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composing electronic music – a new aesthetic, by curtis roads
“Composing electronic music – A new aesthetic” is a new book by Curtis Roads to be published in July (update: that’s for the printed version, because the ebook is already available, at least at google play) which promises to be offer “new theory of composition based on…
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lissajous
Lissajous is a complex audio/video signal generator built in Max/MSP and inspired by the work of Jules Antoine Lissajous. The software shows sound oscillations as XY matrix functions and creates complex graphics curves. Lissajous graphically describes sound and allow observation of constantly varying signal voltage…
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tipping point
Kathy Hinde’s music merges machinery and natural stimuli to create stunning sound and visual aesthetics. Her music and visual art grows from a partnership between nature and technology. Her sculptural sound installation, Tipping Point, invites us to consider our relationship with water, and the necessity…
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Field Recording: Okarito kiwi
Great field report from Tim Prebble about his journey to Okarito, New Zealand to record kiwi sounds. If you know anyone from New Zealand you will have likely heard the colloquial use of the word ‘kiwi’ – the kiwi is our national bird, and what a…
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implosion chamber
High frequency sound waves propagate through a water-filled cylinder, prompting naturally diffused air bubbles to implode. While tracing the motion imparted by sound waves, these implosions are accompanied by shock waves, jet formations, temperatures as high as are found on the Sun, and conjecturably, even…

