[NewMusic] Noah Vawter: Ambient Addition

[Alan Anzalone]

I looked at the quicktime movie (yeah-low res, bad sound)  
demonstration of Ambient Audition, it consisted of street noises– 
cars, construction crews, people, etc. processed to sound like a lot  
of sampled/electronic music I hear performed. Although it takes the  
control of the processing out of the hands of the user, they still  
retain the decision of what to listen to, or sample. It was  
interesting to hear how it changed the sound of an arm full of planks  
being tossed out of a window into a dumpster. Yesterday, a crew was  
cutting up the driveway next door, making a hellish noise with jack  
hammers and concrete saws, it would have been nice to test out this  
gadget on that horrible racket instead of fleeing the house.

I think it's important to remember that this thing was an academic  
project and most likely will not show up in Best Buy for a couple of  
years. In the meantime, I'm sure their will be plenty of other things  
to send shivers down your spine, like reading the newspaper.

Alan Anzalone
aanz at mindspring.com



On Dec 19, 2006, at 8:24 PM, andrew wilshusen wrote:

> as a fan of the sounds of nature, this sends shivers
> down my spine.  why do we have to be so removed from
> reality?
>
>
> --- Ryk Groetchen <windrag at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> http://web.media.mit.edu/~nvawter/thesis/index.html
>>
>> "Ambient Addition is a Walkman with binaural
>> microphones. A tiny
>> Digital Signal Processing (DSP) chip analyzes the
>> microphone's sound
>> and superimposes a layer of harmony and rhythm on
>> top of the
>> listener's world. In the new context, some
>> surprising behaviors take
>> place. Listeners tend to play with objects around
>> them, sing to
>> themselves, and wander toward tempting sound
>> sources. With Ambient
>> Addition, I'm hoping to make people think twice
>> about the sounds they
>> initiate as well as loosen up some inhibitions."
>>
>> Not sure if this has been posted here. via
>> MetaFilter:
>>
>> http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/57117
>>
>> rag
>>
>>
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