Re: [microsound] Recordings of steel plant/demolition

[Steven Ricks <stevericksmusic@xxxxxxxxx>]

Any chance you could email me an mp3 clip of the stereo mix?  I have class
tomorrow (Thurs.) at 10AM, and it might be nice to share it then, since
everyone's getting underway.  If not, no worries.

SR

On 10/31/07, Javier Areal Vélez <indiscipline2@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>
> Hi steve,
>
> last year I made an installation consisting of a room full of demolition
> debris on the floor. when people walked in some contact mics detected their
> movement and triggered processed audio from demolitions (not big explosions,
> but sounds of hammers hiting walls and other ambient sounds I gathered from
> a museum wich was being remodelled).  the amount of noise that the person's
> steps generated determined how loud and dense the triggered sounds would be.
> also, the acoustic sound of the real footsteps taking place in the room
> mixed very well with the speaker's output.
>
> the idea was to work this sounds of destruction situations with similar
> destructive processes. ie, the sound of a wall breaking was itself being
> broken using a max patch that shuffled it, cut it, etc. so conceptually it
> was decided that the DSP to be used consisted on a small amount of vary
> basic proceses.
>
>
>
>
> if you're interested in this I could send you some pics and audio (it was
> quadraphonic but i've got some stereo mixes.)
>
> bye!
> javier> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:12:28 -0600> From:
> stevericksmusic@xxxxxxxxx> To: microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject:
> [microsound] Recordings of steel plant/demolition> > Hi,> > I working on a
> group composition project with some students--we are creating> original
> electronic works inspired by a photography exhibit that chronicles> the
> demolition of a steel plant. I'm in search of field recordings of steel>
> plants in operation and/or demolition of buildings, more as a source of>
> inspiration than actual material that will be used. Any>
> tips/suggestions/ideas?> > -Steve> www.stevericks.com
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