was written after a dispiriting gig at the University of Durham in front of handful of students, when the band, in the words of drummer Simon Kirke, “walked off stage to the sound of our own footsteps.” They decided they needed an up-tempo number to finish sets and bass guitarist...
when an object (such as a thick earpad with memory foam) blocks sound, it passively (without any battery power) reduces the ambient noise you hear. Putting your fingers in your ears when a loud siren goes by is a form of passive noise isolation. ...
Sound (Archaic) The swim bladder of a fish. Sound An instrument used to examine or explore body cavities, as for foreign bodies or other abnormalities, or to dilate strictures in them. Sound To make or give forth a sound The siren sounded. Sound To be given forth as a sound The fanfare...
The siren sounded. Thump To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound. These bastard Bretons; whom our hathersHave in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped. Sound To be given forth as a sound The fanfare sounded. Thump To give a thump or thu...
Think about how you behave when you hear a car crash or a siren; there’s not only an emotional response, but also a physical one. The latter is beyond your control. Once your body recognizes aggressive sounds, it signals the release of noradrenaline and adrenaline, which is why your body...
A hand-made modulated reverb with 3 modes: PHASE (Large Room + Mu-Tron-style phaser), SHIVER, (alarge plate with tremolo) and SIREN (based on the shoegazer Soft Focus patch). Rate+Depth knobs control the modulation, Decay+Dampen the reverb, Mix+Level the effect blend and output. The ...
Since the very origin of art, human beings have faced the challenge of the representation of Evil. Within the medieval Christian context, we may find many beings which have attempted to convey the power of the devil. Demonic beings, terrifying beasts, fa
the sound waves that emanate from a siren on an emergency vehicle; as the vehicle moves toward an observer, sound waves are compressed, but as it moves away, they are stretched out, orredshifted. Known as the Doppler Effect, the same phenomena occurs with waves of light at all ...
As they wade through the muck of desire, a synth-horn swells into a siren warning of danger ahead; sinister drums echo back and forth in anticipation, the air becomes thick with electricity. “Shiver” is so magnetic, so precise in drawing the dizzying shape of a fantasy, that it makes ...
A women and her two small children are at home in their old house late at night, in a raging snowstorm, the children are asleep. The woman hears a sound, she’s on instant alert and realises that they are definitely not in the house alone. What should she do? Run? Hide? Can she...