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Sound studies and aural cultures : 1: introduction to audio papers
1: introduction to audio papers Preproduction: (how to start my planning) The pre-production phase of an audio paper is crucial for establishing a solid foundation. Begin by conducting thorough research on your chosen theme, just as you would for a … Continue reading
Week 27: Controllerism and Interactivity (Gareth Mitchell)
(Insert recorded audio) After this session I realized that the Korg Volca series offers a compact palette for sound exploration. The Volca FM allows me to delve into FM synthesis and create evolving timbres. The Volca Beats provides an analog … Continue reading
Week 25: Creative Synthesis 2: Analog Synthesis (Gareth Mitchell)
Time period Key Equipment Early Modular Synthesizers (1960s-1970s) Buchla Music EaseBuchla Modular Music SystemMoog Modular Synthesizers Semi-Modular and Monophonic Synthesizers (1970s) Minimoog ARP OdysseyRoland SH-1000SH-2000 Polyphonic Synthesizers (1970s-1980s) Polymoog Prophet-5 Jupiter-8Juno-106 Oberheim OB-Xa Example pieces: Core Techniques and Terminology: Subtractive Synthesis The process of … Continue reading
Week 24: Creative Synthesis 1 – Digital Synthesis (Gareth Mitchell)
The history of digital synthesis traces its roots back to the pioneering experiments with computer music in the 1950s and 1960s, such as the MUSICOMP and MUSIC-N programs which paved the way for early commercial digital synthesizers like the Fairlight … Continue reading
April 25th: Side A – Afro-sonics
During this lesson we learn about the Afro-sonics where is large sound style in African, it has special meanings such liberation. This also giving me some ideas that my essay could be developed into, due to the old history of … Continue reading
April 18th: Gallery visit
There are three different exhibitions and artworks we visit that day, the first one is The missing voice by Janet Cardiff. We have to follow the voice to find our direction, we view what she views and try to empathise … Continue reading
April 11th: Borders and migrations
Research resources Biserna, Elena (2017), ‘SoundBorderscapes: lending a critical ear to the border’, antiAtlas Journal, 2. Available at: http://www.antiatlas-journal.net/pdf/02-Biserna-soundborderscapes-lending-a-critical-ear-to-the-border.pdf (Accessed 8 May 2023). Brooks, Andrew (2020). ‘Listening beyond the border: self-representation, witnessing, and the white sonic field’. Law Text Culture, … Continue reading
March 14th: Sonic anthropology and autoethnography
In this section about ethnography, we learned about anthropology and anto-ethnography, where it is about human study and culture writing, where ethnography is how humans colonise places and study how native people behave, their culture and especially architecture. There are … Continue reading
Week 23: Sound Objects, Sampling and Music Concrète (Gareth Mitchell)
During this experimentation, I first started off by reviewing the reading materials and initially found it quite confusing. After some research and listening to sample pieces, the piece that I was most interested in was the musical concrete of Pierre … Continue reading