Digital Audio and MIDI |
Sounds
can be used in web sites, movies, animation, and your Photoshop
montage. These sounds should be creative, dynamic, and original.
Sounds set the tone of a piece and can often "tell" a story.
How did all of this start? Let's take an in-depth look |
The Visual World | The Aural World
There are many similaities between the Photomontage Unit and this Sound Montage Unit:
Bright vs. Dark
Contrast and Similarity
Repetition
Balance | Blend
Photographic Material vs. Synthesized Material
You will write a 60 second soundscape for NASH Scanning. Your soundscape should have at least three instruments / sounds. The structure of your piece can either be: Rhythmic or Free Flowing
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| Rhythmic with a specific form - two forms that
would be a good starting point are
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| Free flowing - be careful here
because even though there isn't a recognizable form there is usually some underlying
sound, motif, or pattern that holds the piece together. Examples: FanAttic - Check this out! - Dripsody - An untitled work - |
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The 60x60 Project is a churning wheel of new music production, performance and dissemination.
60x60 is a project containing 60 compositions from 60 different composers, each composition 60 seconds or less in duration. These 60 second works are performed in synchronization with an analog clock.
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Representing an aesthetic and geographic diversity of composers, the 60x60 is an annual electronic music project for concert and CD containing 60 works by 60 different composers where each piece is 60 seconds or less in duration. Since its inception in 2003, the 60x60 has promoted the music of hundreds of emerging and established composers, setting an unprecedented example among contemporary music organizations of its scale and larger. It has received approximately 100 performances worldwide and has produced three compact discs; and has collaborated with multimedia including choreography, video, and sculpture.
In conjunction with the ideals of Vox Novus, the mission of the 60x60 project is to promote new music. The project is specifically
designed
to include a large number of composers and present their music to
audiences around. The project has taken a "grass-roots" philosophy
with much of its success due to
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Check out more 60 second
compositions
here.
60 second sketches by composer David Berlin and video artist Jim
Reinhard. |
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Some Professional Examples:
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Some Student Examples:
- Prestia wrote this piece. What mood did she set? Is
there a form?
- This is an original composition by Sheridan. Do the sounds work well?
- Goodboy and his band's website
- The piece by Hartwell has a definite form.
- There is an interesting blend of recorded
violin and 'bug' sounds used to create an interesting soundscape
by Fulkerson
- Paul used many interesting sounds in this piece. Can
you tell which ones are used?
- Powdrell decided to create an straight forward form with a 'jazz'
feal.
- There is no form in the piece written by Lee.
He also decided to use a mixture of sounds that are recognizable
and obscure.
- Using a definate beat is what Shugars did in his piece.
- This piece by Hughes is a nice blend of loops and words. Can you recognize
any of the sounds?
- All Student
Compositions can be found here
- ¡Yo Soy Artista! - http://www.yosoyartista.net
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Digital Audio Examples
Sounds to Download
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MIDI Examples
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Music
Robot A MIDI search tool www.MusicRobot.com - this site
will search the web for MIDI files that you can download.
Be careful because you are being linked to pages off NA's
site. Some links will not work and others will take a
long time to load.
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Mad
(piano) - this sound file was written using only the
piano sound. Compare this to the next link.
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Mad
(using retro) - this file has the exact same notes as
Mad (piano) except the voices were changed. Compare
this to the file above. This shows the power of MIDI.
This cannot be done with recorded audio.
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Connect(dis)Connect - an
original MIDI and digital audio composition written by Dr.
David Berlin. This piece uses everything from audio
loops to MIDI to electronic instruments to acoustic
instruments.
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Student
Compositions - here are all of the compositions from
NorthAllegheny students.
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MIDI
Templates - these are great for starting a project.
They are very basic in nature, but can be expanded into a
nice piece.
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Write an Audio Response (someone else's music) | View all audio responses
Write an Audio
Evaluation (your music) |
