Creator John Chowning (Stanford Univesity) on his creation of FM synthesis
Early FM synthesis innovator Jean-Claude Risset, Mutations (1969) with early digital video by Lillian F. Schwartz (1973), both while working at Bell Labs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKGrz4AMbqk
I’ll be travelling during all of week 5, so we won’t meet in person. Use class time strategically. You might:
This video will give you some ideas of the musical ideas you can create with WaveDrag. This particular version uses two channels, controlled by Wiimotes instead of the mouse and keyboard, and it’s meant to be one part in a 4-piece ensemble, so it’s a bit fuller than you’ll be able to achieve at a times and too sparse at other times, but you might still find some licks you can borrow for your assignment—I’m using one of the same sounds you are!
Here’s the demo patch I built in class (or something like it), in case you’d like a closer look.
MusInfo’s Art & Science Days will include a new work of mine, commissioned as a result of wining Second Prize in the Concours de Bourges. They also asked me to give the featured lecture on relationships between art amd science. I’m looking forward to visiting MusInfo and meeting violinist Emma Lloyd (Scotland/Paris), who will premiere my new work, in Bourges, France!
A vivid 30-minute documentary on the songwriting and recording process, listening practices over time, and the impact of consumer media formats on listening.
A couple before/after videos with helpful commentary:
