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With the feedback received last week, tests were carried out this week with different materials and different models of sound.
Vibration Test
The first sound vibration test was carried out with the Subwoofer.
Test 1: We glued the pvc sheets together to form a square container. A suitable amount of water was poured in for the vibration test. The water only slightly produced some vibrations.
Reflection: The container was too thick and heavy for the vibrations of the sound to travel up and produce vibrations easily。
Test 2:A test using a plastic disc to produce vibrations. The water waves were very small and the overall effect was still not good.
Reflection: The container may still be too thick and heavy and needs to be replaced with a lighter container.
Test 3: A very thin plastic cup was used for the vibration test. The vibration was very strong and the water waves were obvious.
Reflection: The material of the container needs to be very thin and light so that the vibration will be strong.
Test 4: Sound vibration test with Subwoofer and Genelec-8040-speaker respectively. Using the transparent plastic plate, the vibrations are strong and the water waves are large. But splashes of water may affect the projection effect.
Reflection: The amount of water needs to be controlled, too much will diminish the vibrations, too little will produce a lot of splashing water droplets.
Test 5:Tested with a plastic bag, the vibration effect is good, but the material is too soft and deforms when water is poured in.
Reflection: The material is also too soft and may affect the projection effect. The choice of material is important in order not to affect the projection effect.
Original plan：
The speaker is placed flat under a table with a container on top of it, on the diaphragm of the speaker, and water drops are placed in the container so that the drops create ripples through the sonic Hertzian vibrations of the music. We will take photographs of the water’s shadow and light and record some sounds. These photographs and sounds will be learned by the AI, such as Mubert-text-to-music, disco diffusion, and clip interrogator, and then the AI will produce some musical compositions. Before each stage begins, we invite the audience to pick a piece of music from the three sections we provide to influence the ripples.
Modified programme：
We had a meeting to discuss our project. The original plan was to have three stages of music, a lot of pieces, but now we want to cut out the extra pieces,we can do two or three different kind of concepts and changes, Locations that kind of reflect different aspects of the journey of life right. The presentation of the movement of the characters in the picture is changed through different musical rhythms. The musical rhythm of a person walking can be steady and even. The musical rhythm of a runner should be faster than that of a walker and can be performed with a faster tempo. The musical rhythm of a fall is usually more chaotic and can be expressed by using irregular beats or by using some techniques such as staccato and pauses in the music. Life is like a long run, and we need to run persistently to achieve success. In the process of running, we may experience various difficulties and challenges, but as long as we always persist in our belief of moving forward, we will eventually reach the end of success.
we can tie into the distance sensor and use the distance sensor as a kind of responsive tool as well for the music and turn that up and down or maybe how proximity as away ，and Music .we initially intended that we could use artificial intelligence to generate audio. But then the opportunity to create dynamic, responsive work would be lost. So we would use max. and we wanted the end result to be, like
Installation Reflection.
The gap between the stereo and the container can only hold small bulbs. The effect of putting a small bulb under the container to cast is not very obvious. Perhaps we could make use of the water wave footage that was recorded in advance. By projecting this footage to the ai, the scene could be projected with some of the patterns generated by the ai. Two walls could be used, one projecting the projection of the installation and the other projecting the ai generated effect. It might be more interesting for the audience to experience two different effects at the same time by touching or sensing to make the projection and the music change.
Recording equipment
- l material selection
- l High sample rate
- l High audio quality
Recording Programme A.
Sound is a very important form of expression in a person’s life, and it can record a person’s growth from infancy to old age. It can be a valuable way of recording, as well as reminding people of past events and reflecting the preciousness and profundity of life.
- Infancy: the sound of a baby crying, lullabies in a cot, parents kissing, the sound of a warm family atmosphere.
- Adolescence: the sound of classes in school, the sound of activities on campus, the sound of students communicating, the sound of themselves at play, the sound of television or films.
- Middle age: ambient sounds at work, conversations in the home, children playing, sounds of family activities, the sound of music when you are relaxing and resting.
- Old age: sounds of family life, the company of family members, walking in the street, music while relaxing, sounds of natural landscapes.
Site reference.
Schools; meadows; sounds of people walking in the street
Recording Programme B:
Record the sounds of the natural environment at different times of the day or in different weather conditions, such as the sounds of nature, water currents, the sound of the wind on the beach, etc. These natural sounds can be recorded at different stages of life and in different situations, and can be poured into the max to create music that resonates with the audience.
Reflection
I bought a separate amplifier unit, soldered and assembled it, and ran a new test on Sunday as the previous test had not worked well.
The locations chosen for this recording were the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh and portobrllo beach, where the ambient sound was recorded. We capture the ambient sound as a basis for the music and edit it in max to create an ambient music. max is obviously the most important direction we should work on.
The microphone of choice is the Sennheiser – MKH60 – Shotgun – Hypercardioid, as hypercardioid microphones are often used when you need to pick up sound in noisy environments to accentuate your voice while reducing the effect of ambient noise on the recording. Ideal for recording ambient sound. Using a portable digital recorder, we chose a location close to a stream where there was not too much background noise. After continually adjusting the direction and height of the microphone, we found a location with better sound reception to better capture the sound of the water flow. The recording was edited and adjusted using protools.
