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…
Featured in Beds Midweek newspaper!
Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012
I had a phonecall from a Bedford based journalist – here is the result – a sh
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,
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…
Calvium announce a new collaboration with Kneehigh for 'Rambles' app
Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012
Studio residents Calvium are delighted to announce a new collaboration with theatre makers Kneehigh to create Kneehigh Rambles, a mobile application offering free interactive walks for lovers of Cornish stories. Kneehigh are a Cornwall-based theatre company with a reputation for creating…
First Choir workshop in Bedford
Posted on Sun 21 Oct 2012
The first choir session in Bedford was on Tuesday 9th October at Rutland Road church hall. A really nice group of people came along – all of whom are good singers and are interested in the project. I started the session with a short talk about the idea behind the piece including how bats use…
Testing sonar sensors for interference with Matt
Posted on Sun 21 Oct 2012
When we had the sensors all wired up- and working with an arduino, we took took a range of different kinds of sonar sensors to a large space to check out which ones worked best, and also – to tes