God's Cricket Chorus (sample)

Jim Wilson & David Carson - God's Cricket Chorus (1992).

The story behind GOD'S CRICKETS.

This unusual recording contains two tracks:
1. the natural sound of crickets chirping
2. the sound of the crickets slowed down to match and mirror the length of the average lifespan of a human being.

The angelic chorus you hear accompanying the sound of the crickets is NOT a synthesizer or a chorus singing. It's the crickets themselves (slowed down) creating the effect. Really an amazing thing they've accomplished here. This recording can be played continuously in the background to create a natural soothing atmosphere for calming and healing.

This recording has been created by Jim Wilson.

This recording is an extended digitally remixed and mastered version taken from the original 1992 recording entitled "Ballad of the Twisted Hair" from the album "Medicine Songs" by David Carson and Little Wolf Band produced by Jim Wilson and released on Raven Records.

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Music

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• new age

[NPC919]

Everyone just shut the fuck up and listen.

[ltgerbilmuffin]

@alyrljt777 Yes, audacity can do that too. I did it. It still doesn't sound like the recording. I then sped up this recording and tried to see if it would sound like cricket song. It sounded like cricket song with a sped up chorus thrown in. Clearly what's in this track is legit cricket song slowed down, but then with soupy sappy happy tunes thrown in on top to placate the new age morons. Actual legit cricket song slowed down by a factor of 8 or so actually sounds really cool and haunting.

[CleanFun625]

Please take into consideration that the people who slowed the crickets down had very high-tech equipment. Also consider the pulsations in just one cricket churp. If you slow down the vibrations of the churp you will discover alternating/quavering octaves of sound. If you slow it down to 1/100 or so, as it is said they did with this recording, then you would get an amazing sound, and one not easily reproducible on amateur equipment. :)

[baloney720]

I just downloaded Audacity after seeing this video to see for myself. I recorded chirping crickets from another youtube video for 20seconds. I then slowed it down to -80 and yes I can tell you it sounds just like this, but it isn't different sounds coming together to make a beautiful song like in this video. I believe all the sounds on this video are crikets but mixed to make a nice song.

[thechurchofdave]

@minimonkey252 I grew up and worked in film all my life. I am pretty sure I have held cameras in my hands which are worth more than the house you lived in. I was also a Hollywood union sound recordists in the old local 695 sound guild so I understand what you are trying to say but it is not a reasonable assumption.

All I did was tests to see how close it is and it's not close at all. Of course my tests would sound better with better equipment but the fact remains. Crickets only make clicks.

[RosariaDF]

I first heard this on a meditation tape and it changed a lot of things for me. It made me realise the natural state of existence without thought which is praise. Praise for the World is all around and it's beautiful. Thanks for posting.

[d0md0mt0mt0m]

@slinger3104 Probably slowed it down more than that. It was ridiculously slow and didn't sound like a choir at all.

[alyrljt777]

@ltgerbilmuffin Actually there is definitely a way to speed up and slow down "tempo's," if you will, without changing the pitch... DJ's use it all the time to match songs up with the sam BPM's (Beats Per Minute) so they fit together! Don't remember what the programs are called but I think one is called Melodyne (sp?)

[yldann23]

I was glad to see that Churchofdave and aC1dxN1gHtM4rEs experimented with it and didn't just take it as truth without testing. I was also glad to see that they were able to duplicate the experiement at least to some extent. I don't have the know-how to do it myself, and thought it was a beautiful piece of music - but I but I did think the claims of its origins should be checked out - and it seems to have held up to experiment. Nothing wrong with questioning, keep up the good work, and thanks.

[ltgerbilmuffin]

Fake. Completely fake. Ok. A human lives about a thousand times longer than a cricket (Cricket lives about 4 weeks, human lives about 70 years). Take a track of crickets chirping. Use something like Audacity (it's free, Google it), and slow it down by a factor of 1000 (use "change speed" at -50 percent ten times). What do you hear? Nothing. Why? Because the pitch is too low for your ears to hear (and probably too low for your speakers to play). Pretty music, but don't lie.