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Upcoming musical event at Unnameable Books, December 4th

(edited from Adam Tobin at Unnameable Books)
Meanwhile, a ragtag gang of roving musicians has stumbled into our
basement, creating a space we never knew was there before, and making
sounds we'd like to hear again. This Sunday evening, for one, our very own
ALAN SONDHEIM plays the oud and pipa with EspDisk's CHRIS DIASPARRA on
baritone sax and JUDY of Caspar the Holy Ghost. WHAT? Improvised music.
They are amazing, and I'm not just saying that because I love them. They
start making music at 7pm on Sunday, and may they never stop.  That's
Sunday the 4th, at 8 pm.
Much love,
yours at Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave
Brooklyn NY 11238
(718) 789-1534

 
People: Alan Sondheim
Tags: music, sound

Coupled and Resonating Crystal Radio Circuitry with Analog Recording

Coupled and Resonating Crystal Radio Circuitry with Analog Recording

http://www.alansondheim.org/install3.mp3
http://www.alansondheim.org/install4.mp3

"install3, a remarkable soundwork in which voices flot through the
(metaphoric) ether, representing the universal radiations of the virtual"

In the installation, two crystal radios (one loose coupler with double
diodes replacing the crystal, and one with honeycomb coil and single air
condenser plus single diode) are coupled together, along with a variometer
and early aerial air condenser. The coupling is designed to detune the
broadcast band, so that the maximum number of stations are piled on each
other. The resulting output is fed to high impedance earphones in parallel

 
Projects: Alan Sondheim
Research: Urban Research
Tags: sound, urban research, virtual

Baroque.me

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Baroque.me visualizes the first Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suites. Using the mathematics behind string length and pitch, it came from a simple idea: what if all the notes were drawn as strings? Instead of a stream of classical notation on a page, this interactive project highlights the music’s underlying structure and subtle shifts.

Project Created: 
October 2011
 
People: Alexander Chen
Research: Sound
Project Type: Data Visualization, Design, Sound, Video, Visual Art
Tags: interactive, HTML5, digital, bach, sound, sound art

sondheims one-step

 

sondheims one-step

http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/sondheimsonestep.mp3

yes, fast and jumpy the way we like it up here on the north slope
you can dance and jiggle all you want to the sondheims one-step
and what's more it's fast and sneaky but you gotta be faster
than sondheims one-step and you can jance and diggle to

(parlor guitar, maybe my best playing to date)

 
People: Alan Sondheim
Tags: acoustic, analog, guitar, music, research(, sound

uncanny beauty, odd cries and whimpers

uncanny beauty with avatar choreography of minuscule particulates

trills, spills, and chills
http://www.alansondheim.org/fantasy.mp4
what they do when they are dancing

odd cries and whimpers over mara the creatrix from mara the avatar

the sad sound of molecular machines saying goodbye to their own
creations
http://www.alansondheim.org/mara.mp3
how they sound when they are being made

 
People: Alan Sondheim
Research: Sound
Tags: sound, virtual, real, beauty, uncanny, pain, avatars, worlds

cassette

cassette

http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/cassette.mp3

oud recorded with TC-152 SD Sony recorder (first professional cassette
machine, 1973), using Realistic Stereo Electret-1 microphone 33-919A,
early (date unknown).

3 pieces. there's a glitch in the cables resulting in a mix of static
and odd digital limiter behavior that adds to the recording. there's
no audible wow or flutter in the capstans. you can hear capacitance
changes as a result of static buildup perhaps related to an imperfect
connection; the tape plays back perfectly on the recording machine.

there's an urgency in the voice of the oud making itself heard within,
not above, the fray. i think the problem is in the analog/digital
interface. the TC-152SD was manufactured with specially hardened tape-
heads that haven't been duplicated.

 
People: Alan Sondheim
Research: Sound
Tags: analog, digital, sound, research, oud, cassette

hasapi from bottom to top


hasapi from bottom to top

http://espdisk.com/alansondhei m/onbottom.mp3
http://espdisk.com/alansondhei m/onbottomb.mp3 (with reverb
http://espdisk.com/alansondhei m/ontop.mp3

bottom takes advantage of hasapi phase playing
bottomb extends phase into room echo
top takes advantage of speed and harmonics

learn from the batak

 
People: Alan Sondheim
Research: Sound
Tags: sound, research, hasapi
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