At 11:29 AM 2/5/98, Larry Troxler wrote:
>Paul Winkler wrote:
>>
>> Well, OK, maybe my house per se is boring, but how 'bout the 4' diameter
>> x 15' long empty stainless steel tanks in the basement? They sound
>> pretty interesting. You see, I live in a former peanut processing plant.
>> They drained the oil into the basement and then piped it out when they
>> filled up the tanks. Now it's a semi-residential building but these
>> giant things are still down there and they sound AMAZING--but they kinda
>> smell bad.
>>
>...
>>
>> I think I may try piping various test signals through some speakers in
>> the basement and see what I can come up with... though of course that
>> adds the response of the speakers into the equation...
>
>Wow. I kind of get the feeling you might not be making this up, and
>really do have a sonic
>paradise down there! (Or am I a sucker for another hoax?)
>
>Don't wait until you figure out the impulse response stuff - Just get
>some good mikes down there and record all sorts of things :-). Figure
>out what to do with it later :-)
>
>Larry
>
Also try using some form contact mike/s and get the sound of the metal
, should be like some form of ultra large plate reverb :-)

Peter S