REGULAR

WITH FADES, MORE COLOR

NORMAL, FORWARD ONLY, NO PROCESSING

I did this just because I can. I’m not sure if I’m sorry or not, but my video editor needed to be tested in reverse.

Here is my favorite line from my favorite episode of “The Prisoner” (Hammer Into Anvil)  all messed up courtesy of Corel VideoStudio Pro X3, Adobe Audition and XMedia Recode. Note the picture is fuzzy due to the source file being the 360p mp4 from YouTube and then being trans-coded again in the video editor and again in XMedia Recode to a 400 by 300 pixel Flash file. In spite of all that lot, the picture is still watchable. I did this mainly just to practice with editing. I can assure you, I have a lot to learn! You might as well laugh now.

Snow On Magnolia Tree Branches

More Snow Covered Branches

My Deck And Bamboo Leaves

My Rain Gauge

Heavy Wet Snow On Bamboo

This was after about an hour between 1:30 PM and 2:30 PM.  Be sure to click on the caption or picture for a larger image.

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VST Capture Setup (click picture for high resolution view)

Here is my recording of New Year’s 2012. Recording time was from 11:53 PM, 2011 to about 12:21 AM, 2012. This was made using the same equipment as in “Springtime Ambience 2010 (updated)” and “Ambience Recording.”  I used a free VST plugin called “Broadcast” which seems to work very well at preventing digital clipping. However, there is quite a bit of white noise due to the inexpensive electret condenser microphones,  and the large amount of gain in the VST processing. I can assure you there is no digital clipping distortion on the recording.

Waveform for sound at approximately -24:44 on the counter (click picture for high resolution view)

This view of the initial attack of a loud explosion shows some flattening of the waveform. The sound doesn’t seem to have  audible clipping distortion, but I think it is actually analog clipping occurring in the microphone preamplifier. This kind of distortion is generally considered less objectionable. I think when listening carefully, some of this effect can be heard as a slightly higher pitched “crack” at the beginning of some of the explosions. As I said before there is no digital distortion and the peak level throughout is no higher than -.37 db.

I almost forgot… Happy New Year!

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On this tape, I was more familiar with setting record level my Sony cassette recorder. By 1988, I’ve had the TC-D5M for more than three years, and I realized the record level could be set considerably higher. With the excellent built-in limiter, I was able to run the recording volume quite high without much distortion.  The tape was Maxell XL II CrO2 on a c90 cassette and Dolby B was functioning on the recorder.  Converting the audio to digital was done using the same technique as in “Thanksgiving 1984.” Even after more than twenty years, the TC-D5M works like new, and the Dolby noise reduction on this tape is still seems to “track” properly and reduce tape hiss without reducing high frequency response.
On a more somber note, this is possibly the last recording of my family before they started having health problems. However, I do have numerous other recordings and some video from as early as the late 1960s  through 1989. I will probably be posting some of those recordings here, as long as I am able to do so. If you are new to my site and maybe find this interesting, be sure to check my other posts in the category “Family Tapes” and “The Willsaphone Stupid Show” on the main Negativland section.

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This  is a little thing I made with the help of free internet pornography. There are a lot of X-rated web sites that work just like YouTube and they usually offer videos for free as reduced quality Flash files. Even so, the quality is still reasonable. In addition, video cameras have improved considerably, producing better pictures and sound. I thought about how I could  work with all this available content.
It seems that every sexual fantasy is now available for anyone to see (and hear) on the internet. There are some people who are attracted to and like everything about passing gas or farting. I noticed some of the farting sounds are almost musical, so I thought it might be interseting (or not) to capture fart sounds and process them with VST (Virtual Studio Technology). Since it’s Christmas, why not play a midi file (musical instrument Digital Interface) of a Christmas song (Jingle Bells) and make some of the instruments be fart sounds from actual X-rated videos. This is what I came up with, and I apologize if anyone is offended. Otherwise have a laugh!

This is a recording of my Geiger counter in Seattle, Washington on the afternoon of December 8th, 2011, for a little more than five minutes. The recording time was from approximately 4:38 PM to 4:43 PM. The sensor was just lying on my dining room table and pointing in a northerly direction, and the sensitivity was set at maximum. I purchased this unit from a little electronics surplus shop in Pacheco, California called “The Odd Assortment.” Be sure to take a look at my YouTube version here.

Here is the Geiger counter showing the sensor on the right, and the headphone jack on the left. The audio is going to the red wire, and then to my audio mixer.  I don’t understand why a BNC connector was used instead of a standard quarter inch jack for the headphones. As far as I know, atomic or nuclear radiation is not electromagnetic, and does not produce radio waves which could interfere with the headphones.  BNC connectors are used on radio transceivers where shielding of electromagnetic energy is important.

This shows the Geiger counter was calibrated, and the unit appeared to be new and unused.

If I’m looking at the meter correctly, the reading went no higher than .02 on the video. That appears to be extremely low. I don’t know if the meter retained its calibration, and I have no way of knowing if the unit is actually functioning correctly. In addition, I don’t think I own anything that is known to be radioactive. Any thoughts?

Well here it is as requested from three years ago. The dreaded Chapter 19, “Sex Anomalies and Oddities” is now available for your viewing enjoyment. Be sure and take a look at my original post on this subject called “This Is Why I Exist.”

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I made this one afternoon by “fiddling” around with VST effects and feedback . The same microphone featured in “My Stomach” was placed into several different sized bottles while feeding back to the speakers and recording. In addition, I made noises with my mouth and tapped on the bottles. Sometimes I just like to make things just for hell of it. I’ve done this before here and here. I don’t expect anyone to like this, but here it is anyway. What do you think?

VST setup for “Something Really Goofy”

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Here are some of the voices from the “How Dare You“ collage. They are in no particular order and some of these voices were not in the original collage. There is two seconds of silence between each comment and sound. I may be making more versions of “How Dare You” as well. I’ve always liked hearing the sound of people and animals at this kind of mid grade level of anger and frustration. It really isn’t too intense, but it is definitely “sassy.” Of course, I have my fair share of mid grade anger and frustration, too. The cat hissing is Isis and she would hiss at Buddy, my other cat. Buddy, my little black cat, passed away in 2004. Now in this new version, I have added a few more comments and brought up the audio level.  Maybe it could be considered “sassier.”

This updated version from September 2009 has some comments that are not featured in “How Dare You” and were likely played on Over the Edge in the 1990s.

Now updated with MEL GIBSON!
Now updated with audio from a caller on a talk radio show, a guest on The Steve Wilkos Show, two YouTube Videos (Neighbor”s Worst Day (original) and Angry Woman abuses garage owner), The Three Stooges In Crime On Their Hands (also on YouTube) and Swift Justice With Nancy Grace.

Now updated with “He burns me up” from a 1960s public service announcement about mental health.