Summary: Addressing a joint Congress on Tuesday, February 24th 2009, President Obama called on American citizens and lawmakers to work together to confront the challenges of the economic crisis.
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The applause sounds like static, and in places where the applause overlaps with the president's speech -- his voice sounds bionic. This sounds very unusual.
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Posted on February 26, 2009 at 10:16 AM | Permalink
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Thanks for your comment. These are raw audio files which were somewhat compromised by the automatic gain control in a device through which the speech was recorded. We feel that the value of speech's content warrants attention in our "Featured Pieces" despite the sound quality.
Dave Brooksher
Posted on February 26, 2009 at 06:19 AM | Permalink
This audio is poorly edited.
The applause sounds like static, and in places where the applause overlaps with the president's speech -- his voice sounds bionic. This sounds very unusual.