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Psalm 139:13-16
- A web-delivered multimedia piece:
The music is microtonal. The
pedal tones are the folk/hymn tune Foundation in very long values.
Higher sounds have frequency ratios of 16 to the prevailing pedal ranging
from 16/16 (1/1) to 31/16. Spoken parts are from several English translations
of a psalm text. The words were digitally scrambled and re-arranged to
emulate their own linguistic patterns. The form of the piece is modular.
Eight second modules that match a given pedal were applied and re-applied
in a certain order over the life of the piece.
The music was created
with:
A Yamaha TX802 digital frequency
modulation tone generator
SoundDiver editor/librarian
software for Macintosh
BABLE - Basic Algorithmic
Babbling Language Emulator (Unix - web based)
Digital Performer sequencing
and digital sound editing software for Macintosh
(various effects processor
plug-ins)
The graphics were created
with: Macromedia Flash for Windows
Performed at: International
Computer Music Conference 2002, Göteborg, Sweden
(International Computer
Music Assocation)
Duration: 10
minutes 46 seconds. Set your screensaver to 12 minutes or more. On a Windows
platform the sound and visuals will probably be out of sync before it's
over. Works fine on a Macintosh.
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