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Thanks to you all for this *sound* advice. Ahem.
We did use an ambient noise detection device for an exhibit here. It
has been unreliable so I am not sure it is even still there.
Eric Siegel
Director and Chief Content Officer
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street
Queens, NY 11368
(718) 699 - 0005 x 317
www.nyscience.org
esiegel at nyscience dot org
On Jan 27, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Jeff Courtman wrote:
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> Ian - I'll take that as a compliment!
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> A quick Google for digital noise reduction turned up this:
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> http://tinyurl.com/at6od6
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> about 2K, another 1.8K for amp. I did find a plug in module made by
> TOA - less than a hundred dollars, but didn't delve into it to
> figure out if its convertible.....
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> I wasn't discounting the use of musik, only the ambient sound
> issue. Having said that, just stay away from stuff that is so short
> that the sheer repetitiveness will drive staff and volunteers - and
> some visitors, like me, nuts!
>
> Would be an interesting thing to test, too, wouldn't it? What
> percentage of visitors a) noticed the music and b)found that it
> impacted their experience.....
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