Monthly Archives: October 2015

Another evening of great performances

Posted on October 29, 2015 by UBCSUBCLASS

Five groups worked for three weeks on developing short works using different types of controllers, processing, and performance techniques. Great performances and fascinating group discussions and critiques after each.

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I’d Have All the Nickels — video club mix

Posted on October 29, 2015 by UBCSUBCLASS

Messing with McDonalds — Alex is processing three channels of sound while Janine’s playing controls horizontal pixilation and Kat controls the vertical.

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Cute Little Patch dance mix

Posted on October 29, 2015 by UBCSUBCLASS

Annie’s movements and position control processing, with a lovely FFT running delays across individual frequencies in the spectrum

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Sparkle time

Posted on October 29, 2015 by UBCSUBCLASS

Matthew and Tina process Hannah’s playing, using a joystick controller and a Leap interface. Subtle!

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Mesopotamians: Dancin’ in the Dark

Posted on October 29, 2015 by UBCSUBCLASS

Sarah’s magic hands float in the dark. Her wrist movements trigger and control the processing by Kjel and George.

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The Virtual Bandanas with cello

Posted on October 29, 2015 by UBCSUBCLASS

Kyran wears a Technics EZ430 watch and is tracked on Brian’s software using a Kinect

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Ephemeral Dream

Posted on October 28, 2015 by anniewangx

We are processing the bells and the chimes with a spectral delay engine from Max/MSP. This makes the bells have a digital synthetic effect. My motion is being tracked around the room with an overhead webcam, triggering the sound with … Continue reading →

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“I can’t play, I forgot my cello at home…”

Posted on October 28, 2015 by brianltopp

“…but I do have a Microsoft Kinect, Mac Book Pro, Ableton Live 9, Max/MSP, Kontakt 5, Synapse and an eZ430-Chronos watch…” Kyran and myself (Brian) testing out our virtual cello and dynamic backing track.  This piece makes use of the … Continue reading →

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Thinking inside the box

Posted on October 25, 2015 by hoonahs

Team Sparkle checking in! After a week of untangling ourselves from fishing line, the piano is ready to go for our performance next week.  Tian, Matthew and I have put rosin (thanks to our sponsor Kyran) on the fishing “strings” … Continue reading →

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Good times, Great taste

Posted on October 25, 2015 by j9king

This week, our team (Kat – voice, Janine – trombone, Alec – programmer) is working to incorporate video work into our newest piece.  We’re using a McDonald’s commercial from 1988 and warping the clarity of the video with our sounds. … Continue reading →

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