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Rorys Workshop *
What we did Today we had a workshop with Rory, I like his workshops because of the creative freedom he gives to us. He had a big pallet on the floor and told us to make instruments to attach to it. I sorted by making a spring instrument, by drilling screws into pieces of wood…
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Radiophonic art case study *
Radiophonic art Radiophonic art is an innovative form of artistic expression through the medium of radio. It’s a platform for artistic expression and contemporary arts through broadcasting and radio. Case study: Daphne Oram “The lost world” (1965) Daphne Oram (1925-2003) is one of the central figures for the development of British experimental music, she was…
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Sonic narrative *
The human voice The human voices importance to radiophonic art plays a big role. The main features of the human voice in radio art are that it carries the meaning and emotional dissonance to emphasis the meaning of a script. The voice is an art form beyond written words, it can carry the rhythm of…
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Foley tutorial with Ed Baxter *
Tutorial I had some time to think about what sort of sounds I wanted to explore sonically during this tutorial with Ed Baxter on foley, we hired out the foley studio in UAL and learnt the ins and outs, specifically on the process of creating noise for visual cues. Getting used to using the studio,…
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Creative sound project introductions *
Introduction with Ed Baxter In this introduction lecture we went over the unit and what we would be studying. Ed talked about himself, he is the co founder of Resonance FM and Resonance Radio Extra. Resonance FM is the UK only 24/7 online digital broadcasting platform that focuses on sound art and experimental music. Resonance…
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Granular Sythasis
What is it? Its a sampling technuiqe that splits up sampler into grains. Which are typically 5 to 200 miliseconds, you can sythasise new sounds. The idea behind granular synthesis dates all the way back to 1946, when Hungarian-British engineer and physicist Dennis Gabor conceptualized the idea that you could create new sounds out of microsound…
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Trevor Wishart
Week 7 –Start reading Sonic Arts from Trevor Wishart and pick a line that you found the most interesting. Try to add your thoughts to it (such as why it resonates with you or if you don’t agree, form discussions).– talks about lattice structure of music form as classic notes and pitches. “Music as an…
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Reflective writing with Milo
Week 7 Context This week has been more productive for me. I have been putting a lot of my attention into the idea for my final soundscape. I have also have been looking for a job and have trail shift on Saturday so this week has been very productive for me. I planned to start…
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Reflective writing w Milo
Week 6 Context: This week I missed the Monday afternoon session about extended microphones techniques which put me in a state of confusion. Yesterday I went to a friends house and started to learn about some of the hardware you can use to create sound which was productive. I am still trying to download Ableton…
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Reflections on Graeme Miller’s Linked
week 5 This week we went to Leytonstone to look at Graeme Miller’s execution about the rehousing project that made over 500 people homeless. He used sound broadcasts to portray the people who used to live there, by following a map you can tap into these transitions and listen to the stories of the people…