It was 16-bit, which means each tiny chunk (or sample) of sound has 65,536 different volumes it could be measured at.
Ms. Gosfield used audio samples of sound patterns used by Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union during World War II to interfere with enemy radio transmissions, as well as a snippet of the Chaconne from Bach's Partita in D minor that briefly flickered through the sonic mayhem.
I'm posting here a few samples of sound and images, so you can live the first of May as I felt it... with all its intensity and craziness.
The thirteen studios are designed to meet a variety of needs ranging from the live recording of bands and ensembles, multi-track recording, through to sound design, sampling, production of sound for moving image, digital editing and mastering.
Cat references in character with an artist's usual work include a wonderful drawing of a tabby by Andy Warhol from his commercial-art years and Cory Arcangel's sampling of found sound derived from sampled videos of piano-playing cats.
This involves the sampling of the sound field at a number of discrete sensor locations, and then minimizing the sum of the squared pressures at these locations.
— Damon Darlin The Soundtrack of Our Lives ONLINE.WSJ.COM | Apps that sample bits of sound and video.
Through his sampling of natural sounds on "Coast / Hymn" Don manages to evoke the landscapes of the Cook Islands not only sonically but in some deep, otherly way.
My idea would be to have the phone's mic take samples of ambient sound and then automatically adjust the phone's ringer volume based on how loud or quiet your surroundings are.
