AM and RM, they do not fill me with joy. Devoid of ideas to complicate the basic patches offered us, i simply complicated the level of modulation by adding more modulatory units. Yep, sound gets more complex, fecked if I know how you find real sounds in that mess though, I grouped the monster together, added the values and wave types to the parametres box and hit random a whole lot (occasionally deviating and altering values manually, half the faders did not seem to affect the sound at all). Some vague hints of real sounds revealed themselves, a wave that could be a blowfly buzzing if it were a little less white noise like, i tried. The airplane sound reminds me of the sound of the airplane in sonic three, run sonic run. Using the RM patch (similarly modified with a heap of extra modulator units) I stumbled across this swell which could almost be the sea, if I just could have slowed it down a smidge more and gotten rid of the thump. In the interests of creating spaces, I ran this signal through to independent delays and panned the results hard left and right, with more patience and tweaking, I probably could have made something of this. The other two sounds are nothing narural, the second to last sounds like a living machine, the last thing just sounds cool. The plogue patch Music to your ears, I promise

Audio Arts week 7

Roland synth SH-5 superior to the Juno 6 and Jupitor four in terms of sound composition yet still infuriating. This synth leant itself to the composition of sound a little more readily than its brethren by means of a built in mixer that allows users to kill of various components (allowing me to hear what individual things are doing....as to if this is really helpful, I don't know). Trial and error of knob twiddling, fader pushing and switch flicking helped me arrive at a point of malleable noise that could be construed as the sound of the ocean. But, I could not for the life of me get rid of the percussive thud at the sound of each cycle, nor could I make the sound oscillate up and down (just up, or down). One can't help but day dream of the custom built software synth and its adaptability. Some more twiddling yielded wind sounds (albeit vary imperfect) and and almost convincing bird chirp, then another, more convincing, ambient sort of wind sound. As to the great scope of other real world sounds, I do not think I even came close. But I am sure that has more to do with my inability to control the synth than the synth's short comings. I await digital simulations. My sounds Ok, these sounds are not 100%, I suppose with a little automation in the post production, maybe the odd fade in or envelope, they could suffice (imagines getting rid of the thump in the wave simulation with a fade in)

Audio Arts week 6

Not as fancy as a video game or a furby but i think this is a product that has benefited from interaction design. The singing washing machine: What - washing machine Where – the household when – when ever you want to wash your clothes who – is the man in the yellow cape? A sound map of the interactive response of the washing machine when commanded to complete a full cycle on a small load using cold water. The washing machine responds with a variety of beeps when it is being set to wash. Pressing the button to select the water level will prompt beeps pitched in correspondence with, a higher beep equals more water. A similar correspondence occurs in relation to water temperature (though there is no way really to create a response sound reflective of water temperature in the same way that one can reflect quantity). Pressing the 'go' button provokes a conclusive downward run of 5 semitones (somehow landing on a perceivable tonic tone). The process of putting on the washing has effectively yielded a short, simple ditty thanks to the innovation/sense of humour of the company's sound designer, through clever sound design, a household chore has been made slightly less mundane. Needless to say, when the machine is finished, it emits a call consisting of 2 notes a third apart (from low to high) incessantly until you relieve it of its contents.

Audio Arts week 5

Ed Osborn, of Finish origin, his childhood included activities such as smuggling art out of the soviet and participating in Quaker religious ceremonies involving prolonged silence. Having learnt to listen to tiny sounds during these, Ed studied composition, taught electronic music, played in an all ski band and raced motor cars before full time dedicating himself to audio art. More info including short movies of a whole bunch of his installations go here: Ed Osborn This installation combines two elements, audio and visual. The visual element consists of specially designed metal speakers (each shaped a little different from the last), the audio element consists of music composed using translations of the shapes from image to tone. The varied shapes and subsequent composition seeks to explore subtle variations in image and sound. This piece relates to sound design in the way that it creates an immersive space which will subject its occupants to a premeditated experience intended to explore a physical aspect of the world, (the name for this piece comes from “a biological term that refers to the graded sequence of differences within a species”1)

Team work?

Does anyone need a partner for the weekly exercises? I sure do. Maybe we could combine forces for world domination (or music concrete composition...)

Weak fore

So, according to a promotional site for some particular brand of yoga, these pure emotions mentioned in forum are as follows.... beneath the explanations are some sounds that I think could express these emotions Shringara Love Romantic love, more broadly speaking family and friends love. According to Indian mythology Male and Female energy used to be one entity then it decided to play a game of hide and seek with itself. Ergo we have 'romance', the embodiment of this game. Life exists purely for the enjoyment of this emotion You know what, I got no idea what love sounds like! Hasya Joy While this may manifest itself as humour it is at its best, joy that exists for no apparent reason. A major chord of course, preferably played on a piano Adbhuta Wonder Curiosity, mystery embracing your own ignorence The sound of a cartoon lightbulb turning on Shanta Peace Calmness, relaxation can only be achieved at the highest level of meditation/yoga induced relaxation. An ambient pad Sound of a garden on a Summer day Raudra Anger Irritation, stress through to full blown fury. A good thing to try and control, express it but do not exact the punishment. Someone bowing a violin badly Cats fighting Veera Courage having perfect control of the body and mind A note on a trumpet played well Karuna Sadness The conversion of sadness from being sad for oneself to being sad for others (compassionate). Opening chord for Rei's song (Neon Genisis) Bhayanaka Fear Product of the imagination Howling wind Vibhatsa Disgust Depression, self-pity the ego that has forsaken its kingdom. Ads for mobile phone ringtones/misc

Logical sure

This task is old news to me as I learnt all this basic logic stuff last year. Alas, I could not find any of my old programming efforts so I wasted some time knocking up some imitation Cure (boys don't cry). Mostly used step entry with the exception of the solo line which I recorded in (lost patience with step entry by then). Used the Ultrabeat VI for the kit, VI samples of bass and clean electric guitar for the other 3 parts. Needless to say, no guitar sounds available to select sound anything like a guitar so I made some lame attempts to disguise this on the solo line using EFFECTS. Ended up using compression on the drums too, worked pretty shmick. "I Can't Believe it's Not" Boys Don't Cry Oh yeah, after like an hour and a half solid of programming, Logic crashed, but not before making an emergency save of my work, what a considerate program.