New Music Toolbox: Synthesizing Environmental Sounds by Peter Speer

4-part series playlist above by New Music USA. You can find the write-up on https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/synthesi...

"Let’s do a quick exercise: listen to a sound, any sound (a baby crying, a phone ringing), and ask yourself: can I hum it? Trace the movement of the sound with your hand in the air and observe: is it rising and falling in a pattern? The answers to these questions point toward the equipment needed to recreate them. I’d like to synthesize the sounds of the beach, in particular a memory I have of an afternoon spent there as a child. We’ll begin with the sound of ocean waves from the listening perspective of the shoreline. It’s low tide and the surf is mild. The sun hangs in the air, lazily. Read more on https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/synthesi..."