Sounds of Titan

Tormod · 01-15-2005

I see that ESA has released the first recordings made by the tiny microphone onboard Huygens.

Sounds of an alien world
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM85Q71Y3E_index_0.html

The first one is rather interesting to listen to (sounds from 1,25 billion kilometers away!) - the second has only noise from the onboard equipment if I understand the comment on the page correctly.

Killean · 01-15-2005

Hmmm. At first they sound like nothing more then distortion. I just applied a noise filter to the landing sounds and increased the volume. I hear a continuous sound much like a beeping from onboard equipment. 30 second sample below.

Killean · 01-15-2005

Just filtered the nominal decent. It sounds like a horror track. I again hear a buzzer except it is different from that of the after impact, and in continues to beep without any pause. Other then that and the slight static, there are a couple of REALLY strange noises at the very beginning and in the middle which sound like record scratching/warped saw/yelping (whichever is most useful as a reference). Check it out!

Tormod · 01-15-2005

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Originally Posted by Killean

I hear a continuous sound much like a beeping from onboard equipment. 30 second sample below.

Wonder why they would have anything that beeps on a probe that noone will ever hear?

Tormod · 01-15-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Killean

Just filtered the nominal decent. It sounds like a horror track.

This is great. I'll see if I can use this in one of my songs.

I wonder what the scientists will find - I think the full recording is over two hours long.

Bo · 01-15-2005

i wonder what they where expected to hear anyway...

Bo

Tormod · 01-15-2005

They wanted to listen for electromagnetic stuff - lightning and thunder.

Killean · 01-15-2005

Two hours? Yikes that must be one large file.

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Tormod said:
Wonder why they would have anything that beeps on a probe that noone will ever hear?

Best guess I can come up with is that they had those on there during the test phases of the probe to make sure the process was working, and just thought that removing or disabling them before they sent it off was pointless.

Tormod · 01-15-2005

This explains it:

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/SEMMK30A90E_0.html

infamous · 01-15-2005

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Originally Posted by Bo

i wonder what they where expected to hear anyway...

Bo

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Tormod Hypographer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 12,944 Blog Entries: 4	Sounds of Titan I see that ESA has released the first recordings made by the tiny microphone onboard Huygens. Sounds of an alien world http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM85Q71Y3E_index_0.html The first one is rather interesting to listen to (sounds from 1,25 billion kilometers away!) - the second has only noise from the onboard equipment if I understand the comment on the page correctly. __________________ Your Friendly Neighborhood Administrator Want to sponsor Hypography? Buy a print in our Fall 2008 Benefit Sale Found a problem? Report it in our Bug Tracker Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. - Carl Sagan

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Killean Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: ウィニペグ, カナダ Posts: 735	Re: Sounds of Titan Just filtered the nominal decent. It sounds like a horror track. I again hear a buzzer except it is different from that of the after impact, and in continues to beep without any pause. Other then that and the slight static, there are a couple of REALLY strange noises at the very beginning and in the middle which sound like record scratching/warped saw/yelping (whichever is most useful as a reference). Check it out! __________________ -神恵「争い」癒す Hypographyのネットワーク管理者 "All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream." -Edgar Allan Poe

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Bo Understanding Join Date: May 2004 Location: Groningen, netherlands Posts: 372	Re: Sounds of Titan i wonder what they where expected to hear anyway... Bo

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Tormod Hypographer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 12,944 Blog Entries: 4	Re: Sounds of Titan They wanted to listen for electromagnetic stuff - lightning and thunder. __________________ Your Friendly Neighborhood Administrator Want to sponsor Hypography? Buy a print in our Fall 2008 Benefit Sale Found a problem? Report it in our Bug Tracker Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. - Carl Sagan

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Tormod Hypographer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 12,944 Blog Entries: 4	Re: Sounds of Titan This explains it: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/SEMMK30A90E_0.html __________________ Your Friendly Neighborhood Administrator Want to sponsor Hypography? Buy a print in our Fall 2008 Benefit Sale Found a problem? Report it in our Bug Tracker Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. - Carl Sagan

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