Week 5 Forum

Today our improvisation was slightly better than previous weeks. I still didn't have an instrument to play as I decided to scrap the idea of turntablism due to the fact that I would need to bring in my own DJ mixer. I don't really want to do this as one of my DJ mixers hardly works, and the other one that does work costs an arm and a leg.


[1] This lead to me experimenting with the Theremin for a bit, which annoyed everyone in the group, especially Ben. I played around on one of the synthesisers for
a bit and produced some interesting sounds, but really I don't feel our group has any kind of direction yet as to how we are going to perform later in the semester. [2]

To top everything off the fire alarm went off in the first 10 minutes of our sessions so really we only had about half an hour to do anything today. I really hope the next few weeks go better.

Our presenters for this week were Tim, Ben, Jake, and Will. Tim started off playing a tape piece he did in first year. Since then the course has changed so I haven't done this assignment. I have spliced tape before in my SAE course. I am glad we no longer do this in the degree because it is just a headache.
The sounds that Tim was able to create and manipulate were quite interesting. It didn't really sound like much of a composition but I still thought the overall sounds were interesting. [3]

Tim played a jazz recording also. I really enjoyed this recording, but that might be just because I love jazz. The production techniques were top notch. Excellent job Tim! [4]

Jake was next to play his piece. He played his Creative Computing piece, which was a musique concrete piece. His original assignment was mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound. I would really like to hear what it sounds like in surround. The stereo version, which is what we heard in forum, was still very good. It sounded quite scary actually and I think this production would be perfect for a movie or video game. Great job Jake! [5]

Ben was next and he played his Creative Computing piece from first semester. What was really interesting about Ben’s piece was that it was created using sounds created entirely by his own voice. He showed us some sample recordings of his voice that were pitched down and slowed down. These sounded really cool. I think his musique concrete piece sounded pretty good and there was a lot of variation despite only using one instrument. I especially liked the ending how it ended with a long vocal yell and then modulated in an effect. Awesome stuff! [6]

Will also played us his Creative Computing piece, a musique concrete piece. This piece, I thought, was very cinematic. It reminded me of a sci-fi movie or video game, which is what I think Will was trying to do. This piece sounded awesome. Great work! [7]

[1] Allen & Heath. ‘DJ mixers’, Allen & Heath. http://www.allen-heath.com/ahimages/hi_res/xone62_front_angled.jpg (Accessed 14th October 2006)

[2] Electronic Music Unit. ‘Studio 5’, http://www.emu.adelaide.edu.au/images/facilities/studio.3.jpg (Accessed 14th October 2006)

[3] Tape Center. ‘Yahoo’ http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/tapecenter/reel-reel-large.JPG (Accessed 14th October 2006)

[4] Tim Gabbusch. 'Music Technology Forum Presentation - EMU Space'. Lecture presented in the EMU Space, Electronic Music Unit, University of Adelaide, 24th August 2006.

5] Jake Morris. 'Music Technology Forum Presentation - EMU Space'. Lecture presented in the EMU Space, Electronic Music Unit, University of Adelaide, 24th August 2006.

[6] Ben Probert. 'Music Technology Forum Presentation - EMU Space'. Lecture presented in the EMU Space, Electronic Music Unit, University of Adelaide, 24th August 2006.

[7] Will Revill. 'Music Technology Forum Presentation - EMU Space'. Lecture presented in the EMU Space, Electronic Music Unit, University of Adelaide, 24th August 2006.

Week 5 Creative Computing

This is my first Bidule patch I created. The sound isn't particually great but I still need to get used to creating synths in Bidule.


Patch_mp3

Week 5 Audio Arts

This is the piano sound I created using Reason's Subtractor. I found this exercise really difficult. I think my end up result sounds like a piano but probably more so like a piano pad sound. I have an attached mp3 as an example and also a screen shot of Reason.



Piano_Example