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Where to find party ambience (chatter, laughing etc.) sound recording?

neworder7 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:04:00 -0800

I am looking for a sound recording of a party ambience where many people are chatting, laughing - the kind of sound where you would expect to hear in a party, maybe about 15 minutes long. I found a good example of what I am looking for here . Except this sound sample is too short for me, I am looking for something like this one at least 15 minutes long. So when it repeats it is not easy to detect that it is looping. Excerpts from movies would be fine, if there are commercially available material I am prepared to make a purchase.

The reason I am looking for such recording is a long story. Here I try to explain:
I live in a noisy apartment, I get to hear people partying in their balconies. I used earplugs which helps but, the problem with earplugs is that I became more and more sensitive to noise. Because of this, I developed an irrational dislike towards sound that even low volume social chatter frustrates me.

The other day I read about Tinnitus Retraining Therapy where patients are made listen to random sounds similar to what they hear in their head so that patients perception of tinnitus is identified as "background" sound so ceases to be a problem. You can read about this therapy here which is a very good concise article that describes the how therapy works well.

It is also suggested that similar therapy might be useful for people with "misohponia" (dislike of certain sounds)

Some people may suggest just to move from where I live, they are absolutely right, I have considered that, but noise has always been a problem for me and I'd like to give this a try first, see if I can overcome myself (or end up in mad house because of this self experiment :) )

Your comments on my approach to resolve this problem is also welcome.

Thank you

Crank it up to 11.

backseatpilot — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:10:44 -0800

I have an idea for an art project involving sound but I'm stumped on the logistics. Help? In my spare time I'm an amateur photographer. Camera goes with me just about everywhere. However, oftentimes in my travels I find myself in the situation where what I am looking at is visually uninteresting to me, but the ambient sound is just awesome. I would like to capture that sound and "display" it in a similar fashion as my photography. Example - the sounds of hiking through a forest; crunching of leaves, birds chirping. People tend to ignore the ambient noise, but when I concentrate on it, it seems quite appealing and I'd like to share that somehow.

So the questions I have are many. Is there an audience for something like this? If so, how do I package a sound recording? With photography, I can frame it and hang it on the wall, and it's just *there* until someone cares to notice it. How do I do something similar with sound? Is there a venue online analogous to Flickr where I might share this sort of thing?

As you might be able to tell, this whole plan is very nebulous. So, any recommendations you have would be appreciated.

Can you recommend some ambient DVDs to me?

yoga — Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:17:25 -0800

Ambient dvds? So far I've found these. Other recommendations appreciated - I'm new to the concept. I'm looking for some mindless patterns - don't care if it has music or not. It's for a party, where it'll be projected on the wall, and other music played on another system. Most of what I'm finding is either fire or marine related. Maybe I should peruse the LSD section of the internets?!