Environmental CD Recommendations - Tiki Music

T Tiki-bot Member Joined: Jun 24, 2002 Posts: 1345	T Tiki-bot Posted posted on Tue, May 31, 2005 4:16 PM I've bought a few environmental CDs over the years and this has me interested, too. I did a quick search of Amazon and found a couple of interesting possibilities. This one has an unnaturally thourough review - I wish all reviews were like this guy's: http://tinyurl.com/9etx4 It sounds pretty good from the little snippets you can listen to. I know exactly what the reviewer means about the big animals. I'd rather hear them off in the distance, not right up on the mic. With some simple audio editing software you could do as he suggests and cut out or tone down the loud, grunting beasts, then burn it back to CD or just run it from and iPod or computer. You could also get a CD of nothing but tropical bird sounds and overlay bits of it here and there. This doesn't sound too bad either, but the reviewer complains of the same loud animals: http://tinyurl.com/cfnsa Enviro CDs can get reeeeaaally cheesy, can't they? One of the funniest I came across is "Jazz Wolf"! Cheesy synth, sax and howling wolves. Must be heard to be disbelieved: http://tinyurl.com/cc2ge I own a CD called Tropical Dawn that's not too bad. Can't find it on Amazon - got it in the cheapy bin at Amoeba. It sounds more like Amazon jungle noises than tropical, though, with lots of that cheesy ocean noise that sounds more like truck tires on a gravel road. Here's a couple more with potential: http://tinyurl.com/aovov No sound sample to check out, but the reviewer says it has the sound of a distant lawn mower in it! Figures, since it's "A Week in Hawaii, Vol. 5: Island Jungle". This one is supposed to be pure jungle sound effects (more Amazonian than island tropical). Plus, it's got the sound of the Sand People yelp at the end of the listening sample!: http://tinyurl.com/8pa94 Let me know if you find anything good, MT. Tiki-bot [ Edited by: Tiki-bot on 2005-05-31 16:17 ]

I've bought a few environmental CDs over the years and this has me interested, too. I did a quick search of Amazon and found a couple of interesting possibilities.

This one has an unnaturally thourough review - I wish all reviews were like this guy's:

http://tinyurl.com/9etx4

It sounds pretty good from the little snippets you can listen to. I know exactly what the reviewer means about the big animals. I'd rather hear them off in the distance, not right up on the mic. With some simple audio editing software you could do as he suggests and cut out or tone down the loud, grunting beasts, then burn it back to CD or just run it from and iPod or computer. You could also get a CD of nothing but tropical bird sounds and overlay bits of it here and there.

This doesn't sound too bad either, but the reviewer complains of the same loud animals:
http://tinyurl.com/cfnsa

Enviro CDs can get reeeeaaally cheesy, can't they? One of the funniest I came across is "Jazz Wolf"! Cheesy synth, sax and howling wolves. Must be heard to be disbelieved:
http://tinyurl.com/cc2ge

I own a CD called Tropical Dawn that's not too bad. Can't find it on Amazon - got it in the cheapy bin at Amoeba. It sounds more like Amazon jungle noises than tropical, though, with lots of that cheesy ocean noise that sounds more like truck tires on a gravel road.

Here's a couple more with potential:
http://tinyurl.com/aovov
No sound sample to check out, but the reviewer says it has the sound of a distant lawn mower in it! Figures, since it's "A Week in Hawaii, Vol. 5: Island Jungle".

This one is supposed to be pure jungle sound effects (more Amazonian than island tropical). Plus, it's got the sound of the Sand People yelp at the end of the listening sample!:
http://tinyurl.com/8pa94

Let me know if you find anything good, MT.

Tiki-bot

[ Edited by: Tiki-bot on 2005-05-31 16:17 ]

Post #162572 by Tiki-bot on Tue, May 31, 2005 4:16 PM