July 4, 2009 – 10:42 am by John Keston
This deranged-lofi-noise-fest was extracted directly from my voicemail. I suspect that it was left by the same person who has left other strange voicemails for me in the past. In this case I have learned that the sound source was a guitar being played with a mobile phone as a slide while the same phone was leaving me a message. So, while the guitar produced the sound, the mobile phone was a slide, a microphone, and a recording device all in one.
Mobile Phone Slide Guitar
June 22, 2009 – 6:28 pm by John Keston
Okay. That’s enough of this sort of sound for the time being. A fitting end to the series though, eh?
End of Messages
June 21, 2009 – 6:17 pm by John Keston
This was captured from an automated message I received from the dermatologist. High-tech!
Have a Nice Day
June 20, 2009 – 8:20 pm by John Keston
The “for more options” line from the ubiquitous voicemail system.
More Options
June 19, 2009 – 8:12 pm by John Keston
More from the voicemail system.
Return the Message Senders Call
June 18, 2009 – 8:01 pm by John Keston
Once again my friend Chris has left me a curious voicemail worthy of sharing.
Weird Message Number 2
June 15, 2009 – 7:53 pm by John Keston
Another example of audio captured from the voicemail system.
Message Deleted
June 14, 2009 – 7:41 pm by John Keston
More audio captured audio from my phone’s voicemail.
Saved Message
June 13, 2009 – 7:28 pm by John Keston
Captured audio from my mobile phone voicemail system.
New Message
June 12, 2009 – 11:47 am by John Keston
Every so often I save certain voice messages. Usually because they are entertaining, strange, or sometimes infuriating. I eventually end up deleting them after a while. I decided to preserve this weird message from a friend who might identify himself after hearing this, because he is a regular reader and is also not the shy type.
I had not tried to preserve any sort of voice messages for a long time, remembering that it had been arduous process. However, I had purchased an adapter to listen to FM radio with normal headphones for my Sony Ericsson mobile phone. All I had to do was connect the adapter to the mic-in on my MacBook Pro and record away. I was even able to attenuate the levels via the volume adjust on the phone itself. Here’s the recording. I’ve left some of the sounds around the message in place to put it in context.
Weird Message
