Nicolas Garnier of Comoda created a beautiful video that uses my pieces, Sky Blue Waves.
I love it. I am also very fascinated with this collaboration, because Nicolas found me on Soundcloud, and asked my permission to use the piece on his video. Nicolas and I never met in person, but I think we make a good team!
Sky Blue Waves is a track in Overundertone released by NOREMIXES.
Singaporean Crosswalk was inspired by my trip to Singapore in 2010. The sound of the traffic light in the city was quite different from that of the United States and Korea.
It was fun, effective, and musically intriguing. During the day, this sound was a theme song for the people in a metropolis. During the night, the traffic lights became part of a flora and fauna surrounding the city. I thank SPLICE Ensemble for commissioning and premiering this piece. I also thank Oberlin College’s Center for Information and Technology for renting me multiple computers.
Singaporean Crosswalk requires four laptops and four players. It uses the internal speaker and microphone of the laptop, so there is no additional equipment needed. The essence of the piece is in the creation of unique spatialization through physical movement of the laptop players on and off the stage. The recording of the premiere thus does not demonstrate the most interesting part of the piece, but you can at least hear the general atmosphere.
All materials needed to play the piece is uploaded on the top folder of this page. Let me know if you have any questions or need different versions (i.e. for trio, octet, etc).
The Android version of BiQMod (747KB) is here! I have replaced a pan knob with a “clean” knob that adds noise to the synth.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qsfjh31ymn2cyuc/BiQMod.apk?dl=0
I have only ran this app on my Galaxy 3 phone. I would love to have your feedback. Does it run on any other Android devices? Were you able to install them easily?
BiQMOd (2016) is a software synthesizer I made using SuperCollider. It features a biquad filter modulating frequencies of three oscillators. I believe that It makes raw and fun sounds that are uniquely digital.
You can try the synthesizer on SuperCollider. Download the patch from the following link:
https://app.box.com/s/pfhk7jqp5nqaffu3snfzvd3oiplnnj31
Here’s a video of an example performance. This version uses MIDI controller to control the knobs. The MIDI version and Android app version will be coming soon!
Swamps, Showers, and Creatures (2016) was commissioned and premiered by Theodosia Roussos. It was inspired by the flora and fauna of the swamp regions of Louisiana and Florida.
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