Re: Unambiguous Sounds

In article <1129831697.816162.267620@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<inkexit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Matt, you are a buddhist monk...
>
>> >A zipper
>>
>> Could be somebody scratching on a textured piece of plastic...
>
>caught me
>
>> >Lighting a match
>>
>> What does it sound like?
>
>the sound of something catching fire itself is pretty well known,
>perhaps the listener would be confused as to what exactly was bruning
>however.
>
>>
>> >Sneaker squeaks on smooth polished flooring
>>
>> How are these reliably different from balloon squeeks, rusty hinge squeeks,
>> or poorly-cut-poorly-played reed squeeks?
>
>not very well
>
>> >Cocking a pistol
>>
>> sounds like a ballpoint...
>
>Nah, ballpoints don't have the mass to produce the bassy chunky clink
>at the end of the first cocking motion. Swiiiiing-Ka-Chunk-Swiiiing...
>
>Okay, I got another one:
>Wood being sawed (by hand so no motor to clutter up the sound.)
>

Sounds like Yoyo Ma


--
Matthew H. Fields http://www.umich.edu/~fields
Music: Splendor in Sound
To be great, do better and better. Don't wait for talent: no such thing.
Brights have a naturalistic world-view. http://www.the-brights.net/
.