Having been inspired for some books and texts, investigations, and my visit to 180 Studios I have started to experiment with different techniques, always trying to find this important relationship between the technology and our studies. Here I will show you some shorts videos with line-in audio recording of course, experimenting with different techniques and devices that have arisen from my most recent research.
Coding: Making Visuals with Pure Data
Following my installation at Gallery 46 and my recent research in creating visuals in Pure Data with the ad-on library Gem, I keep making investigations in order to improve my skills in this field and possibly I will use these techniques during the third year. In this case, I’ve used a new object called [pqtorusknots] with which we can create complex geometrical forms; I have also researched the Midi compatibility in PD and I’m controlling the rotation and some other parameters in the visuals with a Midi controller, as well as some parameters of the sound at the same time. I have also combined this with some drones coming from the modular synth.
Combining a Cassette player and an old portable console.
In this experiment I wanted to combine some obsolete media devices in order to create a sonic composition. I’m using the cassette player with a pre-recorded melody that I created with another synth; the cassette tape is going to add some warmth and vintage feel to the sequence as well as the iconic noise sound when pressing play or stop. On the side I will use an old Nintendo 3ds with a special software from Korg called ‘DS-10’ which tries to imitate the classic modular synth Korg MS-10. I achieved some kind of synthetic wind sounds with it, and I also manipulated it with a FX pedal, Electro Harmonix Oceans 12. I also added some background sound with the modular synth and I’m mixing everything in the Tascam Model 12.