drifted off into a right weird nap with this playing in my headphones.

#noiselife #granpalife

https://infinitefog.bandcamp.com/album/myein

heard a paper wasp collecting fibers, *skritch skritch skritch*, except it was really loud so i went to investigate. turned out it was scraping on one of last year’s shallot stems that has dried up, and the hollow tube of it was acting like a natural resonator.

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#listening

I don't know whether anyone else will find this as helpful and just downright satisfying as I do, but I do so much I just wanted to share.

I can't turn up the posts now, but a few weeks ago I did a little thread about how for self-care, mindfulness, and grounding myself. I sometimes like to sit still while listening to some type of static noise on headphones. As I mentioned then, field recordings of waterfalls, rain, fountains, etc are nice for this -- and of course the streaming services and internet at large have no shortage of tracks featuring white noise, along with pink noise, and a variety of other colors.

I am particularly fond of pink noise. I just think it sounds pleasing, plus its 1/f power law distribution of amplitude to frequency is reflected in many natural processes, and I guess I somewhat superstitiously believe that makes it special and more healing to listen to.

In any case, one of the things that's weird though about listening to pink noise sources online though is that they tend to all sound a little different, whereas like I just said I want that power law magic and that comes from a very specific technical thing. So there's this nagging doubt that I don't know what I'm getting.

So I came up with a Python script that generates nine minutes and twenty-seven seconds of pink noise using the voss-mccartney algorithm. (It actually takes an argument to set the time, but I like 09:27 for again personal superstious numerological reasons.)

I also wanted a wide sense of the stereo image for this, so I made it generate enough data for nine mono tracks, which are then each panned to end up evenly distributed in stereo, using equal-power panning for constant perceived loudness across the stereo field.

The results are printed to AIFF on disk, which I converted to flac and Apple lossless formats for uploading

So, here for the delectation of anyone who cares to download, is 9'27'' of the most unfiltered, mathematically accurate, and all over your head pink noise you're liable to find anywhere. I've tried it in some earbuds and it was fine, but for best results I recommend strapping on the big over ear headphones!

https://dub.yager-madden.com/audio/pink_noise_9min27sec.flac

https://dub.yager-madden.com/audio/pink_noise_9min27sec.m4a

#NoiseLife #Schizoid #Noise #cptsd

setting a brand-new, never-played record onto the record player and by the time it sits on the turntable it’s already covered in cat hair

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#catlife

Sure the lyrics are beyond and grim and nihilistic, but somehow -- I suppose in a Hesse-Steppenwolf sorta way -- I've always found the refrain of this song weirdly but *enormously* inspiring and uplifting. Like, the idea that I always have the option to destroy myself can itself serve as an incredibly powerful motive to push myself to be as *creative* as I can manage instead. It's like a little existentialist prayer: SET ME ON FIIIIIIRRRE!!!

Big Black - "Kerosene"

https://song.link/i/1120138371

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