sound file index: sound threads & weavings created from recorded fragments. experiments in generative command line sox audio sequences
sound factory
experiments in generative sound
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notes on process
My work explores free improv, chance, discrete & continuous tonal sets, and various means of algorithmic / generative sound production.
The machine / tools I use range from the cello (the fretless, infinite between), found sound, voice, metallic objects, breath, reed & tube, piano, fretted string instruments, the web audio API, recording / mixing software, & other command-line & coded (text-based) tools.
I have played solo & in ensemble as a free-improv musician. These years included live performance & recorded work. My studio work resulted in collage-like albums & soundtracks for film.
I then embraced a chance-infused, ever-churning, generative web environment for creating sound from small fragments of recordings (artifacts) and sine wave frequencies. This freed me from the constraints of proprietary, software mixing tools. It lent a free-improv feel to the clang. I also liked the sense of creating an infinite renderer of drawings & sound ::: a constant mill ::: a never-ceasing weaving / flow.
This work is/was available both online & in cross-sensory installations.
This generative, web (often networked, relational) environment could be difficult for long-term installation and for producing fixed-form work samples. The sound factory tracks below are early experiments in creating chance-infused, fixed-form sound threads (directly creating mp3 files). I use a mix of Bash shell scripts, node.js, and calls to Sox audio commands.
At the core of this research is an investigation into score & archive ::: an algorithmic code (a score) generates & documents ::: performs its (legible) text. There is often a nested structure ::: a layered set of code creating next-step code to infuse a degree of chance into the resulting sound and/or animation.
You can listen to random samples on the jukebox or can access each research session by clicking on the raw sound links below.
I am drawn to prolificacy ::: (an electric eternal photosynthesis) ::: an endless pouring ::: in the face of existential world conditions (I find this, for example, in the work of Hanne Darboven). I love the "tinkering" (her word) of someone like Laurie Anderson. I am inspired by the endless, creative, free-improv flow of musicians such as Cecil Taylor (see also the vertigo, the word-rivers of: César Aira). The deep-listening practice of Pauline Oliveros has had a profound impact on my ability to listen.
Samples of my previous, free-improv work can be found at: my portfolio ::: sound drawings page.
library of sounds
click on links below to access specific sound files sets
- bagpipeclick_1642430760765
- bagpipeclick_1642440127604_reverb
- bagpipegeese_1642540197224
- bagpipegeese_1642544355579
- bells_1641154791797
- bells_1641156761716
- bells_1641158678233
- bells_1641168192025
- bells_1641364677934
- bells_1641414219320
- bells_1641425203204
- bells_1641438415313
- bells_1642203078267
- bells_1642210858556
- bells_1642213868038
- bells_1642260396520
- bells_1642262997265
- birds_1642603749824
- birds_1642603998443
- birds_1642604245480
- birds_1642607468266_noreverb
- birds_1642610817045
- birds_1642611519582
- birds_1642612928493
- birds_1642616153675
- birds_1642618058359
- bowedmetal_1642016672026
- bowedmetal_1642017844851
- bowedmetal_1642024753472
- bowedmetal_1642028529850
- cisterncello_1642032757835
- clapping0_1642466532407
- clarinetgeese_1642632637353
- clarinetgeese_1642637239897
- clarinetgeese_1642638703933
- clarinet1_1642264733797
- clarinet1_1642265309104
- clarinet1_1642266249363
- clarinet_1641945358522
- clarinet_1641967490502
- clarinet_1641968730764
- clarinet_1642000720841
- clarinet_1642009493913
- clarinetnotes_1642826731930
- coffepot1eminor_1641572853780
- crow1_1641579043340
- crow1_1641580694631
- crow1_1641582014050
- crow1_1641582532380
- crow1_1642453229839
- crow1_1642455699016_sparse
- icebowedcymbal_1642009781889
- icebowedcymbal_1642010199811
- icebowedcymbal_1642011285503
- icedbowedvibes_1641489730425
- icedbowedvibes_1641492707613
- icedbowedvibes_1641495642737
- icedbowedvibes_1641507315525
- kantele_1641584721365
- kantele_1641586026204
- knocking_1642270912733
- knocking_1642272279035
- knocking_1642282509441
- magsSessionClips_1642819712640
- magsSessionClips_1642828898857
- magsSessionClips_1642887228879
- magsSessionClips_1642887851539
- mctbreathing0_1642450121600
- mctvox1_1642879261078
- mctvox1_1642879779084
- mctvox1_1642880311146
- mctvox1_1642881403819
- mctvox1_1642881919567
- mctvox1_1642882458785
- mctvox1_1642883319589
- mctvox1_1642885025800
- mctvox1_1642885476291
- mctvox1c_breathing_1642446349848
- mctvox202001_1642111712241
- monksfromouterspace_1642874564485
- monksfromouterspace_1642875279195
- monksfromouterspace_1642875893496
- piano_1642467725007
- piano_1642473335982
- rubbedpianoharp_1642042988557
- rubbedpianoharp_1642043746480
- rubbedpianoharp_1642096253276
- scraping1_1642360460526
- submarineecho_1642358385333
- submarineecho_1642358863850
- surf_1642459954418
- t0_1642558125511
- therider_1642878010306
- thunk_1642380627951
- thunk_1642380994758
- thunk_1642381354283
- tones_1642908446369
- tornadosiren_1642126693800
- tornadosiren_1642128519202
- tornadosiren_1642201741108
- traffickcorebirds_1642285251826
- traffickcorebirds_1642290689967
- train1_1642274773572
- train1_1642275561343
- typewriter1_1642279885300
- typewriter1_1642281130126
- typewriter1_1642282024551
- typewriter1_1642283540547
- weatherradio1_1642276158852
- weatherradio1_1642277246573