Traditional / experimental practice

Unseen Creatures · The Mosquito's Duet

The flight tones of the yellow fever and dengue mosquito, at real speed: the female at 400, the male at 600 Hz. They match not at the fundamental but at a shared harmonic of 1200 Hz: the female's third and the male's second harmonic. First each alone, then the shared harmonic, then together; unmatched male tones play alone. The timbre of the wingbeat is representative. Not a recording: a representative synthesis built from the measurements in the sources. There is no claim of any effect.

5 minNo headphones neededEvidence level S: Soundscape, no claim

Liner notes

Bed: Brown noise, Pink noise
Strikes: Call ×3
What do you hear?: bright · continuous

5 layers, 2 sound engines; generated on this device every time it plays.

How is this sound made?

Brown noise−33 dB
Pink noise−43 dB
Call−26 dB
Call · buzz, 4 calls, 392-400 Hz
Call−26 dB
Call · buzz, 7 calls, 588-640 Hz
Call−28 dB
Call · pure tone, 1 calls, 1,200-1,200 Hz

Reverb: room, 16% mix

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S · Soundscape, no claim

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