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>Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 17:31:50 +0000
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>Sender: UK acoustic ecology group <[log in to unmask]>
>From: johndrever <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Ringtones go wild - British Library Sound Archive Wildlife
>Collection goes mobile
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>Here is a new initiative that is going to be a fascinating addition to the
>soundscape, pasted from http://www.bl.uk/cgi-bin/news.cgi?story=1354
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>John.
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>Forty sounds have been sold to iTouch and Mobiletones, which are offering
>mobile phone users a range of recordings from penguins to pig grunts as
>ringtones. The recordings can be downloaded from the internet to the latest
>polyphonic mobile phones for a small fee.
>
>The British Library had been approached by a range of mobile companies in
>the past but did not allow its collections to be used until the technology
>was available. The current top of the range mobile phones provide far better
>audio quality than before.
>
>Richard Ranft, Curator of Wildlife Sounds at the British Library said: "We
>have a vast collection of wildlife sounds at the Library including British
>wildlife and more exotic birds and animals from the Amazon to the Serengeti.
>The British Library has one of the most important collections of wildlife
>sounds in the world and has been used in scientific research over the last
>forty years.
>
>We are delighted that these sounds are now being used as ringtones as it
>allows the British Library to reach a new generation and increases access to
>our collections.
>
>We have produced a range of CDs with bird sounds originally aimed at bird
>watchers and nature lovers but have found that they are used in doctors'
>surgeries for their calming effects. We hope people will find their mobile
>ring tones as relaxing."
>
>Mobile Sounds: Penguins colony, Lapwing calls, Green Woodpecker yaffle call,
>Tropical Boubou duet, Screaming Piha song, Amazon parrots calls, Manx
>Shearwater caterwauling, Fiery-necked Nightjar song, Redshank alarm,
>Chiffchaff song, Loons yodelling, Black-throated Diver yodelling, Mallard1
>calls male, Black-headed Gull calls, Desert Cobra attack, Colobus monkey
>calls, Cattle lowing, Barn Owl scream, Tawny Owl song, Great Spotted
>Woodpecker drumming, Cuckoo song, House Martin song, Blackbird song,
>Blackbird alarm, Sedge Warbler song, Chough calls, Greenfinch song,
>Nightingale song, Garden Warbler song, Canada Goose calls, Dawn chorus
>(stereo), Marsh Frog, Pigs grunting, Lions snarl.
>
>For more details please contact:
>For further information or to interview Richard Ranft please contact Bart
>Smith or Catriona Finlayson on +44 (0)20 7412 7114 or 7115 email
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>Dr John Levack Drever
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