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“In terms of speed and the breadth of material now accessible to anyone in the world, this is really revolutionary,” says audio curator Greg Budney, describing a major milestone just achieved by the Macaulay Library archive at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. All archived analog recordings in the collection, going back to 1929, have now been digitized and can be heard at www.MacaulayLibrary.org“This is one of the greatest research and conservation resources at the Cornell Lab,” said Budney. “And through its digitization we’ve swung the doors open on it in a way that wasn’t possible 10 or 20 years ago.”It took archivists a dozen years to complete the monumental task. The collection contains nearly 150,000 digital audio recordings equaling more than 10 terabytes of data with a total run time of 7,513 hours. About 9,000 species are represented. There’s an emphasis on birds, but the collection also includes sounds of whales, elephants, frogs, primates and more.
“This is one of the greatest research and conservation resources at the Cornell Lab,” said Budney. “And through its digitization we’ve swung the doors open on it in a way that wasn’t possible 10 or 20 years ago.”
It took archivists a dozen years to complete the monumental task. The collection contains nearly 150,000 digital audio recordings equaling more than 10 terabytes of data with a total run time of 7,513 hours. About 9,000 species are represented. There’s an emphasis on birds, but the collection also includes sounds of whales, elephants, frogs, primates and more.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 19 January 2013 17:28 (twelve years ago)
very cool.
― scott seward, Saturday, 19 January 2013 17:41 (twelve years ago)
Samplers rejoice!
― Mule, Saturday, 19 January 2013 17:42 (twelve years ago)
!!!
― Z S, Saturday, 19 January 2013 17:46 (twelve years ago)
So cool.
― emil.y, Saturday, 19 January 2013 17:55 (twelve years ago)
oh wow this makes me very happy
― non-elitist melted poo (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 19 January 2013 18:06 (twelve years ago)
awesome
― pure dressed up like a white ninja (snoball), Saturday, 19 January 2013 18:07 (twelve years ago)
I hear they compressed the hell out of the whalesong to make it punchier for radio, so don't get too excited.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 19 January 2013 18:10 (twelve years ago)
DAMMIT.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 19 January 2013 18:13 (twelve years ago)
(Turns out everything is dubstep remixes.)
ross robinson oversaw the entire project.
― scott seward, Saturday, 19 January 2013 18:15 (twelve years ago)