Domestic Symphony: Why your dryer has a theme song

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Design, Music, Music Commentary, Arts

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Not long ago, our home appliances made nothing but abrasive beeps and harsh buzzes. In recent years though, these devices have started to chirp and sing with carefully designed tones and melodies. But crafting the "perfect" device sound takes skill, patience, and a lot of trial and error. Featuring Audiobrain Founder/Executive Producer Audrey Arbeeny, and Quiet Mark Founder Poppy Szkiler. Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced by ⁠Defacto Sound⁠. Subscribe on⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see our video series. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mystery.20k.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Support the show and get ad-free episodes at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠20k.org/plus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Dallas on⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠⁠, and⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join our community on⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reddit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can check out Audrey Arbeeny’s work at audiobrain.com. To learn more about Poppy Szkiler’s work, visit Quietmark.com. Check out Melissa DeGroff’s Youtube channel here. Visit monday.com/podcast for your free two-week trial. Visit zocdoc.com/hertz to download the Zocdoc app and sign up for free Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/domesticsymphony Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to 20,000 Hertz.
0:06.7	When we shop for a new home appliance, let's say a new washing machine or a dryer or a dishwasher,
0:12.7	we ask ourselves a lot of questions.
0:14.9	Things like, how much does it cost?
0:16.9	Does it come in different colors?
0:18.6	What features does it have?
0:20.1	What do the reviews say?
0:21.6	Does a refrigerator CRISPR actually do anything?
0:24.6	With so much to think about, it could be easy to overlook what the product sounds like.
0:33.6	For decades, thoughtful sound design and music was limited to the world of entertainment,
0:38.8	specifically movies, TV, and games.
0:42.1	Over in the world of manufacturing, sound design was almost non-existent.
0:46.5	As long as the product worked and looked okay, that was good enough.
0:52.0	Sound was an afterthought, if it was even considered at all.
0:58.0	Recently, though, that's all started to change.
1:00.0	In the last 20 years, as smartphones, laptops, and tablets became more common,
1:05.0	our home started chirping with carefully designed sounds.
1:12.4	But for the most part, our home appliances still just made noise.
1:21.2	In decades past, devices were limited.
1:25.0	It was a cacophony of noise.
1:27.2	That's Audrey Arbini.
1:28.9	I'm the CEO, founder, and executive producer of Audio Brain.
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