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Spring - A
web-delivered multimedia piece:
The music is microtonal. The
4-tone bass ostinato continues throughout. Higher bell-like sounds
have frequency ratios of 16 to the tones of the ostinato, ranging from
17/16 to 31/16. Digital samples include Chinese monks chanting, various
national anthems, flowing water, and birds. The piece is in the form of
a passacaglia. Pixellated pictorial graphics resemble a slide show, preparing
the viewer for what happens to them at the end. Animated graphic motifs
correspond to certain layers in the sonic texture.
The music was created
with:
A Yamaha TX802 digital frequency
modulation tone generator
SoundDiver editor/librarian
software for Macintosh
Samples of digital sound
recordings
Digital Performer sequencing
and digital sound editing software for Macintosh
(various effects processor
plug-ins)
The graphics were created
with: Macromedia Flash and Arcsoft photoMontage for Windows
Soundtrack performed at:
The
32nd Festival Synthèse Bourges 2002, Institut International de
Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges, Bourges France
Duration: 6
minutes 37 seconds including credits (5:07 just the piece). Set screensaver
to 7 minutes or more. On Windows the sound and visuals may be out of sync
before it's over. Works fine on a Mac.
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