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The enigma of Vitruvian resonating vases and the relevance of the concept for today - Rob Godman Page 20 of 23 What might happen if we listen to these sounds under water? Or, what might happen if we are inside a solid, moving through the molecules and listening to how they relate to each other? Solid is an imaginary exploration of the resonance of a piece of glass, heard from within, rather than outside in the air. Godman, Programme Note for ‘Solid’ 2002 Again, a number of acoustic spaces were designed and superimposed with each other. Both inside the eye of silence and Solid are algorithmic works and use a series of permutation tables to constantly change the order of how these spaces are presented. This means the composition is likely to be noticeably different at different times of the day, week, month etc. Solid was derived from the sound of glass. By using granular synthesis it was possible to extend tiny fragments of sound and allow them to ride on the Vitruvian resonances. metro 70000 delay 7000 coll songs p pulsed-chimes p chimesamps chimes 1.04 Solid p phase-changer p High-Grans high grans metro 190000 coll one conv 0.67 comb_chimes metro 130000 delay 11000 metro 170000 metro 110000 metro 130000 metro 230000 None coll five p conv p amps1 p amps2 granB coll two drones © Rob Godman June 2002 revised version using quad soundcard 2003 1.8 granA p comb-chimes p amps3 0.7 -Signal levels- -Programme- coll three p granA p amps4 0.87 coll three p granB p amps5 Quad Mix 0.98 coll four p drones p amps6 1. Front left (floor) 2. Front right (floor) 3. Rear left 4. Rear right open 0.35 dac~ 1 2 3 4 test (for audio 4 instructions) information speakers -Control Panel- activate audio Kill current samples! (panic) 0 0 49 run time Master Volume 0.93 -Master- adstatus cpu adstatus info 0 0 0 0. 0. 0. 0. FIGURE 15 shows the Max/MSP patch used for operating Solid. The sub-patches [p pulsed-chimes] through to [p drones] (shown in green) contain a number of pre-processed sound files that are selected according to seven different permutation series. These series are derived from English Change Ringing Patterns and are stored in the patch as [coll] objects. The variables for these permutation series function as different sound files, no file (i.e. producing silence) and the ability to alter the phase of the signal.
The enigma of Vitruvian resonating vases and the relevance of the concept for today - Rob Godman Page 21 of 23 Resonance types used for Solid and inside the eye of silence 1. High grains (with distance-panner) 2. Convolutions 3. Comb reverberations 4. Middle grains (with distance-panner) 5. Low grains 6. Vitruvian resonances 7. (silence) FIGURE 16 – Ephemeral Cube/Solid, commissioned by Gloucestershire Digital Arts Forum Nothing but drones… It was always my intention to use the software to create sounds for installations. To my surprise, they have proved remarkably popular for listening, simply for the sake of it! As well as playback in gallery spaces they have been presented for radio broadcast. Feedback from listeners is often varied, ranging from those that find the continuous sound rather sinister to those that don’t even notice they are there. The Max/MSP code that I have written to create the drones is capable of different tunings and numbers of oscillators. It has been suggested that these sounds could have therapeutic properties. Whilst this is a long way from the original intensions of Vitruvius the effect of these sounds on peoples emotions should not be ignored. There will be people that find these sounds very relaxing and those that don’t!
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