Storm Study
2020
binaural fixed media
binaural fixed media
NB: This piece was composed using 3rd-order ambisonic encoding, a technique which simulates a 360-degree spatial image when experienced through headphones. As such, it must be listened to using headphones rather than speakers.
Storm Study uses as its primary musical materials field recordings I made one stormy day in Houston. By attaching a matched pair of DPA microphones to the brim of a baseball cap, I was able to capture a quasi-binaural stereo image as I walked along Braeswood Bayou. Other sound materials include tones synthesized and spatialized in Max/MSP, pitched wood, piano and guitar samples samples. These are also placed within the 360-degree binaural scene.
Storm Study explores electroacoustic techniques of amplitude envelope following and synthesis using bandpass-filtered pink noise.
Storm Study uses as its primary musical materials field recordings I made one stormy day in Houston. By attaching a matched pair of DPA microphones to the brim of a baseball cap, I was able to capture a quasi-binaural stereo image as I walked along Braeswood Bayou. Other sound materials include tones synthesized and spatialized in Max/MSP, pitched wood, piano and guitar samples samples. These are also placed within the 360-degree binaural scene.
Storm Study explores electroacoustic techniques of amplitude envelope following and synthesis using bandpass-filtered pink noise.
Performances
- Washington State University Festival of Contemporary Art Music, Pullman, Washington. March 5, 2022