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Irish webapp to recreate pub atmosphere at home

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Re: Irish webapp to recreate pub atmosphere at home

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Post by dasyatidprime »

nealabq wrote: post #48
conformist wrote: post #3

To recreate it more authentically, additionally dip an old towel into stout and frying oil and hang over a radiator.

I would add the smells of rain, wet wool, sweat and breath, and sawdust. Fragrance is so evocative and complex, but it'll be a while before we can call it up in our browser. I remember a Disney World hang-glider ride where they puffed cool humid forest-scented air in my face. That was a very effective ambiance enhancer. I also remember getting an Odorama card [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smell-O-Vision#/media/File…

A bit of short fiction (not mine) from 2007, on recreating experiences for those who are stuck at home: https://everything2.com/title/We+control+the+algorithms+for+....

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Post by amelius »

airhead969 wrote: post #50
platz wrote: post #37

Why not just use a real recording

Feel free to do the work to record a dozen stems to make it adjustable.

There are signal processing techniques to cleanly separate audio into different logical tracks, using an array of microphones. These techniques are used e.g. when recording concerts, but also to reduce echo and background noise in voice calls.

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Post by vram22 »

davide_v wrote: post #61

Funny that rain is part of the sounds :D. As an italian I'd never thought about adding it. Btw it's sounds amazing, but the sounds are a bit short in length and you can "feel" the repeating loop.

> Funny that rain is part of the sounds

Ireland. Rainy country. That's why, I guess.

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Post by Mediterraneo10 »

DrPhish wrote: post #72
skrebbel wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Creepy shit

Funny how we keep using technology to recreate dystopias. In this case, personal "flappers" ala Swift's Gulliver's visit to Laputa Can you imagine a world where politicians could have headphones tuned to cancel out non-approved voices 24/7? Protesters could camp outside offices and scream as much as they wanted to no avail

Isn’t this already the case? Legislative offices in some countries are eavesdropping-proof, so one would imagine that drowns out sound coming from the outside. Protestors these days are under no illusion that politicians are looking at them as they protest, rather their goal is to win over members of the general public walking by, and make a splash in the media that might then get the business world and politicians’ attention.

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Post by vmception »

DyslexicAtheist wrote: post #34
read_if_gay_ wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You forgot the piss.

also missing are girls crying in the loo and occasional muffled sounds of a fight unfolding outside

and the bathroom attendant in the guys bathroom not letting two guys go in the stall together to do cocaine, while getting berated by everyone in line about equality because the girls go in stalls together routinely
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