On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Heiko Recktenwald wrote:
> > Nope. The siren-sounds are routinely altered so that the
> > citizenry doesn't become accustomed to them and turn a
> > deaf-ear. Here in San Francisco, there are the loudest
> > sirens I've ever experienced: pedestrians plug their ears as
> > these vehicles pass-by... the intransigent are frequently
> > run-down anyway.
For a few months, I found myself listening for the
approaching sirens so that I would start the tape-recorder
rolling... so much so, that on a long drive in the desert, I
kept 'hearing' them. I'll be integrating the siren-sounds,
along with pile-drivers and church-bells, into many
intricate sound loops embedded in
<http://bbrace.laughingsquid.net/abstraction-engine.html>
this expanding grid.
/:b
