{"id":2476,"date":"2009-07-08T19:54:41","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T23:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/?p=2476"},"modified":"2009-07-08T19:54:41","modified_gmt":"2009-07-08T23:54:41","slug":"sonar-illuminates-the-sounds-of-a-blind-x-perience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2009\/07\/08\/sonar-illuminates-the-sounds-of-a-blind-x-perience\/","title":{"rendered":"SONAR Illuminates the Sounds of a 'Blind X-perience'"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be somebody different? To walk the proverbial ‘mile’ in someone else’s shoes? One organization, based in Hong Kong, is giving visitors an experience they could have never imagined!<\/p>\n

Four years ago, David Begbie (DJ by preference) and the CrossRoads Foundation<\/em> began an interactive crusade to\u00a0educate the well-off on the life challenges of the less fortunate by placing people in simulated ‘Life X-periences.’ With props and sound effects, Begbie recreates the\u00a0plights of living in a third world country, battling a deadly disease, walking the streets as a prostitute, and more.<\/p>\n

One X-perience in particular,\u00a0guides visitors around darkened rooms\u00a0where sound and touch are the only senses they can rely on. Aptly named, the ‘Blind X-perience’,\u00a0the visitors feel for props and listen to\u00a0sounds of\u00a0an African\u00a0village. At the center of these X-periences is Cakewalk’s audio sequencer SONAR<\/em>, delivering a series of sound cues for\u00a0the different scenes.<\/p>\n

Take a look at Pro Audio-Central’s<\/em> article on the CrossRoads Foundation’s Life X-periences<\/a> to learn more about this\u00a0enlightening exhibit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be somebody different? To walk the proverbial ‘mile’ in someone else’s shoes? One organization, based in Hong Kong, is giving visitors an experience they could have never imagined! Four years ago, David Begbie (DJ by preference) and the CrossRoads Foundation began an interactive crusade to\u00a0educate … <\/p>\n

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