Crashing just before the 3rd Choir workshop

Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012

I had a bit of a busy week in general - and we have also been making the new device – with all the new knobs, buttons and switches which took more time than I thought - but I've definitely got mu


Whale imitates Human voice!

Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012

So - another Sonar using animal - the whale - has been reported to have started imitating the human voice - which is the reverse of this project!...check it out here. 


Deliveries galore

Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012

There are a lot of deliveries arriving on my doorstep as the bits and pieces start to come together… here is a pic of all the buttons, knobs and switches from Rapid Electronics… don’t they lo


Pd patch-tastic

Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012

Wow – Matt has been super busy with the Pd patching and it’s really good ! It’s possible to get some really interesting sounds, and based on how the Bedford choir performers responded to it - I’ve decided to put more manual controls on the device –so it’s possible to control delay,…


Second Choir workshop in Bedford – 16th October

Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012

A few new faces ! – (and a few absentees – seems to be a cold going around)… and more male voices too. We started off again with vocal warm-ups and a few exercises from the week before – plus a few new versions of a hocket. We re-visited the ‘Target’ piece from last week – and this…


First ‘device’ prototype

Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012

After spending quite a lot of time testing out different combinations of kit – considering all factors for compatibility, and then – a lot were down to cost.So far, this is what we are using each device… 1 x Raspberry Pi1 x Stealth Black Raspberry Pi Case1 x Arduino Uno1 x Altec Lansing Orbit…

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Second meeting with Professor Gareth Jones

Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012

I met up with Gareth Jones at the Bioacoustics department at Bristol University – to show him what I’ve been doing, and to get his feedback on how I can develop the functionality of the device,

Elephant at igfest. Photo by Andrew Molyneux

Watershed launches £30,000 International Playable City Award

Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012

Today we are announcing Watershed’s Playable City Award, a new commission open to artists and creatives from across the world. With a challenge to use creative technologies in surprising and engaging ways, the winner of the award will receive £30,000 to create a new work which will be installed…