#sound project

[katieqnmr]

Samuel D doing some beautiful chanting for our sound project ❤️

[hugopaquete]

Organogram about the construction process of the project Dromology of Orbital Bodies, Hugo Paquete, 2019-2020. Tracking of satellites in real time to develop sound and musical compositions. Develop by Hugo Paquete at the ZKM/ Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe the Hertz / Laboratory in the music department. Germany. Author Hugo Paquete. 2019-2020.

[zojambresic]

Sci Fi instrumental OST made for Videogame Academy - Machina. Instrumental track with emphasis on synths and guitars, and with focus on storytelling.

All music & instruments written, performed and produced by me. Painting is oil on paper -  29.5 x 42 cm.   © 2017 Zoran Jambresic

[sheenaatbct]

Project 2: Sound Project

Part 2: Final Blog

So this is my instrument, it may not be the prettiest thing but it sure does make some cool noises. I started this project having no clue what I was going to do, I didn’t know enough and didn’t have enough time to learn to make something electronic, so I was limited to acoustic. I sketched out a lot of ideas, not knowing whether they would work or not. After realizing I had a large array of pencils, I decided these would be best to work with. I designed a few iterations around this idea and was able to decide on one after talking to Clint. The fun part came when I started construction. I tested out different materials to use and different ways to build it, to create my final product. Again, it may not be the prettiest thing, but I’m happy with what I did in four days. Now, I just gotta wait for my plane to take me to Wellington and have a great weekend playing the best sport in the world.

[belfryart1]

Visit Original Link

This is a W.I.P of the audio for my current college project: British Litost.

The project is centered around poverty in Britain, and specifically the idea of/ controversy surrounding ‘Poverty Porn’. As an installation, I intend to present this audio alongside gif animations, as well as include an interactive element that will gauge the reaction of viewers. This work includes sound clips from the 2003 BBC documentary ‘Wire Burners’, a BBC Newsnight Debate on the Chanel 4 show ‘Benifits Street’ and a piano rendition of the song ‘Bad Medicine’ by Lars Erik Fjøsne. I do not own these clips.

[quentinquaadgras]

25 --- CubeBuzz

The Cubebuzz is an innovative new instrument which is easier to play than a piano! With a set of 12 Cubebuzzboxes, they can be rearranged however you like and they can play every musical note. 

The Cubebuzzboxes are touchless, simply hover your hand over them in order to play a note. The note can be distorted depending on the distance between your hand and the top of a box. There is an on/off switch on the side of them and an LED power indicator. Behind the scenes

With me at the beginning of this week only having a basic understanding of electronics, the design and construction of the Cubebuzzbox was no easy task. I wanted to create at least three of them. I only managed to create two after encountering problems trying to fit and connect the components inside the box. The final touchless interaction is smooth and satisfying, much better than my idea of waving a magnetic stick over the box. For some reason, the two boxes make different types of sound. I don’t know what the exact cause of this is but I do know it has something to do with the much tidier internal circuit in the second box.

Future plans

Future features I would add include an audio output on the back of the device, volume control and a sound selector which can select which type of sound to play.

I am confident that a single Cubebuzzbox (constructed professionally) could be constructed for under $30. This means an entire Cubebuzz would be under $360 putting it at a similar price to other musical instruments.

[eldanbct]

The Grand Finale

Here is possibly the best performance you will ever lay your eyes on.

Sarcasm aside here we have our video of the performance. After thinking yesterday that it was very repetitive and boring to other groups giving this a re-watch it is actually eye opening and I am proud of The Choccy Milkmen for what we have accomplished all the way from props/visuals through to the execution to our instruments we came together to perform a pretty well improvised performance. 

Although the past 3 weeks have been hectic, I have probably enjoyed this past week the most working in a group with some great friends. What I have taken from this is that working with friends is great but possibly in smaller groups next time, majority of our group had great contribution to different areas of our performance, although it felt that we could have put more into our final performance, it felt lackluster in some aspect that I find hard to describe.

In the video it is hard to distinguish between Liam and I’s instrument due to the sound quality. Adding to that with Clint mixing the sound for us through I believe he may or may not of got both our oscillator sounds mixed up as I felt that throughout the performance one second my instrument would be almost overpowering then changed back to a very minimal sound. 

To fix this possibly a better variety in instruments in the electronic area? Max had his own sound, Liam and I was different in practice but in the performance it sounded similar when everyone was mic’d up on the same mixing board. Possibly if my sound was distorted again through ableton that could have been an easy fix. Except my laptop died this week so I had to work with what I had and get a temporary laptop in the meanwhile till I am able to assess what the issue is.

[taliabct]

Redundancy?

4/4/17

Today was the second studio session for our third sound project. There was still some prevailing “syncopation” happening within the dynamics of our group. The main concerns were:

The limited time frame

The limited range of instruments we had despite our large group

The large group size and making sure that everyone gets to have a role in the performance.

How we structure the sound performance to make it captivating and original.

Though we were all concerned about the same things to varying degrees, there was conflict in the different opinions on how we would go about overcoming each of those problems/constrictions. Eventually, through a lot of discussion and testing out both ideas to see which idea worked best, we came to a decision. Keeping with the film structure idea, we decided on a loose storyline to build upon which was someone being chased by an unknown threat. Not a very original storyline, but it’s quite easy to build the tension to it.

From my experience in drama and my love for physical theatre, devising and chorus work I suggested that we could use our vocals and body to add to the sound performance. E.g. whistling to mimic a bird, the sound of breathing, shh sounds to create the wind, tapping of the fingers to sound like rain etc… I think this helps to overcome the problem of the limited range of instruments by adding more ‘instruments’ to our band.

After mapping out the basic structure of the piece, we then decided as a group to split into two groups for each task to more effectively use our time. One group was to develop the supporting soundscape, and the other to start mapping out the instruments. I was in the former along with Bligh and Michael. We would then meet again during the session and combine what each group has created.

Now looking back, I’m not sure this was the best idea because as the two elements are so interdependent with one another, they should be developed together rather than separate. This became very apparent when the 3 of us heard the composition that the latter group had created. We realised that what we had been working on was quite complex and independent from the instruments and thus didn’t really work together. Of course it is obvious now, as how can you create a supporting soundscape if you don’t know what you are supporting yet?

As a result, I feel kind of redundant and almost removed. The second group created this amazing-as composition with the instruments that yes, I had contributed ideas to at the beginning, but had not helped create myself. It’s weird because I feel like I haven’t made a significant contribution to the group now that the soundscape Bligh, Michael and I were working on isn’t going to be as prominent as we thought. It also doesn’t help that someone in my group wants to use my instrument as a drum – which it works quite well as one – but that means I don’t have an instrument myself.

I am contributing in other ways such as I’m helping out with the face paint as part of the costume, and I’m going to see if we can get in some chorus work in with our bodies to make it also visually captivating. However, those aren’t as related to the actual creation of the sound performance so I am worried that what I’m doing doesn’t have hold much importance to the project and completely misses the Main Thing.

That’s just my emotional splurge on how I’m almost feeling a bit lost, like I’m letting the team down. Now, I could be totally blowing this out of proportion in my mind and maybe some sleep will cure that. Either way, tomorrow we still have a whole studio session to rehearse so there is plenty of time to contribute and help with the iterations which is what I plan to do.