Week 1

The first week of Audio Arts we spent time going through the course objectives. There wasn’t much time spent in Studios 1 and 2 (the primary studios for first semester). The main point that stuck in my mind was to make sure I don’t take any food or drink into any studio spaces or the computer labs. [1]

In Creative Computing we spent most of the time exploring the Electronic Music Unit (EMU) website. This was new for 2006. I had spent some time before the lecture reading about the different studios for this year. The studio that particularly interested me was Studio 3. This was mainly because of the different keyboards and midi controllers and the electronic drum kit inside the space. I look forward to spending time in all the studios. [2]

Robert Minard came to speak to us about his life experience and career in music technology. This was our first forum session for the year. Robert taught me a lot about the industry. In fact, I had never even heard of Sound Installation at all before this session and had no idea that this was practised by anyone. I found it interesting to hear about his travels to Germany and how he had spent time promoting his work in various different countries. I found the sound installations fascinating, especially the way he mixed the natural environment (like plants and water) with speakers to produce musical sounds in a natural environment. [3]

[1] Christian Haines. 'Audio Arts Lecture - Studio 2'. Lecture presented at the Electronic Music Unit, University of Adelaide, 28th February 2006.

[2] Christian Haines. 'Creative Computing Lecture - Audio Lab'. Lecture presented at the Audio Lab, University of Adelaide, 2nd March 2006.

[3] Robert Minard. 'Music Technology Forum Lecture - Schultz 1004'. Lecture presented in Schultz level 10, Electroninc Music Unit, University of Adelaide, 2nd March 2006.