::vtol:: 12 262

::vtol:: 12 262 from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.

more info - http://vtol.cc/filter/works/12262

The Kola Superdeep Borehole (СГ-3) is a scientific drilling project of the Soviet Union on the Kola Peninsula, inside the Arctic Circle. The project attempted to drill as deep as possible into the Earth's crust. The drilling began on 24 May 1970. СГ-3 reached 12,262 meters [7.62 miles/40229.66 feet] in 1989 and it is the deepest artificial point on Earth. In 1990 drilling was stoped.

In 2008 СГ-3 was abandoned. The Borehole was conserved. Station is placed in a very hard to reach area on Far North and it is slowly collapsing.

For a long time project was top secret, due to which fact there appeared many legends about it. Level of difficulties and technologies that this project involved is comparable with sending the man into space. Amount of data and samples that were obtained during experiments is so huge, that it will be studied for many more decades.]

In 2016 I found in one of abandoned laboratories of the station a roll of punched tapes for computers, that were used on the station to record scientific data. This tape has inspired me to create a sound installation dedicated to СГ-3.

This installation is an automatic sound object that drills stone samples sourced from different depths and uses data from punched tape as the program for controlling the motors.]

In July 2018 I went to visit the station СГ-3, to resume the drilling process after 28 years of downtime.

Commission by NCCA-ROSIZO, special for TECHNE "Prolog" exhibition, Moscow, 2018.

Curators: Natalia Fuchs, Antonio Geusa. Producer: Dmitry Znamenskiy.

soft:

- pure data
- max/msp

hard:

- stepper motors x5 + 2
- dc-motors x5
- arduino mega
- lcd monitor
- custom electronics
- 5 piezo microphones
- 2 channel sound system

Modular Synthesizer Sound Installation Botanical Garden Augsburg

Published on Aug 9, 2018 Jürgen Branz

::vtol:: modulator

::vtol:: modulator from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.

Another fascinating creation by ::vtol::. The sound that you hear is software. The hardware controls the sound.

"I have always perceived the concept of modulation in music as a complex cyclical visual system: the ricochets of the crest of a wave constricted in its own amplitude, rotations within rotations (in particular, if the shape of the wave is aspiring for a sinus), compound pendulums and centrifugal spirals. Meanwhile, I actually experienced the frequency modulation as synesthesia a long time ago – I had such an experience when playing a guitar, with the oscillatory movements of my fingers accurately and demonstrably accompanying the palpable vibrations of the string.

The modulator is a system consisting of electric motors and a composite hand, with a passive magnet installed at the end. The Hall effect sensors register the movements of the magnet. This only occurs if the rotation phases coincide in such a way that both composite parts of the hand with the magnet at the end and the senor are on one line. After registration of the magnet’s movements, the status of the entire system shifts -– there is a change of pace, the direction of the rotation of one or both motors changes, and most importantly - the parameters of the sound synthesis. The more frequently the system mutates, the more complex the sound becomes and vice-versa, the more infrequently, the tone becomes more diffuse. As the Hall effect sensors register not only the existence of a magnetic field, but also its strength and polarity, another three additional magnets have been installed on the object on the rotating axes which modulate the position of the main magnet when it is all of a sudden in close proximity to them. Taken all together, they form a composite dynamic system in a closed loop and in a constant state of mutation and modulation of its state rotating in an endless sound composition.

soft:

- axoloti

hard:

- axoloti
- 3 custom made Hall-sensors
- 5 dc motors
- custom electronics
- 1 channel sound system

Moscow, 2018."

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APPARATUM - the installation inspired by the Polish Radio Experimental Studio

APPARATUM - the installation inspired by the Polish Radio Experimental Studio from ◥ panGenerator on Vimeo.

APPARATUM

THE INSTALLATION INSPIRED BY THE POLISH RADIO EXPERIMENTAL STUDIO



Analog sound generators, based on magnetic tape and optical components controlled via graphic score composed with digital interface.

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Sun - Featuring Peter Zinovieff of EMS

Published on Jul 19, 2017 NUSTEM

This performance was during the Rainwire [Processed] installation at University of Hull by Noyzelab.

"Poet Katrina Porteous and composer Peter Zinovieff collaborated to produce a planetarium experience of live poetry, wrap-around visuals, and surround-sound music. The piece is an artistic response to the work of Northumbria University's Solar Physics Research Group.

Sun premiered at Newcastle's Life Science Centre planetarium on November 18th 2016.

This version was produced for follow-on performances, and for YouTube. For more background about the piece, and the wider context of the Imagining the Sun project of which this was part, see: https://nustem.uk/imagining-the-sun/"

"Imagining the Sun is a collaboration of a poet, a sound artist and a visual artist with Northumbria University’s solar physics research group, supported by the outreach specialists at NUSTEM. The project challenges public and schools audiences to explore how approaches from art and science can complement and inform each other. Alongside the schools programme sit a series of public performances and exhibitions."

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Peter Zinovieff, of course, was the founder of EMS.

"A scientist, composer, librettist and pioneer of electronic music, in the 1960s Peter was one of the first people in the world to use a computer to create music.

With David Cockerell and Tristram Cary he formed Electronic Music Studios, which created some of the earliest electronic instruments, including the seminal VCS3.

Peter’s instruments – and particularly the techniques he pioneered, like sampling – continue in widespread use."

::vtol:: msm mk2

::vtol:: msm mk2 from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.

2nd version of my Metaphase sound machine.

more info - vtol.cc/filter/works/metaphase-sound-machine

Snip:

"The Metaphase Sound Machine is a kind of homage to the ideas of the American physicist Nick Herbert who in the 1970s has created both Metaphase Typewriter (Fig. 1) and Quantum Metaphone (a speech synthesizer). These were some of the first attempts to put the phenomenon of quantum entanglement in practice and one of the first steps towards the creation of a quantum computer. The experimental devices, however, had not confirmed theoretical research, and Herbert’s obsession with metaphysics resulted in the publication of several of his works on the metaphysical in quantum physics, that have led to a serious loss of interest to the ideas of quantum communication. One day, in a course of his experiments, Herbert has hacked into an university computer trying to establish a contact with the spirit of illusionist Harry Houdini at the day of the centenary of his birth.

In his device Herbert in order to achieve a quantum entangled state used as a source radioactive thallium, which was controlled by the Geiger radiation counter. The time interval between pulses was chosen as conversion code. Several psychics had participated in the experiments. They tried to influence the endless stream of random anagrams arising from a typewriter or cause "the ghost voice" to be heard out of metaphone. Scientists also have conducted sessions to bring about the "spirit" of a colleague who had recently died, and who knew about this typewriter. In 1985 Herbert wrote a book about metaphysical in physics. In general, his invention and articles quite severely compromised the ideas of quantum communication in the eyes of potential researchers and by the end of the XX century no any substantial progress in this direction was observed."

you, me and all these machines

you, me and all these machines from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.
http://vtol.cc/filter/works/you-me-and-all-these-machines

by ::vtol:: and lovozero

“You, me and all these machines” is a performance for voice and electronic devices. The vocalist puts on his or her head a specially designed wearable interface tool to interact with the voice and display a visual score. Technically, the device consists of several elements: a narrowly directional microphone driven by a motor; an LED strip that shows the vocalist score; remote control with a joystick used by the second participant to control the interface. Shifting the microphone against the mouth makes it possible to achieve interesting sound effects, and makes it easier to manipulate the vocalist's voice. The LED line consisting of 10 diodes is a very primitive, but effective and convenient way of interacting with the vocalist, and the way of interpreting the values ​​is predetermined before each performance. During the performance, a sound canvas is formed, thereby changing the dynamics, consisting of a set of looped fragments created within voice and interface processing elements, without using other methods to generate sounds.

Initially, the project was built around the idea of using the body and its capabilities as a starting point or even a resource for later use in a hybrid work. However, the idea was subsequently transformed into a more subtle practice of interaction between two artists, using an electronic device and sound performance as its direct consequence. At the same time, the idea of ​​domination and manipulation was replaced by sensitive interaction, and the "resource" became more and more a source of inspiration. In many ways, the work can be described as a way of interpreting complexities in the relations between a couple, and the displacement of these complexities to the domain of creative interaction.

hard:
- arduino
- mic
- servo motor
- leds

soft:
-pure data

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Fluorescent Grey's 5x Yamaha Vl1 Orchestral Performance Rig

Published on Jan 31, 2018 A Very Heavy Agenda

This is pretty amazing.

Some details via Fluorescent Grey:

"I thought you might be interested in this custom software interface I built to control 5 x Yamaha Vl1 physical modelling synthesizers as a single polyphonic instrument.

Pictured:

-1 x Doepfer Regelwerk controller sending MIDI CC to Emagic Sounddiver on a PC laptop with Yamaha Vl1 editor

-3 x Yamaha VL1m rack units

-2 x Yamaha VL1 keyboard units

(not pictured but integral to the setup)

-Cubase 9 running MIDI patterns off of Mac Laptop

-Keyboard input being filtered through Reaktor 6 custom patch converting polyphonic input to daisy chained 5x duo-phonic VL1 MIDI outputs

-Reaktor 6 custom patch running MIDI breath controller, pitch-bend, modulation and other CC data"

Crackle-canvas v12.0 (2017)

Published on Jan 24, 2018 tovett

Crackle-canvas v12.0 (2017)
Tom Verbruggen

h0nh1m X COLLECTIVE - Haptic Organ

Published on Dec 23, 2017 h0nh1m

"The latest interactive installation by h0nh1m (Chris Cheung), a new media / sound artist (previously led his studio XEX to create Prismverse) and COLLECTIVE, an international award winning architecture design studio, is an reinterpretation of various musical instruments juxtapose with each other in its form, visual feedback and interactive engagement.

Haptic Organ - commissioned by Fashion Walk
Project link: http://h0nh1m.com/haptic-organ/

‘Haptic’ originates from the greek word ‘haptikos’: any sort of information received through touch is haptic, as it appears in this installation, it is based on kinesthetic (expressing force or position) communication, in which the motion of the hand initiates visual displays and sound variations, thus allowing audiences to receive familiar feedbacks to learn how to operate the installation as an instrument.

The creative duo COLLECTIVE and h0nh1m designed Haptic Organ with an intention to make music tangible, visible, sharable among each other to encourage group interactive moments in celebration of the Christmas season.

It is in the form of a 4-meter tall spiraling instrument with the recognizable elements of the strings; music notes are prompted with the aid of the non-contact haptic interface that detects hands movement in the air, while each of the 20 transparent tubes, like a pipe organ, wrap round the spiral, each encased with a metallic ball which rises up and down, dancing inside the tube through initiated air movement by hand motion; users received the visual feedback of dancing balls and can freely improvise his or her music with the aid of eight sensors giving eight notes across an octave, in addition to four that gives tones of musical instruments like strings, woodwinds, harps and sleigh bells, with volume controllable with ascending and descending movements of the hands over the haptic interfaces.

h0nh1m creates the music as a blessing for joy and peace in the Christmas season. Borrowing the melody of ‘Happy Christmas (War is Over)’ written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, it was a work of peace activism, looking towards for peace, equality, the end of wars and discrimination.

Credits:
COLLECTIVE Team: Betty Ng, Katja Lam, Ray Lau, Wingyi So
h0nh1m (Chris Cheung) Team: Chris Cheung, Jason Lam, Man Kit Leung"

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::vtol:: driver

::vtol:: driver from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.

http://vtol.cc/filter/works/driver

- arduino
- pure data

"Kinetic sound object. The mechanism is a system consisting of two sound circuits and auxiliary mechanical and electronic elements. The first sound circuit is a speaker emitting square wave. This speaker forces copper balls, served one at a time or several at a time through a dispenser, to bounce up and down on its membrane. Depending on the amplitude and frequency of the sound of the speaker, the balls bounce at one of the same height or at another height. As they are confined in a pipe, they either fall back to the speaker, or jump out of it. If a ball jumps out, it ends up in one of seven collecting vessels and subsequently falls into the pipe. An optical sensor is installed in each of the seven pipes attached to the vessels, detecting the passage of the balls through this pipe. Subsequently, the ball ends up in the collector and may, as and when the balls are used, be returned to the mechanical dispenser through the use of a robotic 'hand'. Depending on the number of times that a ball ends up in a vessel (pipe) and a particular vessel (pipe), the algorithm of the generated sound changes in the second circuit, which executes the generative composition. The frequency of the sound in the primary circuit is also affected by the number of hits.

To all intents and purposes, the object represents a complicated feedback machine, where the feedback doesn't have a direct impact on itself, but uses kinetic and mechanical elements -intermediaries. These intermediaries are nothing other than the generators of random numbers inside a complex and harmonious system. This results in a constant change in the sound and the spectator’s observation of the system's attempts to retain balance and continue its work. To a certain extent, we may assert that the object is performing a routine ritual, infinitely repeating its actions in order to extend its life cycle."

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::vtol:: until I die

::vtol:: until I die from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.

"This installation operates on unique batteries that generate electricity using my blood. The electric current produced by the batteries powers a small electronic algorithmic synth module. This module creates generative sound composition that plays via a small speaker. The blood used in the installation was stored up gradually over 18 months. The conservation included a number of manipulations to preserve the blood’s chemical composition, color, homogeneity and sterility to avoid bacterial contamination. The total amount of blood conserved was around 4.5 liters; it was then diluted to yield 7 liters, the amount required for the installation. The blood was diluted with distilled water and preservatives such as sodium citrate, antibiotics, antifungal agents, glucose, glycerol etc. The last portion of blood (200ml) was drawn from my arm during the performance presentation, shortly before the launch of the installation.

more information - http://vtol.cc/filter/works/until-I-die

Kapelica gallery, Ljubljana, 06-09.12.2016."

Materials: glass, coper, aluminium, steel, plastic, acrylic, custom electronics, Axoloti open-source synth module, 1 channel sound system

This one in via brian comnes, also on Deviant Synth.

See the vtol label at the bottom of this post for more of vtol's creations.

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Crackle-canvas WH 0.7 (2017)

Published on Nov 28, 2017 tovett

"Crackle-canvas WH 0.7 (2017)
By Tom Verbruggen"

::vtol:: phasmida

::vtol:: phasmida from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.

"Interactive robotic music instrument/installation. Transparent plastic pipe of 2 meters long with passive magnet ball and magnetic field detectors inside. Each sensor triggers different sound synthesis algorithms. Can be controlled wireless using cellphone gyroscope/accelerometer, or using custom controllers.

- servo motors
- arduino
- reed switches
- magnet
- pure data

http://vtol.cc/filter/works/phasmida"

::vtol:: ivy - 240 Step Sequencer

::vtol:: ivy from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.

The latest creation from ::vtol::.

"Interactive sound installation. Sequencer-synthesizer with 240 steps, that allows to create rhythmic compositions. Object has complex control system with possibility to add or delete "voices", change tempo of whole sequence or individually for each voice, to change number and direction of steps.

The project is created specially for Open Codes exhibition in ZKM center, dedicated to codes and programming in art. On one side, Ivy is a representation of an archaic method of electronic music programming for analog synthesizers. On the other side - gigantic scale and obsessive multiplication of simple primitive elements turns this project into an art installation, that is referring to the topic of graphic and physical organization of parameters in electronic music.

more info - http://vtol.cc/filter/works/ivy"

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Van speeldoos tot muziekcomputer (1976)

Published on Jul 26, 2010 Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid

Wait for it...

The following is the video description by some additional info I found on Wikipedia.

"Tentoonstelling 'Van speeldoos tot muziekcomputer' in het Van Goghmuseum in Amsterdam. Beelden van een cilinderspeeldoos uit 19e eeuw, een draaiorgel met orgelboek, een apparaat met papieren muziekrol laat piano en violen spelen, een grote muziekcomputer met veel draden van de Belg Leo Küpper die een demonstratie geeft voor het publiek. Diverse shots van het interieur van het Van Goghmuseum.
Jouw TV-favoriet op DVD bestellen?
Ga naar: http://www.beeldengeluid.nl/tvfavoriet"

Googlish:

"Exhibition 'from playbox to music computer' in the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. Figures of a 19th century cinderella box, a revolving organ with organ book, a piece of paper musical instrument play a piano and violins, a large music machine with many threads of the Belgian Leo Küpper which gives a demonstration to the public. Various shots of the interior of the Van Gogh museum.
Order your TV favorite on DVD?
Go to: http://www.beeldengeluid.nl/tvfavoriet "

If anyone knows more about this system feel free to comment. I did a quick search on Leo Küpper and found the following on a Wikipedia article for Miguel Bonachea:

"Bonachea is an enthusiast advocate of contemporary music and has devoted part of his professional career to its advancement. In the 1980s, he was a co-founder of the National Laboratory of Electro-acoustic Music in Havana, led by composer Juan Blanco, a pioneer of electro-acoustic music in Latin America. Bonachea has been invited as a guest performer in residence at the “Laboratory for Researches on Electro-acoustics of Brussels”, Belgium, to participate in the creation of a composition titled “Guitarra Cubana” by Belgian composer Leo Küpper.[5] Since the beginning of his career, Bonachea has included in his repertoire contemporary works from contemporary composers such as Leo Brouwer, Carlos Fariñas, Hector Angulo, Bernardo Cardona, Efraín Amador, Jose A. Pérez Puentes and Armando Rodriguez Ruidiaz, among others. Renowned composers Leo Küpper (Belgium), Moisés Bertrán (Spain), Andrés Posada (Colombia), and Yalil Guerra (Cuba-USA) have dedicated original pieces to Miguel Bonachea.[4]"

AQUA SPACE RITUAL ::: Festival de Inverno :::: Sesc Araraquara

Published on Sep 18, 2017 Arthur Joly

"apresentação insólita no Sesc Araraquara"

"Unusual presentation at Sesc Araraquara"

Quadrophonic Modular Synthesizer Performance

Published on Sep 7, 2017 Hainbach

"For Bauhausfest 2017 I created a quadrophonic modular performance using the Koma Elektronik Poltergeist.
www.hainbachmusik.com"

WALTER GIERS - ELECTRONIC ART

Published on Feb 7, 2017 Telekom Electronic Beats

"Visual art and electronic music regularly intertwines and with DJs and live acts like Moderat, Richie Hawtin and Dubfire to name a few, continuing to push the envelope in this area, this connection is getting deeper. Telekom Electronic Beats TV looked into this relationship and stumbled upon the work of visual and electronic art pioneer, inventor, visionary and unsung hero Walter Giers, who sadly passed away in 2016. Travelling to Schwäbisch Gmünd we uncovered some of the life and work of this late, great artist and learned where some of today’s visual artists are taking their cues.

00:20 - Weisser Vulkan (1979)
1:08 - Erotischer Zyklus (1975)
1:14 - Hänge-Kugellautsprecher (1968)
2:14 - PE II (1992)
2:37 - Handbild/Hände (1971)
3:11 - Impertinent (1976)
3:40 - 54 Millionen Jahre (2004)
4:54 - Der Stammtisch
6:01 - Musik für 3 Sender (1977)
10:19 - Raoul Hausmann (1994)"

::vtol:: volnovod

::vtol:: volnovod from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.

"I’ve came up with the idea of this device during a long flight, when my iPod earbuds (the standard white ones) got caught up yet again. The wires of this manufacturer are covered with special rubber that grants the earbuds a unique feature: they do not fracture or bend; they just intertwine endlessly, which prolongs their lifespan and prevents contact damage. Therefore, in a typical coincidence, my wire intertwined many times and I noticed that it resembled a complex multidimensional wave. The concept of the machine came across my mind at once: a machine that would deliberately intertwine this kind of wire in different ways, then a camera would digitize it and a special algorithm would transform the result in a parametric graph controlling different parameters of sound synthesis.

The device ‘Volnovod’ is a result. I think of this device as a hybrid machine, which combines a kinetic sound sculpture and a unique controller/tool. It bases on the concept of some small phenomenon being adapted, raised and automatized. Thus, a very peculiar for me combination of a tangible wave and depending on it soundwaves worked out.

The device operates in automatic mode, semi-automatic mode or manual mode. Two stepper motors constantly turn and intertwine the wire, moulding different types of waves. Motors operate in accordance with the random numbers-based program and randomly change the direction. Still they rotate within the preset number of steps range to prevent the wire from over-intertwining. The camera shoots a wire in front of a black background, which makes possible to achieve the highest picture contrast. Nine wave pictures are saved. Later they can be updated in automatic mode or refiled manually in semi-automatic mode or manual mode. These nine shots then morph into graphic tables with resolution of 270 x 240 points. The tables are the base to control sound synthesis options. The program can generate parameters in any suitable format: MIDI, OSC, CV. It allows to use it freely as within the system as with external devices. Graphs reading can be written down automatically or manually, with different velocity in many directions. The wave form can also put to use as a harmonic oscillator wave (akin to wavetable synthesis).

more info - http://vtol.cc/filter/works/volnovod"

software:

- pure data
- max/smp

hardware:

- stepper motors
- 2 channel sound system
- arduino uno
- lcd monitor
- iPhone / iPod headphones wire

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