Comments on: Chaos and Form, Noise and Music: A Mini-Research Project http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/ Come for the words, stay for the...HEY! Come back! Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:07:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Your Mama http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/comment-page-1/#comment-19257 Your Mama Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:06:39 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/#comment-19257 6 and a 6, baby. Sorry, little late to the party. 6 and a 6, baby. Sorry, little late to the party.

]]> By: jasony http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/comment-page-1/#comment-17936 jasony Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:39:13 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/#comment-17936 "not as loud as their" grammar police, please correct to read: "they're" “not as loud as their”

grammar police, please correct to read: “they’re”

]]> By: jasony http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/comment-page-1/#comment-17837 jasony Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:41:17 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/#comment-17837 Lots of good discussion here. I have to note that white water rapids are actually not as loud as their made out in the movies. You have to raise your voice a little bit to be heard, but it's mostly evenly distributed white noise and not at all unpleasant. Plus, most rapids don't last very long (10-30 seconds), so there's not much time to get fatigued (aurally, at least). Speaking of white noise, Erin and I have a white noise generator in our bedroom that covers those random noises that happen throughout the night. We've used it for years and it's made a big difference in our quality of sleep, but I still have nights when I just can't sleep at all. I noticed that when I use earplugs when I'm away on business I always sleep better. So about eight months ago I started sleeping with those foam earplugs to block out all sounds. It's a 30db diminution. I've been amazed at how much better I'm sleeping. I still deal with insomnia on a weekly basis, but that's much better than my old pattern of sleep for one night, stay up for two. I think I'm so sensitive to sounds that my brain stays active. So Sean, are you going to publish? :) Lots of good discussion here. I have to note that white water rapids are actually not as loud as their made out in the movies. You have to raise your voice a little bit to be heard, but it’s mostly evenly distributed white noise and not at all unpleasant. Plus, most rapids don’t last very long (10-30 seconds), so there’s not much time to get fatigued (aurally, at least).

Speaking of white noise, Erin and I have a white noise generator in our bedroom that covers those random noises that happen throughout the night. We’ve used it for years and it’s made a big difference in our quality of sleep, but I still have nights when I just can’t sleep at all. I noticed that when I use earplugs when I’m away on business I always sleep better. So about eight months ago I started sleeping with those foam earplugs to block out all sounds. It’s a 30db diminution. I’ve been amazed at how much better I’m sleeping. I still deal with insomnia on a weekly basis, but that’s much better than my old pattern of sleep for one night, stay up for two. I think I’m so sensitive to sounds that my brain stays active.

So Sean, are you going to publish? :)

]]> By: Wonko's Bud http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/comment-page-1/#comment-17830 Wonko's Bud Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:25:39 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/#comment-17830 I mean't MPR Ten not ND. I mean’t MPR Ten not ND.

]]> By: Wonko's Bud http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/comment-page-1/#comment-17829 Wonko's Bud Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:23:48 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/#comment-17829 Additional Note: After discussing with Wonko's Bud's Wife; How would you control for someone who is a ND 10 but has no music theory(can't play an instrument or write music)? Additional Note: After discussing with Wonko’s Bud’s Wife; How would you control for someone who is a ND 10 but has no music theory(can’t play an instrument or write music)?

]]> By: Wonko's Bud http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/comment-page-1/#comment-17801 Wonko's Bud Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:04:42 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/#comment-17801 It seems that Barry has made some very astute observations that your may have overlooked and would need to control for. That is not to say that you basic theory is in error. I remember reading some years ago that the western ear can distinguish four octaves while the eastern ear (think Imam in a masque) has been conditioned to hear fourteen (my memory is a little fuzzy on the last number). (from reading in my Sensation and Perception psyche class) Additional language tidbit: people who speak an Asian language, think Canton or Nipon, can work with numbers at higher speeds and more accurately than those who speak western languages. (from my Memory and Learning pshych class) My MPR 7, ND 1. It seems that Barry has made some very astute observations that your may have overlooked and would need to control for. That is not to say that you basic theory is in error. I remember reading some years ago that the western ear can distinguish four octaves while the eastern ear (think Imam in a masque) has been conditioned to hear fourteen (my memory is a little fuzzy on the last number). (from reading in my Sensation and Perception psyche class)

Additional language tidbit: people who speak an Asian language, think Canton or Nipon, can work with numbers at higher speeds and more accurately than those who speak western languages. (from my Memory and Learning pshych class)

My MPR 7, ND 1.

]]> By: Seth http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/comment-page-1/#comment-17796 Seth Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:59:30 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/#comment-17796 Sean, I volunteer to play the part of the barely-articulate-almost-white-noise production system, should you need one for your experiment. I'll just show up and be myself. Sean, I volunteer to play the part of the barely-articulate-almost-white-noise production system, should you need one for your experiment.

I’ll just show up and be myself.

]]> By: paul soupiset http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/comment-page-1/#comment-17759 paul soupiset Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:30:05 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/#comment-17759 MPR 6 ND 5 MPR 6
ND 5

]]> By: will http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/comment-page-1/#comment-17734 will Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:55:59 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/#comment-17734 i give myself a 6 on MPR and again a 6 on ND. i give myself a 6 on MPR and again a 6 on ND.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/comment-page-1/#comment-17718 Daniel Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:31:52 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/2007/10/09/chaos-and-form-noise-and-music-a-mini-research-project/#comment-17718 6/7 6/7

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