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The Mystery of the Woman's Voice in the Air Conditioner Sound
TLDR A man named Halen investigates a strange encounter in his basement when he hears a woman's voice looping on his white noise app, leading him to discover the origins of the air conditioner sound and the woman behind it.
Timestamped Summary
00:00
A man named Halen has a strange passion for air conditioners and experiences a terrifying encounter in his basement when he hears a woman's voice.
04:03
A man named Halen hears a woman speaking in a foreign language and realizes that the sound is looping on his white noise app, leading him to investigate who the woman is and how she ended up on the app.
08:59
The co-founder of Healing.fm, Adrian Rich, explains that he got into the relaxation app game to help himself relax and meditate, and that a lot of thought goes into picking the sounds for the app, including mixing different sounds together and considering different preferences for beach sounds.
12:55
The Sleep Sounds app gets its sounds from a company called Pro Sound Effects, which provides sound effects for various purposes such as video games, apps, and movies.
17:01
The air conditioner sound with Japanese women talking faintly behind it was recorded as part of a movie by a company called Soundstorm.
20:54
The host contacts a former sound editor from Soundstorm who still has a copy of the Soundstorm library and can potentially find the original file of the air conditioner sound.
25:41
Michael Dressel, a former sound recordist at Soundstorm, recorded the air conditioner sound while working on the movie Triple X in Prague, and he shares his experiences of growing up in East Germany and his journey to becoming a sound recordist.
29:53
Michael Dressel clarifies that the sound recorded in Prague was not an air conditioner, but rather an event from a kitchen or something similar.
34:29
The podcast episode concludes with the hosts thanking the production team and mentioning where listeners can find the show.
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