It's like playing an instrument - I can't tell you what the mathematical
relationship is since I don't know the filtering in audiomulch in terms of
that. It's all highly adjustable - you set up networked components to
produce whatever you want, and most of the components have numerous
parameters. I listen to it, and this is what I wanted. I haven't worked
conceptually as you do; it's not that much of interest to me - what is,
for me, is the ability to improvise through these frameworks.
- Alan
On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, mwp wrote:
I can hear that the guitar and computer parts are related, -- except for
ion3, which I will have to listen to again more closely. What I don?t hear is
how the pitches in the computer part are derived from what the guitar is
doing. It clearly isn?t a tonal relationship, and it doesn?t sound random;
it?s more more like the computer is generating sum and difference tones off
of the guitar part or something, -- that?s what I was asking about. If the
explanation is to be found in the Roads book, I?ll definitely be checking it
out. Reading about the topic of microsound on the Net makes me realize that I
never really followed up on a fascination I had with Xenakis? granular
approach to tone generation some 10+ years ago. Definitely something I intend
to return to, now that I have the tools to produce such sounds fairly easily
within Matlab.
m
On Dec 9, 2005, at 9:44 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote:
They're all produced directly with audiomulch (which you can also use live)
- there's no overdubbing. The theory behind at least some of this stuff can
be found in Curtis Roads' Microsound (MIT) which I highly recommend. The
notes really are in relation to the input, although I can see where that
might be difficult to see...
- Alan
On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, mwp wrote:
Yes, I remember these pieces and have enjoyed listening to them again. I?m
fascinated by how the computer is determining the pitches from the playing
(in real time, I suspect, which is amazing). It doesn?t sound like there
is any tonal relationship to the notes on the guitar. Is it some kind of
ring modulation that's affecting which notes get picked, or is it
something else?
Ion3 also doesn?t seem to have the same derivation as the others. It
sounds like you are improvising to a previous recording of yourself, with
only the computer part retained in the recording, -- or is it more
complicated than that?
m
On Dec 9, 2005, at 6:41 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote:
http://www.asondheim.org/ion2.mp3
http://www.asondheim.org/ion3.mp3
http://www.asondheim.org/ion4.mp3
http://www.asondheim.org/whit.mp3
- these are a few but these are fairly primitive - I can put up others if
needs be - Alan
On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, mwp wrote:
I think Audiomulch is Windows only, so that puts me at a disadvantage.
Still, I'd like to hear what it can do. Do you know of anybody's work
that demonstrates its capabilities? Do you have any pieces that use it?
thanks,
M
On Dec 9, 2005, at 2:28 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote:
you absolutely gotta get to the audiomulch stuff, it's 50 i think but
well
worth it, might be less and i think there might be a trial period
in any case this is hardly unbearable, quite easy to listen to -
On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, mwp wrote:
HeyBullGod
2005
http://www.kunst.no/bjornmag/mpphp2004/MPDiv01x2005.mp3
[3MB mp3 audio file]
This is still in a very early phase of my investigation into the
sampling, decimating and repeating of short blocks of appropriated
audio. As such, it may be a bit more UNBEARABLE than usual, so be
forewarned! In the future, I am looking to vary the rhythm more, open
up the sound with more silences, etc. but this gives you a pretty good
bare-bones idea of what is to come. . .
mwp
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