Notes for “What Does the Web Say?” #hewebMI
I’ll be presenting “What Does the Web Say? Thinking about Sound on the Internet” at HighEdWeb Michigan in Ann Arbor on May 22. Here are the supplementary materials for that presentation.
Download my “audio slides.”
Audio used in the presentation:
- “Small Sacrifice” by Aaron Rester
- “Radiolab,” Season 12, Episode 4: “Black Box”
- “Modem_gesamt.wav” by schluppipuppie
- “Ironic” via Midi Galaxy
- “Charles Guiteau” by Aaron Rester
- iOS system sounds
- Facebook Notification Sound
- FindYourWayToOz.com
- Start-up Presentation: Soundcloud
- Le Web 2011LeWeb 2011 Alexander Ljung, Founder & CEO, SoundCloud
- Freesound.org – “Silent Movie – Sam Fox – Hurry Music.wav” by FreqMan
- Freesound.org – “16mm Film Reel” by bone666138
- Soundboard: R2D2
- Soundboard: Star Trek Transporter & Doors
- Freesound.org – “PongGameSounds.wav” by mickdow
- Bioshock 2 – Launch Trailer – Xbox360/PS3
- webaudio.prototyping.bbc.co.uk
Additional sites to explore:
- Web Audio API
- Chrome Experiments – Audio
- Google Night Walk
- The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie
- Soundcloud.com
- Freesound.org
- UPDATE: Notre Dame’s Alumni & Friends site (h/t Erik Runyon)
- UPDATE: http://youarelistening.to/ (h/t Chase Masters)
Further reading:
- Smashing Magazine, “Designing With Audio: What Is Sound Good For?” by Karen Kaushansky
- Wired, “The Web Is Too Quiet. It’s Time to Pump Up the Volume” by Clive Thompson
- The New Yorker, “A Video Game That You Can’t Even See” by Laura Parker
- “Future of Sound on the Web” by Johan Belin
- Sound on the Web – the invisible other half
- Songs of Diridum: Pushing the Web Audio API to Its Limits