It may also be related to the rushing sounds of the womb, allusions to which are supposed to soothe fussing babies. Next time stick it on speakers for Junior. Perhaps there is a deeper, neurological, pattern recognition related reason; the brain relaxing into pure white noise wherein there is no risk of stimuli that provoke fight/flight responses? i've started to carry a recorder around with me all the time and snapshot soundscapes as well as photographs. I'll post more if there are any of great interest.
I really feel like sound plays a much larger role in our lives than we tend to give thought to. The sound of a place can give us a sense of how large or how small it is and the kinds of things that inhabit that space. For example, the quiet of a forest is much different than the quiet of a meadow and the quiet of a suburban street is different than that of a city street. I also periodically record soundscapes so I'd be interested in hearing from you.
Please do post more. Having both audio and photography from the same scene would make for a really cool #combopost.It may also be related to the rushing sounds of the womb, allusions to which are supposed to soothe fussing babies. Next time stick it on speakers for Junior.
-absolutely, it is one of the 4 "S"'s: shushing, swaying, sucking and swaddling that are proven to calm even the fussiest newborns.
Here's another possibility.... http://holometer.fnal.gov/faq.html "What does holographic noise sound like? Holographic noise is purely "white noise": it has the same amplitude at all frequencies."