From: Marc Tooley bloopwave (bloopwave) (a t) (rune (d o t) ca)
To: (aethan) (a t) (bloopwatch (d o t) org)
Date: Mon Jan  4 12:55:14 PST 2010
Subject: Re: I have a new recording of The Bloop

The file itself is 2 megabytes in its original format.
(Un-resampled, so it's not audible without working on it.)

And, since lots of mailboxes have size issues, I've put the information up
at:

http://bloop.rune.ca/

(NOTE, 2013, Jan: THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED. This is not a monster. Just sea
ice. And the following sample was PROBABLY NOT the one they had sped-up on
the NOAA site. Also, stop hotlinking my site.)

Original Sample: 1997253230100_bloop_new.wav
Resampled+Timeshifted: 1997253230100_bloop_resampled.wav
Best I Could Do: mybloop_warbly.mp3

I've attached some spectrographs too to this note.








The noise itself is the more reddish upswing in the yellow parts at the
bottom of the spectrograph, and the arss_spectrograph.jpg is an invertible
conversion of the sample to graphical form that quite a bit more clearly
represents the noise as the lighter patch about 3/4 of the way from left to
right.

The sample itself is:

1997253230100_bloop: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM,
16 bit, mono 8000 Hz

I was disappointed to learn of the low sampling frequency. It will make
working with it difficult.

I have also attached an mp3 of the noise upsampled and filtered. The warbly
sound is a result of the upsampling, and is not because it is underwater.

If you wish to credit me, please use:

Marc Tooley bloopwave (a t) (rune (d o t) ca)

The original arrived in my mailbox on New Year's Eve, Dec 31 2008, from the
NOAA, as a result of communication with:

Fred Gorell
http://explore.noaa.gov/organization/fred-gorell

Christine Patrick (who sent me the WAV itself)
http://explore.noaa.gov/organization/christine-patrick

Please also thank the NOAA for being so willing to share their raw data.
They really do credit to the scientific community.

I do not know the name of the scientist who sent along the sample for the PR
folks to forward to me. That nameless scientist gave me a wonderful New
Year's present back then, and I am very grateful.

Sincerely,
Marc Tooley

On Monday 04 January 2010, aethan (a t) (bloopwatch (d o t) org) wrote:
> Hi, Marc. I'm updating BloopWatch.org, and I'd love to host this. If
> you need to mail this to me, or email it, or something, let's work it
> out. :)
>
> - Andy
>
> > I've been trying to reconstruct something worthwhile out of the
> > sample the NOAA gave me, but I don't have the computing power to do
> > so. (The tool I'm using is the unfortunately-named:
> >
> > Analysis & Resynthesis Sound Spectrograph
> > http://arss.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > But again, my computers are too wimpy to do any actually useful
> > noise reduction.)
> >
> > My recording appears to be one different from the Bloop recording
> > on the NOAA website, but..  I did actually receive it on New Years
> > Day, 2009, in response to a direct query. I have no reason to think
> > it's a fake.
> >
> > It's just beautiful if not. Wonderful stuff.
> >
> > So how do I get a copy to you? It's about time you did some sort of
> > update, and I promised the NOAA I wouldn't keep this sample to
> > myself.
> >
> > The notes from the NOAA people themselves (including names) are
> > also available as evidence the sample is genuine, for those
> > skeptics who want to follow-up.
> >
> > Take Care,
> > Marc