic battlefield, NPS invites you to experience our parks through this world of sound.]]> america sound audio nature https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:83c640513bf2/ 2019-07-11T05:18:52+00:00 https://blokdust.com/ matthewmcvickarInteractive music-making. 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We demonstrate a filling-in phenomenon in which the brain extrapolates the statistics of background sounds (textures) over periods of several seconds when they are interrupted by another sound, producing vivid percepts of illusory texture. ]]> audio sound https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:1e90f2dcb893/ 2019-06-15T17:36:15+00:00 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/09/science/new-ways-into-the-brains-music-room.html matthewmcvickarNow researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised a radical new approach to brain imaging that reveals what past studies had missed. By mathematically analyzing scans of the auditory cortex and grouping clusters of brain cells with similar activation patterns, the scientists have identified neural pathways that react almost exclusively to the sound of music — any music. It may be Bach, bluegrass, hip-hop, big band, sitar or Julie Andrews. A listener may relish the sampled genre or revile it. No matter. When a musical passage is played, a distinct set of neurons tucked inside a furrow of a listener’s auditory cortex will fire in response. Other sounds, by contrast — a dog barking, a car skidding, a toilet flushing — leave the musical circuits unmoved.]]> music brain science medicine sound audio https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:992d90f16e3f/ 2019-03-21T18:27:28+00:00 https://dood.al/pinktrombone/ matthewmcvickar speech voice sound audio https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:fb5241453b0b/ 2018-07-30T15:54:23+00:00 http://www.clickrepair.net/software_info/clickrepair.html matthewmcvickarClickRepair is a mature, well-tested, application for declicking and decrackling audio in uncompressed audio files. It has been developed over a period of many years. There is an extensive user manual that is part of the download package. ClickRepair will not operate on compressed audio files, such as mp3, and there are no plans to incorporate such a feature.]]> audio software https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:bae9e7b8e158/ 2016-10-30T00:29:41+00:00 http://www.listentothis.info/2016/10/jacques-dudon-lumieres-audibles-1995.html matthewmcvickar"In his 'photosonic' process, Dudon shines light through a series of semi-transparent, rotating discs that slow and modify the light waves’ frequencies; the resulting waveforms are picked up by photoelectric (solar-power) cells connected to standard analog amplifiers."]]> mp3blogs music history audio sound https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:d716c94f18f5/ 2016-05-22T23:23:24+00:00 http://pitchfork.com/features/article/9894-the-dark-art-of-mastering-music/ matthewmcvickarThe mastering engineers I spoke to for this story kept using the same phrase when describing their job: “to make the song competitive in the marketplace.” That is, making the music sound better in audio quality—clearer, louder, more vibrant—than anything else out there. Traditionally, the “marketplace” has been radio, where a well-mastered song hits that sweet spot where you feel immersed in the music but not battered by it. If your song is poorly mastered, the logic goes, people won’t want to buy your album. Worse yet, they might switch stations. And now, the marketplace also includes online streaming, which has raised the popularity of listening to music on headphones or portable devices with lousy speakers—platforms that require their own kind of mastering.]]> music audio https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:5c87016f13af/ 2015-12-30T23:15:28+00:00 http://www.patatap.com/ matthewmcvickarA portable animation and sound kit. With the touch of a finger create melodies charged with moving shapes.]]> audio game music https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:350210265ef9/ 2015-12-28T17:36:04+00:00 http://www.mixonline.com/news/profiles/classic-tracks-phil-collins-air-tonight/365521 matthewmcvickar“One day, Phil was playing the drums and I had the reverse talkback on because he was speaking, and then he started playing the drums. The most unbelievable sound came out because of the heavy compressor. I said, ‘My God, this is the most amazing sound! Steve, listen to this.’”]]> music audio sound https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:8010ed193f4f/ 2015-03-14T19:47:49+00:00 https://soundcloud.com/nasa matthewmcvickarHere's a collection of NASA sounds from historic spaceflights and current missions. You can hear the roar of a space shuttle launch or Neil Armstrong's "One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind" every time you get a phone call if you make our sounds your ringtone. Or, you can hear the memorable words "Houston, we've had a problem," every time you make an error on your computer.]]> audio https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:fa72418228dd/ 2015-03-14T19:47:25+00:00 https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator:%22NASA%22 matthewmcvickar internet audio https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:857d532ee804/ 2015-02-02T03:45:41+00:00 http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/643-the-myth-and-the-reality-of-the-43-download/ matthewmcvickarTransmitting electricity is easy, moving air is hard.]]> audio https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:d3c1824d9294/ 2014-11-03T04:00:49+00:00 http://danielrapp.github.io/spectroface/ matthewmcvickarI recently stumbled upon the face hidden in the spectrogram of the Aphex Twin track called "Equation". 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You take some of this signal processing, add additional vibrations and distortions generated by a poorly manufactured turntable, and you end up with bass that sounds "warmer" than a CD, maybe-- but also very different than what the artists were hearing in the control room. ]]> music vinyl audio https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:482c9df1dd77/ 2013-03-05T01:29:06+00:00 http://ubu.com/sound/leidecker.html matthewmcvickarA seven part series history of appropriative collage in music, compositions made using recordings of older ones. It's a practice that in the '80s became known sampling — after the digital sampler — a breakthrough instrument which was designed to mimic traditional musical instruments by allowing the player to trigger recordings of them back on a keyboard. But it didn't take long for musicians to realize that the true strength of the sampler was the way in which it made it easy easy to collage and manipulate the best sounds from their favorite records into new pieces of music. This practice entered the popular mainstream by the 80s, long after observers had already identified collage as the defining new art form of the 20th century — and the roots of this music go back just as far. Over the course of this series, Leidecker looks at these roots, as appropriative collage developed across experimental and mainstream paths.]]> podcast audio sampling https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:a409ba4e9225/ 2013-02-23T23:36:52+00:00 http://simplynoise.com/ matthewmcvickarThe Best Free White Noise Generator on the Internet.]]> audio noise sound https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:2b6c920404ee/ 2013-02-06T09:51:06+00:00 http://pitchfork.com/features/resonant-frequency/5832-resonant-frequency-7/ matthewmcvickarEraserhead, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Stars of the Lid, and a mixtape of dark ambience that was there when it was most needed.]]> mixtape music illness injury davidlynch eraserhead films audio https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:d21a3e1526c3/ 2012-08-11T07:32:45+00:00 http://pitchfork.com/features/paper-trail/8913-jonathan-sterne/ matthewmcvickarIn his new book, Mp3: The Meaning of a Format, McGill University professor Jonathan Sterne exhaustively and eloquently traces the history of the mp3 from the initial hearing model developed in Bell Labs to the current debates about piracy. 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