Difference between revisions of "Ritualistic Performance System Research"
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− | I built a simple looper patch in Max to start manipulating and listening to field recordings from my recent sound hunts. Lately, I've been interested in machine sounds that have similar qualities as sounds from nature. | + | I built a simple looper patch in Max in order to start manipulating and listening to field recordings from my recent sound hunts. Lately, I've been interested in machine sounds that have similar qualities as sounds from nature... like how cars sound similar to the ocean, or certain electrical resonances sound like cicadas and crickets. |
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audio test -- [http://ssherriff.com/index.php?/---projects---/audio-test] | audio test -- [http://ssherriff.com/index.php?/---projects---/audio-test] |
Revision as of 19:01, 15 April 2018
Goal: To create a ritualistic performance system using spacialized audio signals and real-time video manipulation. Ritualistic performance system to consist of water-based video controller and gestural audio looper and controller.
Background:
The performance system is part of continued research in creating an audio/visual experience combining spatialized field recordings, the voice, sensors, video, and software. In its current iteration, I plan to work with water and conductive tape utilize proximity sensing as a way to incorporate real-time changes to video content. For the audio, I plan to use a series of natural and machine-made sounds alongside some other more musical components. I also plan to continue working with a performance mask with an embedded microphone and sensors.
WK1 -- Brainstorming + Testing
Water sensor to control visual content Mask to control aural content
Performance Site -- Listening Room Okay to burn / use scents? Dry Ice? Max capacity in Listening Room?
To do:
Bare Conductive Touch Board + Water Sensor Testing in Max Arduino code + upload to Touch Board Max MSP/Jitter + Touch Board testing Add water sensor input to video mixer patch Collect Field Recordings Fire / Machines / Energy Facility / Electrical Drone Sounds
WK2 -- Testing + Collection
Water Sensor Testing in Max MSP/Jitter [1]
I managed to get data into Max from the Bare Conductive micro-controller. After a few minutes the microcontroller seems to get overloaded and freezes. If I reload the Arduino code onto the board data starts to work in Max temporarily. This issue seems fairly consistent. My laptop also seems to be having trouble processing video and receiving data at the same time. The latency of sensor data into Max is painfully slow while video is running. Sensor response is proficient with no video processing.
I will need a new laptop. This is not a surprise.
Readings:
Keywords in Sound, Chapter 15, Resonance, by Veit Erlmann Keywords in Sound, Chapter 17, Space, by Andrew J. Eisenberg The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment & the Tuning of the World, by R. Murray Schaffer, Chapter 12, Symbolism
To do:
Research options for new laptop (2015 Macbook Pro) + Stanford support Mask controller into Max MSP/Jitter Build simple looper w/ adc Test Teensy + MIDI Edit field recordings
WK3 -- More Testing + Collecting
Simple Audio Looper Interface for Testing | Max MSP/Jitter + MIDI Controller --
I built a simple looper patch in Max in order to start manipulating and listening to field recordings from my recent sound hunts. Lately, I've been interested in machine sounds that have similar qualities as sounds from nature... like how cars sound similar to the ocean, or certain electrical resonances sound like cicadas and crickets.
audio test -- [2]
Readings:
The Great Animal Orchestra, Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places, Voices from the Land, by Bernie Kraus The Sound Book, The Sciece of the Sonic Wonders of the World, The Most Reverberant Place in the World, by Trevor Cox
To do:
Purchase 2015 Macbook Pro Mask controller into Max MSP/Jitter Test Teensy + MIDI SLAC audio recordings Visit Listening Room Create composition map