YouTube description: "Its sound is very soothing, plaintive and I think slightly enigmatic". Our co-principal oboe Katharina Spreckelsen explores the mystery of the peculiar looking baroque instrument,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 week 4 days ago • 166 views • 5:16

YouTube description: After being diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal brain condition known as Moyamoya, Jennifer Lee was forced to face her own mortality and consider the things in life she held... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 month 1 week ago • 583 views • 10:01

YouTube description: Follow along as Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to conserve and restore this icon of Ave Maria. This piece was likely created in a workshop... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 months 1 week ago • 412 views • 11:31

YouTube description: Behind the Scenes: https://youtu.be/3HABgm-UUi0 Download Skunkworks! http://www.audible.com/Smarter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION Check out Derek's video... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 months 2 weeks ago • 840 views • 11:21

(H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 months ago • 395 views • 8:35

YouTube description: For the past 30 years, Paul Francis has been crafting the perfect sound, honing his skills at a company that has been in the business of making cymbals for 400 years. Making cymbals... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 months 2 weeks ago • 824 views • 2:41

In the far north of Canada sit the DEW Line stations: "Distant Early Warning". Built in the 1950s, these were the sites that would have sounded the alarm if the Soviet Union ever attacked North America.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 months 2 weeks ago • 19 views • 2:59

YouTube description: Credits: Narrator/Director: Brian McManus Co-Director: Mike Ridolfi Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Footage of Hamburg Energy Bunker courtest of Perspektive... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 months 1 week ago • 922 views • 8:52

YouTube description: Huttese, Klingon, Dothraki—it’s all Greek to me. Just a bunch of sounds. Right? Not if you listen closely. Some of these constructed languages, or “conlangs,” pass as real... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 months 2 weeks ago • 543 views • 4:32

YouTube description: Reggaeton is one of the most popular music genres in the world. Its history is rooted in diaspora migration, censorship, poverty and the reclaiming of Afro-Caribbean identity. We... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 months 3 weeks ago • 700 views • 10:49

YouTube description: It’s an 1980s pop music cliche that dates back to 1910. If you listen to the first few seconds of Bruno Mars’ “Finesse” (hint: listen to the Cardi B remix) you’ll hear... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 10 months ago • 580 views • 9:26

Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield helps debunk (and confirm!) some common myths about space. Is there any sound in space? Does space smell like burnt steak? Is NASA working on warp speed?

posted by Mordhaus 10 months 4 weeks ago • 30 views • 11:33

Concorde had a cruising speed of 2,179 kilometers or 1,354 miles per hour, which was Mach 2 - twice the speed of sound. A New York to London flight would only take 3 hours, therefore making it much... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 51 views • 2:58

YouTube description: Hold on tight, because with a stabilised camera shot and a pair of sunglasses, you're about to see a video that works in both 2D and 3D at the same time. The technique's called... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,797 views • 3:31

YouTube description: "The wood makes the sound gentler and more... woody" Meet the flute that our principal Lisa Beznosiuk uses for playing Bach, Handel, Rameau and people like that.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 months 4 weeks ago • 714 views • 4:56

YouTube description: It's not your imagination; hold music on phones really did sound better in the old days. Here's why, as we talk about old telephone exchanges and audio compression. Thanks to... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 3 months 2 weeks ago • 407 views • 3:36

YouTube description: Brace yourselves, this video is about Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. (H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 2,468 views • 10:03

In this classic Sesame Street clip, we take a visit to the saxophone factory to see how the horn is made. Throughout, a delightful free jazz soundtrack acts as foley sound, instead of us hearing the (probably... continue reading

posted by BSR 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 58 views • 2:06