The sound of an MRI
23 January 2008, 12:49 pmSurprisingly musical! Reminded me of both Copying Machine Music and Symphony for Dot Matrix Printers. Two scanning routines were reminiscent of the bridge of “Won’t Get Fooled Again” — the end, right before Moon’s two massive fills and Daltrey’s epic scream. The best section had one head (presumably) making a witchita-witchita sort of noise at a constant pitch while another syncopated head climbed up a scale at interesting intervals, creating some cool overtones.
. . .not that I’d want to listen to it every day, mind you.
1) next time hopefully they let you take recording equipment in
2) may there never have to be a next time!!!!!
Hope you’re doing better and that the results turned up nothing interesting, particularly nothing Keith Moon related, for gawd’s sake.
I got myself all worked up for my MRI, but it ended up being kind of an adventure! As long as the earplugs were firmly in place it wasn’t too bad–still a bit loud, but yeah–oddly musical. It was like transmissions from alien planets or something. And then, in my case, there was the pill I was given to reduce the anxiety associated with being in a tiny space. I can understand why they prescribe exactly ONE of those pills. I’ve never considered myself the addictive type, but that stuff could turn anyone into an addict.
Apparently the fact that I didn’t mention anything more serious than my impressions of an MRI’s musical properties wasn’t an adquate disclaimer … so if you know me and I made you nervous with this, don’t worry overmuch. It’s not nothing but it’s minor and the prognosis (knock on wood) is good, and I have followup care scheduled.
..and unfortunately I think the nature of an MRI pretty well precludes putting most recording gear — certainly any I could readily get my hands on — inside it while it’s operating.