Mark then took a section of these sound recordings and created a beautiful restful composition out of this raindrop pattern(to which I then edited digital animation and processed photos of raindrops).Īlgae Data ,was my first foray into a form of sonification, working with a Scientific Researcher looking at the impact of rising ocean temperatures on the reproduction of all important kelp or humble ‘seaweed’. We Notice Raindrops as they fall- a collaboration with composer Mark Pollard, originated from the sonfication of raindrop patterns- I took a recording of raindrops on a bitumen surface( at the train station early one morning) created the sonogram of a section of this recording and experimented with sections of this at vastly slower speeds that revealed the interesting patterns and even melodic like phrases once mapped to particular custom scales played with the inbuilt Celeste multi-sampler instrument. This can also be starting with an interesting visual texture ( such as Rock Sonfication example), conversion of text or scientific data, synthetic or acoustic sound recording and then seeing what I can turn this into or discover at vastly different durations and related or entirely different tonalities. Many of the tracks on my Ed Mundio Soundcloud account have been made as weekly practice responding to Naviar Haiku's, Haiku of the week- Often these tracks involve creating a complete soundtrack or short soundscape completely within the various rooms within Metasynth including mixing down in its Montage Room but more often than not I am more eclectic and less disciplined taking sequences from traditional daw output and re-synthesizing, effecting or completely translating in Metasynth and then often back to the traditional daw for further processing and finishing. A favorite technique is re-imagining ‘translating” some sort of organic source ( kotolute, sink-guitar, etc)in Metasynth somewhere in the process. Its non-hierarchical multi-sensory approach- any modicum or largesse of traditional music skills can beĪpplied but equally any morsels of visual art ,design, and even video editing skills are just as easily Metasynth instantly appealed to me for its (still 17 years later) novel approaches and flexibility and mostly for Metasynth and much has also featured the use of Artmatic and some Voyager visual and audio materials. Looking over my sound, animation and video work so much of it has featured I think this was about 2003 or 2004?(actually 17 years ago perhaps.) In its change over from version 3 to 4 in the days of a printed manual and beautiful little book. There is still so much to explore and hopefully learn and apply. Learn the less you know, the more you realise you dont know, is completely apt here! Of my main tool boxes? It is definitely over a decade. Trying to learn sound and music techniques using the software Metasynth as one Sometimes it's a little scarey how time flies: how long I have been making and
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