Reasonably Sound

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Sinopsis

Do you enjoy sound? Youre reading a podcast description right now, so chances are good that you do. Mike Rugnetta does, too. And on Reasonably Sound, Mike will provide context, explanation and a little celebration of the complexities and awesomeness of audio, and the various cultures which surround and have grown around it. Not just for audiophiles, Reasonably Sound will be your guide to the world of sound.

Episodios

  • 14: Joe Hanson on Animals, Sound, and Semiotics

    02/02/2015 Duración: 50min

    When an animal makes a sound, does that sound have meaning? Mike talks to Dr. Joe Hanson, a biology expert and curator/host of It's Okay To Be Smart, and you’ll get a glimpse into the world of animals, sound, and semiotics. -- SOURCES -- The semiome: From genetic to semiotic scaffolding http://philpapers.org/rec/HOFTSF -- Find Joe at -- http://youtube.com/itsokaytobesmart twitter.com/jtotheizzoe twitter.com/okaytobesmart

  • 13: Shopworn Sound Effects

    19/01/2015 Duración: 33min

    Mike takes you on a tour of the most commonly heard sound effects. And fair warning, when you hear them on this episode, you’ll start hearing them EVERYWHERE. Plus, Mike tells you why sides of beef and planks of wood were integral to the making of the Rocky movies. -- Sources-- Audio-Vision by Michel Chion In Search of a Concrete Music by Pierre Schaeffer The Wilhelm Scream by Elena Passarello 10 Ridiculously Overused Movie Sound Effects http://whatculture.com/film/10-ridiculously-overused-movie-sound-effects.php * The Creaky Gate * What is this sound effect I keep hearing? http://ask.metafilter.com/150543/What-is-this-sound-effect-I-keep-hearing Stock Sound Effects on TV Tropes http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StockSoundEffects Where Else Have I Heard That? http://ask.metafilter.com/125872/Where-else-have-I-heard-that * Police Dispatcher * Why do movies & TV use this police radio clip over and over? http://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/19768/why-do-movies-tv-use-this-police-radio-cl

  • 12: The Printing Press and the Great Vowel Shift

    05/01/2015 Duración: 24min

    What explains the difference between English and American accents? On this episode of Reasonably Sound, Mike Rugnetta explains that this spoken phenomenon starts with the written word. -- On American versus English Spelling -- Why Do Brits and Americans Spell Words Differently? http://www.livescience.com/33844-british-american-word-spelling.html Americanize, Anglicise: Why Do Brits And Yanks Spell Words Differently? http://io9.gizmodo.com/americanize-anglicise-why-do-brits-and-yanks-spell-wo-1671334487 Present Day American Spelling from The Cambridge History of the English Language, Volume 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=ia5tHVtQPn8C&pg=PA352&dq=american+and+english+spelling+differences&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KmWtVNOoEoLksATGpoDgCg&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=american%20and%20english%20spelling%20differences&f=false -- Main Sources for this Episode -- A History of the English Language by Elly van Gelderen http://www.historyofenglish.net/ Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction by Kristin Denham, Anne Lo

  • 10: Auditory Illusions

    08/12/2014 Duración: 18min

    Mike Rugnetta would like to talk with you about auditory illusions (not tricks), specifically the Shepard tone and binaural beats. Use your headphones for this one. (ALSO: art school college story time!) The submarine film soundtrack work Mike mentions is here: https://mikerugnetta.bandcamp.com/track/guitar-shephard-tone Sources: - Demonstration 27 – Circularity in Pitch Judgment http://asa.aip.org/demo27.html - Scelsi: Cello Music (review) http://www.medieval.org/music/modern/scelsi/cello.html

  • 9: On The Road with Mike Rugnetta

    23/11/2014 Duración: 30min

    It's a Thanksgiving travelogue with Mike Rugnetta, who, like a bazillion other people, is on the road for the holiday.

  • 8: A440

    10/11/2014 Duración: 27min

    A440 is not a steak sauce, nor is it a tax form. Rather, A440 hz is the standard tuning for musical pitch. Why is that? The reasons include, but are not limited to: The oboe, church versus secular music, and the difficulty of France. Mike Rugnetta explains. Special Thanks to Nicole He and Proprietous for their help with oboe details. Sources: – History of Performing Pitch: The Story of “A” by Bruce Haynes https://www.amazon.com/History-Performing-Pitch-The-Story/dp/0810841851 – A=432hz: On the Proper Concert Pitch and a New Standardization of Tempo by Brendan Bombaci https://www.amazon.com/432hz-Proper-Concert-Pitch-Standardization-ebook/dp/B009TTBOAI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1415310567&sr=8-3&keywords=concert+pitch – Why does the orchestra always tune to the oboe? http://www.rockfordsymphony.com/faqs/why-does-the-orchestra-always-tune-to-the-oboe/ – ISO 16:1975 http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=3601 – Why is A4 the standard pitch reference for tuning? htt

  • 7: Taylor Swift’s White Noise

    27/10/2014 Duración: 22min

    Taylor Swift accidentally released eight seconds of white noise to iTunes, and it went to number one in Canada. Mike Rugnetta offers his take on it, as well as a helpful explanation what white noise actually is. Baseball and cooking metaphors are used.

  • 6: Sound as a Weapon

    13/10/2014 Duración: 41min

    Mike Rugnetta and Atlas Obscura‘s Dylan Thuras have a fascinating discussion on the use of sound in war and at what point sound becomes a weapon. Among the topics covered: - World War I “sound mirrors” (giant concrete parabolas that ineffectively tracked incoming planes) - Project Disperse - The Mosquito - “Tunnel chicken” - LRAD - So-called “less than lethal” technology - Humankind’s unintentional sound war on the animal population

  • 5: Whisper Quiet

    30/09/2014 Duración: 28min

    Do you have a favorite sound? Mike Rugnetta has a few: - A Snapple bottle opening - An orchestra tuning, with a couple instruments clearly off-key - A breaking incandescent light bulb In this episode, Mike explores the phenomenon of ASMR, or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. Or, as some call it, a “head orgasm,” brought on by certain sounds, like whispering. There are even YouTube channels dedicated to triggering these responses. How does this all circle back to American telephone advertising from the 1970s and U.S. telecom infrastructure? Mike explains.

  • 4: Snikt!

    17/09/2014 Duración: 24min

    Mike would like to talk with you about snikt. And sploorp. And butcher some French while he’s at it. Today’s subject is onomatopoeia and the visual representation of sound, particularly in comics. AMONG, BUT NOT ALL, THE THINGS MENTIONED: - Proust - Magritte - Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics - http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Comics-The-Invisible-Art/dp/006097625X/?tag=infguest-20 - Roy Crane - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Crane - The fadeout on the coda of Queen’s immortal “Fat Bottomed Girls” on the band’s greatest hits collection, which Mike is correctly peeved about and I’ll just add that it is a goddamn travesty THAT SOMEONE NEEDS TO ANSWER FOR - Time is a flat circle - http://imgur.com/g9Mem06 - The Handsome Family - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4zluA60hjs - Deadpool, elephant tusks, and Zombie Teddy Roosevelt - http://imagebank.biz/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Deadpool-Wallpaper-1920x1080.jpg

  • 3: The Cadillacs of Quiet

    02/09/2014 Duración: 28min

    On this episode of Reasonably Sound, Mike Rugnetta considers noise-canceling headphones, whether you use them for cross-country flights or to mute your Simply Red-listening neighbor. He tells you how they work (and don’t work), why the notion of neutral technology is a bunch of hooey (sorry, Chomsky), and that silence is a lie. ALSO MENTIONED: - Weird warbles - Rare factions - Oculus Rift - Weirdly racist film stock - Harvard’s anechoic chamber - John Cage’s 4’33” - Wearing noise-canceling headphones while listening to John Cage’s 4’33”

  • 1: The Ear

    23/08/2014 Duración: 16min

    Mike Rugnetta opens the inaugural Reasonably Sound podcast with an appreciation of the ear, especially the floppy, weird-looking part of it on the side of your head. Turns out it has a purpose besides stabbing holes in it!

  • 2: The Voice

    23/08/2014 Duración: 17min

    Why does your voice sound like your voice? A lot of reasons, but Mike's interested in the dispersive mediums that impact it. This also leads to the first Reasonably Sound special guest, musician Jason Oberholtzer, and the first Reasonably Sound Contest.

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