Klarinet Archive - Posting 000550.txt from 1997/11

From: "L. BORCHERT" <lborcher@-----.Edu>
Subj: Re: Masking (was CD sound...)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 23:56:24 -0500

Mark,
I too am amazed at the breadth of knowledge from the various
people on this list. The "isolators and maskers" you refer to, thought,
remind me of the comedy bit that Garrison Keillor had quite a few years
ago on Prairie Home Companion where the "Mistake Retractor" (I don't
remember the exact term) deleted out the squeaks from a clarinet solo
performance. The end solo was just a few notes, ending on a (f) tonic
chord. I realize that this probably doesn't sound too funny to read
about, but was hilarious to actually hear. Does anyone have a recording
of that bit? It's not on any of the previous compilations I have heard
from Prairie Home Companion?

Laroy

Dr. Laroy H. Borchert
Professor of Clarinet
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Mark Charette wrote:

> Our (my) job was to create a sound from the entire set of major
> machinery that approached white noise by using <censored> isolators
> and <censored> maskers (I have no idea what's been declassified
> in the last 18 years).
>
> As a by-product, we were able to predict bearing failure and
> impeller life on pumps via acoustic properties. Sometimes from
> miles away.
> --
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