Author: Hans Tammen

[Video] Meridian7, Peter Edwards, Denman Maroney & Hans Tammen, Phillip Stearns

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In this event at Church For All Nations, Meridian7 will perform an analog audio excursion that brings original telephone equipment back to life; Peter Edwards uses sound and the light to reveal different layers of complex electrical systems which are then manipulated by hand to create audio visual patterns; Denman Maroney & Hans Tammen celebrate their collaboration with a new work for hyper piano and live sound processing; and Phillip Stearns is exploring the physiological dimensions of electronic media reduced to their elementary components: light and sound. Continue reading

[May 29] Hybrid Instrument Group Performance

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The Hybrid Instrument Group explores and creates relationships between acoustic instruments and electronic music production and performance. Through experimentation with piezo microphones, a multitude of MaxMSP patches, and music production software, the group has built hybridized instruments that successfully process acoustic sounds into a new electronic dialogue. This evening showcases the group’s musical developments with hybrid instruments. Continue reading

[Video] Ligia Teixeira & Ivan Franco: Strings Of Thought #2

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A woman sits on a chair and from her head several strings emerge to form a network structure like dendritic trees of neurons. These cells generate electric signals based on potential voltage and the reaction to outside stimuli. Strings of Thought #2 is an interactive installation that invites the audience to explore and play with a musical meta-instrument and collaboratively create an intricate soundscape. Continue reading

[May 19] Ice Cream Time – Didkovsky, Dimuzio, PRISM Quartet

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The PRISM Quartet, composer/guitarist Nick Didkovsky, and sonic alchemist Thomas Dimuzio perform Ice Cream Time, an evening-length work by Harvestworks Sponsored Artist Didkovsky that uses electric guitar, an onslaught of saxophones, and real-time computer processing to explore the boundaries between human- and software-generated music. Didkovsky is best known for his work with Doctor Nerve, Fred Frith Guitar Quartet, and Bang On A Can, and for developing the computer music language JMSL. Continue reading

[May 18] Audio Object Design for Max/MSP

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This workshop introduces the fundamentals of audio object design for Max/MSP, and serves as a practical head start into Eric Lyon’s book Designing Audio Objects for Max/MSP and Pd. We begin by reviewing the architecture and basic functionalities of an audio object, viewed from the user interface of Max/MSP. We then consider cases where it would be advantageous, or even necessary to implement certain DSP schemes in C code, rather than as Max abstractions. Eventually the class will create two simple Max objects in C, one implementing a simple filter, and the other implementing sample-accurate timing. Continue reading

[May 16/17] Miah Artola: The Problem of Memory

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“The Problem of Memory” features the custom software: APE (Audio Processing Etcher), created by artist Miah Artola and programmed by Thomas Martinez. This processor generates video and effects based upon sound frequencies and amplitude. This is an interactive installation that addresses the ways cognitive response is triggered through set patterns until they are opposed. Microphones are provided to allow viewers to participate in generating and impacting the ongoing visuals. Continue reading

[May 15] Davic Nod (ReacTable): Imagining the Future

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Davic Nod presents a new work showing how things become true through our imagination. Combining various futurist visualizations regarding music and sound – the ideas of The Art of Noise by Luigi Russolo, the Creative Commons organization, the Freesound.org sound database and the ReacTable instrument, he designed an interactive piece of work intended for the audience to perform and experiment live, while being forced to be critical with the methods and formulas of the musical world we live. Continue reading