So this mic thing got me thinking of all sorts of strange things (coming from a mind that knows nothing about microphones)… So if a really good microphone makes a recording sound better, does a recorded cd make a musician sound better than they really are? What about on stage? Does a really good mic make a singer, whistle, etc, sound better than it would otherwise? Maybe all some of us need is a really good mic. 
Okay, all joking aside. That mic thing is a bit tricky. Avanutria’s idea on posting more than one sound clip of the same whistle might help some. What kind of mic, recording program, etc, used could be noted along with the clip. So what kind of mic would make for a realistic recording? What else could effect the sound of a simple scale? The main idea here is to get a general idea of what the whistles sound like; perfection is only a secondary, wishful, hopeful, someday goal.
Of course, the best thing would be if I could eventually get recordings using the same mic, etc; whether there were some people who used the same recording stuff, and/or I had some recording stuff and was able to arrange recordings with various whistle owners, perhaps if they were in town at some whistle gathering, or I was in their town. Of course, that could take a long time to, and would be off in the future a ways until I can manage to get the equipment. I can hear my husband now… “You want to buy what so you can do what???” I’m slowly getting him to accept that maybe having more than one whistle is a reasonable thing. The rest of what I would like to do is going to have to wait until I can get back to Utah and get a job. Then, there will be a bit more room in the budget for justifying the purchase of said equipment, and, um… more whistles. 
A whistle review board is good. However, I wouldn’t want to reinvent that wheel seeing as there is already that sort of thing going on at sessioneer.com and Dale’s reviews here at Chiff and Fipple are really good to. I have yet to find a site for just comparing whistle scale sound clips, though if there is such a site I would love to know about it.
44 mandolin clips! There must be a mandolin version WhOA out there to. Oh the perils of being infected with both (or more ). I’ll stick with whistles. Listened to about a half dozen of the clips. Some there was not really a difference, but with a few there was a bit of difference. I don’t know a lot about mandolins. But I do know there is a really big difference between how my Clarke Original sounds and how my Sindt sounds.
Tinkering with webpages is a hobby of mine. Very relaxing. Combining two things I love, whistles and webpages, sounded like fun. But, ya know, that’s just me…
Of course, if there are only a very small handful of people who think this would be fun it might not work. There would have to be enough interest to generate enough sound clips to make it work. What good is a website if no one else really cares of it’s existence? What’s the fun if there is no one to share the fun with? Perhaps I should just construct the site anyhow and see what happens.
CyberPLAY a whistle online? Cool! Someone out there had better get busy inventing!
Thanks for the feedback! There are still lots of you out there who have yet to comment, so please keep your thoughts coming…
