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AV Systems – AM, FM, etc.
This weeks assignment included the following:
a) implement additive, AM and FM synthesis using the sin wave code as a starting point.
b) using additive synthesis, create the most harmonious, beautiful sound that you can. think about using multiple sin osicllators, with various levels of volume. Be very, very, very careful not to clip your sounds (ie, scale the volumes so that they add up to less then 1.0). Use many oscillators.
c) using additive synthesis, create the most evil, terrible, cacophonous and dissonant sound. Again, take care about volume levels.
d) try to see what the limit of your computer is by adding as many sin oscillators as you can together. how many can you put into the app with out it skipping. take care about the volume of each osciallator.
e) using any synthesis technique, attempt to recreate these tones:
http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/sound/dial_tone.mp3 http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/sound/ringing.mp3 http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/sound/cappuccino_machine.mp3
f) make music ! try to transcribe a song (turning the notes into frequencies) and play it via code. And / or, try to create a sequencer that allow you to compose music by controlling some parameters of synthesis over time. then, create some music with this tool.
here is a video of each item, and below are links to the source code:
a1. Additive Code
a2. AM Code
a3. FM Code
b. most harmonious code
e. most terrible code
d. too many oscillators code (got up to 360 oscillators before error messages)
e. match tones code
f. world’s worst keyboard keyboard code
Posted in 2011 Spring, Audio Visual Systems
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Artist Statement
With a focus on the experiential, my work is concerned with providing situations based in sound. In my work, I address the modern phenomena of ubiquitous information, human interaction, differing environments, the shrinking of physical public space that has become unavailable and less visible, and the consequences of people’s actions becoming more and more severe. [...]
Posted in 2010 Spring, MSC2010
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Physical Computing – Assignment 2
We were provided the following 3 schematics to do for homework: Here is a video of me demonstrating these 3 assignments: We were also asked to draw our own schematic that incorporates a light to voltage converter and a transistor (I used a NPN) and then build that schematic. Here is the schematic I put [...]
Posted in 2009 Fall, Physical Computing
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Assignment 2 – Analysis and Reflections
Here is my analysis and reflection for the 7 in 7 project:
Reading Reponse – Houde/Hill "What do Prototypes Prototype?"
I really enjoyed the idea that more finished-looking prototypes may surface early in the design process and unfinished-looking prototypes may surface later in the design process. An interactive environment may be modeled in a computer in very accurate way early in a project, but a very rough estimate of this interactive environment created physically with [...]
Reading Response – Buchenau/Suri "Experience Prototyping"
A major contributor to the success of the company I worked for prior to coming to Parsons was the use and emphasis on user experience and user feedback. The company provided a web-based automated publishing system for financial services companies, and this system incorporated content management tools for legal, marketing, and financial groups to manage [...]
Reading Response – John Cage "Silence"
Reading this reminded me of the book “Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn. One of the major things I remember from that book was the idea that you don’t need to remember everything that you have gone through or experienced. It’s just as (or more) important that you went through a particular experience than it is to [...]
Major Studio – Assignment 2 – G Major (7 of 7)
Here is the seventh of 7 songs I did for Assignment #2. This song was in G Major with a BPM of 2. This screen shot is of the Max patch where I pulled my BPM: Here is the song with video documentation of the performance:
Major Studio – Assignment 2 – F Major (6 of 7)
Here is the sixth of 7 songs I did for Assignment #2. This song was in F Major with a BPM of 103. This screen shot is of the Max patch where I pulled my BPM: Here is the song with video documentation of the performance:
Major Studio – Assignment 2 – E Major (5 of 7)
Here is the fifth of 7 songs I did for Assignment #2. This song was in E Major with a BPM of 5. This screen shot is of the Max patch where I pulled my BPM: Here is the song with video documentation of the performance: