correspondance with peter forde

Meabh,

This does sound good. Something that I might suggest for playing with space is that you record sounds using two microphones on either size of something similar to a head. Apparantly this records sound as to how it bounces off your head and when played in stereo. You could go into 5.1 surround but this may do the trick, particularly with less reliance on hardware capabilities.
I will do some work in pure data and let you know how things look. But I will not have enough time for about a week.

Peter

On 14/02/2008, meabh redmond wrote:
Peter,
The group put forward the following as an informal
proposal if you decide to participate: to examine the
effect that sound and its properties have on the space
it occupies. An idea is forming to record sounds based
around theories to do with sound's pyhsical and
sensory elements (loose ideas here were to play around
with affecting sounds so that a sound played in close
proximity sounded far away, or an interior space
sounding underwater). We definately want to create a
live space of experience with your help on the day.
Possibly using pure data to set up sensors to set off
the sounds? Possibly incorporating other elements if
needed such as visuals or objects. Dennis McNulty is
our other potential guest, if confirmed, he will be
helping us set up a "conversation" in sound, where
people attending can interact by playing pre- recorded
sounds back and forth to each other in a space. Any
suggestions or changes are welcome,as we are still
working on a final idea.
Hope this interests you,
Thanks,
Meabh


--- Peter Forde wrote:

> Meabh,
>
> This sounds fantastic. It seems like a very
> interesting project with many
> interesting possibilities.
> I find the live experience particularly fascinating
> for experiencing art. To
> create art in this live community environment is a
> truly genuine
> interpretation of culture.
> Please send me as much information as you can. I
> have an idea of what I
> could do to help but with more information I can
> solidify this into a more
> productive manner.
> Another thing I am interested in is finding out
> about the theories behind
> the work of the students. It is important to stay
> true to your art theories
> and not to get swept away in the medium of modern
> technology. That said a
> collective theory created together would be
> wonderful.
> Planning the tools to use would be important to
> ensure we get the maximum
> productivity for the time invested.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Peter
>
>