Sonic Time
How do musicians come together and improvise? Does synchronization occur at different scales? What kinds of rhythms emerge from this kind of play? How do musicians "get into it" and hit their strides in improvisation?
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Gabriella Isaac
Abstract
By changing the apparent acoustic response of a space (by live processing of audio), observe how performers adapt their joint or individual activity.
Motivating Questions
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Experiential Approaches
To investigate these questions at different levels, various types of musical ensembles will be invited to improvise together while researchers are active and present. By being in the same place as the experiment and working at the level of the musicians, the researchers may possibly be able to hear and feel changes in the dynamics of the ensemble.
Scientific Challenges
Overview
Challenge
The main challenge is to figure out way to break musicians out of their normal relationships to each other, their instruments, and their own modes of playing without completely destroying them.
Methods
Musicians with electric instruments (e.g. guitars, basses, keyboards) be directly plugged into the sound system at iStage and a microphone will be put on any acoustic instruments (e.g. drums, trumpet, voice). Certain audio streams will be delayed at various points throughout the improvisation session. Additionally, the pitch of the audio will be changed in order to "transpose" the musician's sound to a different key. Afterwards, the musicians will be interviewed and asked about the effects of the processing. The session will be recorded which will allow the musicians to retrace their session and recall the moments of intervention.
Technical
Sound will be processed and delayed through Max/MSP. The pitch manipulation will involve the use of IRCAM's SuperVP externals.
Challenge
The main challenge is to figure out way to break musicians out of their normal relationships to each other, their instruments, and their own modes of playing without completely destroying them.
Methods
Musicians with electric instruments (e.g. guitars, basses, keyboards) be directly plugged into the sound system at iStage and a microphone will be put on any acoustic instruments (e.g. drums, trumpet, voice). Certain audio streams will be delayed at various points throughout the improvisation session. Additionally, the pitch of the audio will be changed in order to "transpose" the musician's sound to a different key. Afterwards, the musicians will be interviewed and asked about the effects of the processing. The session will be recorded which will allow the musicians to retrace their session and recall the moments of intervention.
Technical
Sound will be processed and delayed through Max/MSP. The pitch manipulation will involve the use of IRCAM's SuperVP externals.
Overall Significance
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