Week 9 Forum - 3rd Year Presentations!

The third year presentations were all really impressive. I'll just describe that ones that come to mind first.....

Probably my favourite listening experience was the surround supercollider experience. This is partly because this is not something I'm used too but I reckon it's a worthwhile endeavor. I think that the current consumer craze is a little stupid cause I'd much prefer decent stereo sound than poor surround and a lower mids gap between the sub and sattelite speakers....

But luckily the Blue Skys have no such problems.... I loved being able to close my eyes and imagine I was in a jungle of crazy machines. I enjoy Super Collider's glassy sound sometimes (during 3rd year presentations). I'd like to hear it used with other contrasting elements.

The piano chord generator really interested me. I understand the chord choosing algorithm, but I didn't quite get how the rhythm generator works. I think was a really impressive example of this kind of patch. The output sounded really quite musical, I think because of the clever chord voicing system.

The melody warper was a rad idea that worked well I think however I was a bit distracted by all the changes of tempo (which were a good idea). I think it would be awesome to record the midi and render it elsewhere...

Reference: Stephen Whittington. "Week 9 Music Technology Forum - 3rd Year Presentations." Lecture presented at the Electronic Music Unit, University of Adelaide, 9 October 2008.