Sounds of the Grand Canyon

20 Feb

I spent Friday night at the bottom of the Grand Canyon with a friend and his two sons. We began the trip in nice weather and ended up hiking out in a blizzard. More or less. It was perfect.

I took my iPod and captured a few sounds. I have never done that before and was pretty pleased with the quality of the Belkin stereo mic I used. I captured the Colorado River, Bright Angel Creek, and the sounds of the famous mules. I do not know if this fits into any ds106 assignment, but I am happy I recorded them and have them here to share. I took a picture of each of the recording locations to give it some perspective. Not sure if that distracts from the sound or not?

Here is a link to a slideshow of several images. Here are the audio tracks on Soundcloud as CC. Mix em up!

 

 

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7 Responses to “Sounds of the Grand Canyon”

  1. Noise Professor February 20, 2011 at 7:51 pm #

    Very cool. I love that you took a picture of the recording device – meta! The sounds work fine for me – it would be cool to have links to the sounds and explicit CC license for remix/mashup.

    The one and only time I visited the Grand Canyon, there was also a whiteout/blizzard/fogbank. Scores of tourists in buses drove up to that observation point place and got to see exactly nothing! 🙂 The next day it had all cleared out, and the canyon rim was beautifully dusted with snow.

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  2. Todd Conaway February 20, 2011 at 7:59 pm #

    The place is magical with snow, the quiet the snow creates is amplified by the massive space surrounding the emptiness.

    I places the mp3 files on my faculty website. I will place them to another location and allow CC use. Sorry, did not think of that. I have a free WordPress blog here that is kinds not happy with some scripts and embedding.

    I’ll post links in reply when added.

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  3. Bryan February 20, 2011 at 9:17 pm #

    Would love to toy with the sounds when you get them posted! Would be much more authentic than the ‘canned’ sounds I used in this one: http://soundcloud.com/bryanjack/ee-cummings-prayer

    Thanks for sharing!

    Bryan

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    • Todd Conaway February 20, 2011 at 10:15 pm #

      Here they are on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/todd-conaway/sets/grand-canyon-sounds/ Have fun!

      The prayer is wonderful! I was picturing Whitman sitting in a field thinking out loud with sounds in his head, and then Rumi: “Say Yes, quickly” and then the banjo made me happy and reminded me of “But this I say, that he who best enjoys each passing day, is truly blessed” Stevenson and great layers of words and song and yes, the infinite! Awesome! You made it!

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  4. José Carlos Figueiredo February 20, 2011 at 10:20 pm #

    The sounds work fine.
    Great job 🙂
    Wish one day meet Grand Canyon

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    • Todd Conaway February 20, 2011 at 11:11 pm #

      Tell me when you are going to be around! It is a great trip to be able to do.

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