[78-L] The Fading Sounds of Analog Technology

[Kristjan Saag]

Benno Häupl wrote: 2011-03-04 23:12:
> .
> There's a fellow in Southern Germany who collects 'sounds'. He travels across the globe,
> to all 5 continents, and records all kinds of 'disappearing sounds'.
> I listened to a radio program about him and his collection some 10 years ago.
> I had the impression that he had virtually everything. Fascinating.
> Most of his stuff is 'every day sounds' that you will only miss when you suddenly notice
> that you haven't heard it for years.
> Benno
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We ran a "lost sounds"-series on Swedish Radio's daily music news 
programme a few years ago. Listeners requested sound (of a gramophone 
needle hitting the inner groove or the sound of a train on old railroad 
tracks or similar) and we played them.
Here are a few examples (with sounds):
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=1012&grupp=8976&sida=3

There are many existing projects, collecting vanishing sounds. BBC World 
Service has one, a global sound map:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specialreports/saveoursounds/index.shtml

The British Library actively collects soundscapes (but general online 
access to the audio samples is limited):

http://sounds.bl.uk/Browse.aspx?collection=Soundscapes&browseby=Browse+by+Sound+Archive+collection&choice=Preserved+Industry+and+Transport

Kristjan