Week 4: London Fashion Week

This week i went to some shows for London Fashion Week, and i took some voice recordings.

I was interested in how easy it was to understand what you were listening to, whether you could guess where it was taken, and also to take sounds from somewhere i wouldnt usually go.

I took a recording of the queue, and compared it to the sounds i took from the restaurant. They are both extremely similar (conversational sounds).

I asked two people to listen to the two different recordings and identify which one was eating, and which was queueing and they both got it right (although with a test this sample it could just be luck).

Perhaps it is because the sounds in the eating area are 'closer together' and louder so you imagine a legrer density of people. This lends itself to an eating area rather than a queue. I never would have thought that this small differences in the depth of the sound would affect your reaction to it. This needs to be considered when making a sound journey.

I also took a recording of the runway before the show started and titles it 'fashion buzz'.
The sounds are very slightly different due to the different size and shape of the room.

http://audioboo.fm/boos/290756-fashion-buzz

I also took some recordings during the show, which were peppered with on-screen videos and of the clips explicitly says that it was 'london fashion week'.

This clip is of a video clip and includes some of the fashion show music.

It sounds like a TV advert or feature. Towards the end it sounds like a hairdressers advert. It could be a clip from MTV, although the tinny sounds lend themselves to a larger room.

http://audioboo.fm/boos/290770-fashion-show-cont

http://audioboo.fm/boos/290771-fashion-music

I looked up room accoustics here: http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/roomacoustics.html

It really interests me, and i wonder if it would be possible to play the same sounds in different environments and be able to guess what kind of room/space the sound is in.