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RayAnime · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:07 pm Post subject: Ick.

Apparently a UK sound artist made the first-ever recording of the sound of "jelly" wobbling (that's jell-o for the statesiders) in a sound-proof-booth at the University College of London . . . the result is, well . . . you need to experience it for yourself.

http://tinyurl.com/5p3v8q

Bruce · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:57 pm Post subject:

Reminds me very little of the old Glen Miller song, "It Must Be Jelly (Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That)".

Someone is pulling our legs. Jello that stiff doesn't make any sound at all let alone that noise. Now I'm not sure I want to know exactly how they did make that sound either.

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RayAnime · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I was skeptical too . . . but it is on University College London's website as a news item. Maybe it's a big practical joke by the college.

RayAnime · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:23 pm Post subject:

Hmm . . . maybe it IS real--it sounds like they translated the "wobbling" into sound vs. the jelly actually producing the sound (makes more sense):

"The soundtrack for the banquet is sampled from real jellies wobbled in one of UCL’s anechoic chambers (acoustic rooms in which the walls are lined with sound-absorbent material) by sound artist Douglas Murphy. The jellies’ oscillations are being measured with the aim of transforming these into soundwaves.

Douglas Murphy says: 'It is refreshing to explore the sonority of a much neglected physical property: the wobble factor. Jelly entices us into a strange but compelling world of organic sounds. The sonic wobble is captured in two ways: by carefully recording the results of gentle coaxing and by expressing the wobble frequency as physically powerful base tones.'"