Archive for September, 2006

Jug band ingenuity

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Terry Hennessy, instrument builder of the strange and wonderful, includes the Bb Army Boot in his repertoire. Brass, leather, copper and…humour! I love the iconoclastic and the irreverent. Thank you, Garth, for those horns!

 The Bb Army Boot by Terry Hennessey

Volcanic melodies

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

this BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Volcanic eruptions score melodies article is an interesting discussion of sonification of natural phenomina.

Amplifier Institute Failures

Friday, September 8th, 2006

more exceptional listening devices - you need to hold your tongue firmly in your cheek to improve reception :-) Amplifier Institute Failures

Acoustic Radar.

Friday, September 8th, 2006

The images in my last post came from the stearable horns from WW1 and WWII discussed on this site Acoustic Radar.

Unusual Devices

Friday, September 8th, 2006

Some assistance for hearing difficulties:

For ensemble
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for solo performance
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for those hard of hearing
goerz.gif

Rémy Muller - Ircam development blog - Open Sound Control

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

A bunch of interesting development work going on at IRCAM including approaches to mapping, gesture recognition etc Rémy Muller - Ircam development blog - Open Sound Control