Friday, March 31, 2006

Syren for Port Jackson

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Syren for Port Jackson was a recent pilot project designed to demonstrate the potential of the AudioNomad systems that have been developed over the past two years.  The original Syren project was mounted on the Helipad of the cruise liner “Opera” and toured the Baltic in 2004 as part is ISEA.  The current work is a more sophisticated and accurate development, allowing the composition of finely grained non-linear spatial compositions that provide an immersive user experience.


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Composing on the fly aboard the test rig, Leander.


Working in our home city was a conceptual and compositional challenge as it was important to address a raft of historical and cultural material and situate the sonic material in the appropriate physical context.  We used a small motor launch, the Leander as a test rig to de-bug both the software, the technical running gear and the compositional strategy.


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DGPS tracks the Regal with a 1 metre accuracy.


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Listen to a stereo sample from the project_01


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....to my indescribable astonishment and horror, the devilish metal funnel spat out, without more ado, its mixture of bronchial slime and chewed rubber; that noise that possessors of gramophone and radio sets are prevailed upon to call music. And behind the slime and the croaking there was, sure enough, like an old master beneath a layer of dirt, the noble outline of that divine music. I could distinguish the majestic structure and the deep wide breath and the full broad bowing of the strings…

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