Comments on: Electronic Beeps In The Office http://www.thelisteningblog.com/2008/10/electronic-beeps-in-the-office/ “Listen all the time, and remind yourself when you’re not listening, or else the mike and the tape recorder will get the best of you.” – Pauline Oliveros Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:08:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jerome Santucci http://www.thelisteningblog.com/2008/10/electronic-beeps-in-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-67118 Jerome Santucci Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:34:07 +0000 http://ajtesttest.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/electronic-beeps-in-the-office/#comment-67118 The engineers at Apple computer are very conscious of the "start-up tone" their computers make. They have retooled and retuned the chord many times. There is a short discussion of the evolution of the start-up sound in the documentary "Welcome to Macintosh." You can hear a sequence of the sounds on YouTube. The engineers at Apple computer are very conscious of the “start-up tone” their computers make. They have retooled and retuned the chord many times. There is a short discussion of the evolution of the start-up sound in the documentary “Welcome to Macintosh.” You can hear a sequence of the sounds on YouTube.

]]> By: AJ Harbison http://www.thelisteningblog.com/2008/10/electronic-beeps-in-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-343 AJ Harbison Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:34:00 +0000 http://ajtesttest.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/electronic-beeps-in-the-office/#comment-343 Fleming:<br/>It was close enough to tell that it was a different tone, but it sounded smaller than a properly tuned minor second would be. You would be able to tell the difference, if you heard it; the typical human ear can detect differences down to about 6 cents or so.<br/><br/>Let me know what you discover about engineers and beepers!<br/><br/>AJ Harbison Fleming:
It was close enough to tell that it was a different tone, but it sounded smaller than a properly tuned minor second would be. You would be able to tell the difference, if you heard it; the typical human ear can detect differences down to about 6 cents or so.

Let me know what you discover about engineers and beepers!

AJ Harbison

]]> By: ryan fleming http://www.thelisteningblog.com/2008/10/electronic-beeps-in-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-342 ryan fleming Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:07:00 +0000 http://ajtesttest.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/electronic-beeps-in-the-office/#comment-342 Interesting observation. How were you able to tell that it was less than a minor second? When notes are that close together, it just sounds unsettling. I don't think I would be able to tell the difference between 100 cents and 70 cents.<br/><br/>I am interested as to why certain machines produce certain notes when they sound. I will have to look into that and see if it was planned, or if the engineer just took a random off-the-shelf beeper and put in on the machine. Interesting observation. How were you able to tell that it was less than a minor second? When notes are that close together, it just sounds unsettling. I don’t think I would be able to tell the difference between 100 cents and 70 cents.

I am interested as to why certain machines produce certain notes when they sound. I will have to look into that and see if it was planned, or if the engineer just took a random off-the-shelf beeper and put in on the machine.

]]> By: rumcreeters http://www.thelisteningblog.com/2008/10/electronic-beeps-in-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-341 rumcreeters Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:26:00 +0000 http://ajtesttest.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/electronic-beeps-in-the-office/#comment-341 I care. I think you'd be interested in listening to an episode of This American Life (one of my favorite public radio shows). In one of the acts, a man talks about mapping the world through all the sounds that go on around us.<br/><a HREF="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=110" REL="nofollow">http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=110</a> I care. I think you’d be interested in listening to an episode of This American Life (one of my favorite public radio shows). In one of the acts, a man talks about mapping the world through all the sounds that go on around us.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=110

]]> By: rumcreeters http://www.thelisteningblog.com/2008/10/electronic-beeps-in-the-office/comment-page-1/#comment-340 rumcreeters Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:25:00 +0000 http://ajtesttest.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/electronic-beeps-in-the-office/#comment-340 I care. I think you'd be interested in listening to an episode of This American Life (one of my favorite public radio shows). In one of the acts, a man talks about mapping the world through all the sounds that go on around us.<br/>http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=110 I care. I think you’d be interested in listening to an episode of This American Life (one of my favorite public radio shows). In one of the acts, a man talks about mapping the world through all the sounds that go on around us.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=110

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