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How to create absolute silence? Anechoic rooms
Can we absorb reverberation? How does an echo appear? What’s the purpose of an anechoic room? Answers to all these questions in 12 minutes! 0:00 – Introduction 2:48 – Building an anechoic room 5:37 – The 3 rooms of the … Continue reading
The Otherworldly Sounds of Ice | Kottke
The holes drilled into Arctic, Antarctic, and glacial ice to harvest ice cores can be up to 2 miles deep. One of my all-time favorite sounds is created by dropping ice down into one of these holes — it makes … Continue reading
Acoustic Cooling & How To Manipulate Heat With Sound (Thermoacoustics Part 2)
In this video we explore another facet of thermoacoustics: heat pumps and refrigeration. Check out my sponsor MEL Science and use the promo code “nighthawk” for 25% off the first month: http://bit.ly/MELScienceNHiL Resources for further study: Blade Attila’s excellent thermoacoustic/heat … Continue reading
What Exactly Is White Noise? | Mental Floss
Your favorite ASMR playlist probably isn’t true white noise—or brown noise or pink noise, for that matter. When people mention white noise these days, they might be talking about any continuous noise that blocks out other sounds or just seems … Continue reading
The Brown Note: The Crappiest Sound In The World | Answers With Joe
You’ve heard the myth… A note exists that makes you evacuate your bowels. Obviously it’s not true… or is it? Acoustical weapons exist, could one make you ruin your pants? Let’s check it out.
Ultrasound gel does amazing things to sound waves
I was curious about the purpose of ultrasound gel. It’s really interesting so I built this wave machine to explain how it affects sound.
The sound of ice
This is how 45mm new black ice sounds like. Don’t forget to put on the sound. Recorded on Lissma Kvarnsjö outside Stockholm the 5th of December.
Here’s What It Sounds Like When You Hit A Snare Drum In A Nuclear Cooling Tower (It’s Super Cool) – Digg
Seattle band Thunderpussy recently filmed a music video in an abandoned nuclear power plant cooling tower, and producer Sylvia Massy couldn’t resist recording what a snare drum hit sounded like in the space. Source: Here’s What It Sounds Like When … Continue reading