Monday, June 28, 2010
Electromagnetic Recordings
Here are some brief recordings that have been created by passing an induction transducer that has been wired to an audio jack over several electronic devices. I am simply amazed by the complexity and variety of the magnetic signal emanating from the laptop, for example. It is a pleasure and a surprise to go hunting for these sounds. Of specific interest to me are areas and relative gestures that create an effect similar to a filter sweep as well as the idea of having a complex device like a laptop and finding areas that allow one to naturally crossfade between magnetic signals simply by moving the inductor in one plane or another.
Laptop:
http://www.lazerscale2010.com/track.php?id=845
Cathode Ray Tube Television:
http://www.lazerscale2010.com/track.php?id=846
Audio Recorder:
http://www.lazerscale2010.com/track.php?id=847
Netbook:
http://www.lazerscale2010.com/track.php?id=848
Laptop:
http://www.lazerscale2010.com/track.php?id=845
Cathode Ray Tube Television:
http://www.lazerscale2010.com/track.php?id=846
Audio Recorder:
http://www.lazerscale2010.com/track.php?id=847
Netbook:
http://www.lazerscale2010.com/track.php?id=848
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Poppi and little-scale Live Recording from NIME
http://chipmusic.org/forums/post/27700/#p27700
Audio recording (via iPhone) of our live set from NIME2010. Recorded and posted by Tom Gilmore.
Audio recording (via iPhone) of our live set from NIME2010. Recorded and posted by Tom Gilmore.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
little-scale: Biometrics (2010)
Music for Nanoloop for iPhone, field recordings, broken AM/FM radio (courtesy of Veronique Laforest) and Atari POKEY. Artwork by Lauren Tomczak. Download here: http://www.milkcrate.com.au/littlescaleweb/little-scale_Biometrics.zip
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
My Three Favourite Things from NIME2010
Greg Schiemer's Mandala #4
Ningen Dogs Live
Nicolas Collins' Keynote Presentation
Friday, June 18, 2010
little-scale and Poppi Doser: Antia (2010)
"A recent project saw little-scale collaborate with electronic music composer and researcher Poppi Doser. Antia - the resultant eight track EP - is best described as ambient and smooth sonic landscapes, interrupted by harsh and rhythmically complex lo-fi beats.
A work of contradiction, Antia manages to create a convincing merger of various stylistic elements. Poppi provides field recordings, plays piano and sings, and little-scale is on the SEGA Mega Drive and Atari 2600."
Finally, Antia is out! I am very happy with this release, and consider it some of my best material. Coinciding with our performance at the 2010 NIME conference in Sydney, 8bitpeoples is stocking the release as a CD. Quanities are limited, so be quick! Grab it here:
https://www.8bitpeoples.com/store/product/80
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Poppi Doser and little-scale Live in Sydney this Wednesday and Thursday
For those in Sydney, please come and check out the two shows that Poppi and I are playing in Sydney this week.
Wednesday, 16th June, 8.30PM + @ The Vanguard, 42 King Street, Newtown.
Nic Collins, little-scale and Poppi Doser, Chikashi Miyama, Ryo Kanda and Ningen Dogs Orchestra
Thursday, 17th June, 8.00 PM + @ The Sandringham 387 King Street, Newtown
Ningen Dogs Orchestra, The Mumps, Toydeath, Moranis, little-scale and Poppi Doser
Wednesday, 16th June, 8.30PM + @ The Vanguard, 42 King Street, Newtown.
Nic Collins, little-scale and Poppi Doser, Chikashi Miyama, Ryo Kanda and Ningen Dogs Orchestra
Thursday, 17th June, 8.00 PM + @ The Sandringham 387 King Street, Newtown
Ningen Dogs Orchestra, The Mumps, Toydeath, Moranis, little-scale and Poppi Doser
Physical Digital Lookup Table
I am always intrigued by the idea of executing simple computational tasks to do with digital sound and audio using logic chips only - for example, you may recall the work I have done with audio sample manipulation using EPROMs and RAM chips.
Yesterday I prototyped a very simple version of a proof of concept for a physical digital lookup table. The idea is that I wanted to be able to actually see and physically interact with digital memory with my own hands. I will be expanding on this idea.
A set of thirty-two bits, organised into eight nibbles of four bits each were created using physical connections to a voltage supply. This series of physical connections were then multiplexed on a bit-by-bit basis, after which the data is sent to a simple four-bit digital to analog converter. Thus, each four nibble value can be read by multiplexing the data to the digital to analog converter.
Read operations are accomplished by setting each multiplexer to the same input / output gate. Write operations are accomplished by physical re-arranging the connections.
In the pictures below, the lookup table holds the values for a digitised sine wave whose values had been pre-calculated.
The completed lookup table.
Data stored as physical connections.
The yellow jumpers are 1s. The green jumpers are 0s.
Actual recorded waveform.
Yesterday I prototyped a very simple version of a proof of concept for a physical digital lookup table. The idea is that I wanted to be able to actually see and physically interact with digital memory with my own hands. I will be expanding on this idea.
A set of thirty-two bits, organised into eight nibbles of four bits each were created using physical connections to a voltage supply. This series of physical connections were then multiplexed on a bit-by-bit basis, after which the data is sent to a simple four-bit digital to analog converter. Thus, each four nibble value can be read by multiplexing the data to the digital to analog converter.
Read operations are accomplished by setting each multiplexer to the same input / output gate. Write operations are accomplished by physical re-arranging the connections.
In the pictures below, the lookup table holds the values for a digitised sine wave whose values had been pre-calculated.
The completed lookup table. 
Data stored as physical connections.The yellow jumpers are 1s. The green jumpers are 0s.
Actual recorded waveform.Sunday, June 06, 2010
10k At The Cranka
There is a juncture between musical performance as punk / hardcore set, as chipmusic show, as a stand up comedy routine and as a piece of performance art. It is this space that Tom Gilmore aka Ten Thousand Free Men and Their Families occupied with his transcendental set last night at Adelaide's Crown And Anchor. 10k absolutely nailed it. For me personally, this was the second best live performance of chipmusic that I have ever seen, closely behind Condom (Covox and Random) at Blip Fest 2009. I am basing this assessment on both what I took away from the show as well as how it made me feel. Please support Tom by picking up one of his EPs here.
Friday, June 04, 2010
Nicolas Collins: Artist Talk, Concert and Workshops in Adelaide!
Nic Collins, the author of the amazing book 'Handmade Electronic Music' is coming to Adelaide! Be sure to register and attend the following events. Don't miss out on this, it will be very worth it!
The Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide, in partnership with Royal Institution of Australia (RiAUS) and the Australian Experimental Art Foundation (AEAF) , presents:
Nicolas Collins :: Artist Talk, Concert and Workshops :: Friday, June 11 to Sunday, June 13
New York born and raised, Nicolas Collins studied composition with Alvin Lucier at Wesleyan University, worked for many years with David Tudor, and has collaborated with numerous soloist and ensembles around the world. He lived most of the 1990s in Europe, where he was Visiting Artistic Director of Stichting STEIM (Amsterdam), and a DAAD composer-in-residence in Berlin. Since 1997 he has been editor-in-chief of the Leonardo Music Journal, and since 1999 a Professor in the Department of Sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The second edition of his book, Handmade Electronic Music – The Art of Hardware Hacking, was published by Routledge in 2009. Collins has the dubious distinction of having played at both CBGBs and the Concertgebouw. More information: http://www.nicolascollins.com/
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Artist Talk ~ Collaborations in Sound / Intersections of Science and Art
Friday, June 11
5.00pm
UniSA, Campus West, Hawke Building, H 6.12
Enter off North Terrace at the Samstag Gallery, then take the lift to level 6
Map: http://tiny.cc/2vxch
FREE
More information: http://www.nicolascollins.com/
Nicolas Collins will present an artist talk examining his collaborations with sound, space and silence. In particular he will look at the idea of collaboration in relation to custom handmade electronic circuits, acoustic feedback, improvisation, 'backward' technologies and file sharing systems . Further, the talk with draw upon his experience as a instrument maker, composer, researcher and editor-in-chief of the Leonardo Music Journal.
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Concert ~ Works of Slightly Misused Technology
Saturday, June 12
8.00 - 10.00pm
RiAUS, The Science Exchange, 55 Exchange Place Adelaide
Map: http://tiny.cc/exwli
FREE (BUT BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL)
Bookings: http://musicalmischief.eventbrite.com/
More Information:
http://www.riaus.org.au/events/2010/06/12/works_of_slightly_misused_technology.jsp
Program:
Leading New York-born experimental electronic music composer, hardware hacker and editor-in-chief of the Leonardo Music Journal Nicolas Collins is joined by local musicians to present a concert of various works for slightly misused technology. From home-made electronics to found sound and everything in between and beyond, this is a musical event for those with a sense of adventure and a desire to subvert the intentions of their favourite electronic devices and discover a new sonic world.
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Workshops ~ Hardware Hacking
Saturday & Sunday, June 12 - 13
All Day
The University of Adelaide, Level 10, Schulz Building, Kintore Avenue, Adelaide
Map: http://tiny.cc/cswhq
For more information please see here:
http://emu.adelaide.edu.au/downloads/NicCollinsWorkshops2010.pdf
Enquiries or registration:
christian.haines@adelaide.edu.au
*** STRICTLY LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE (REGISTRATIONS CLOSE 4pm, Wednesday June 9 )
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The Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide, in partnership with Royal Institution of Australia (RiAUS) and the Australian Experimental Art Foundation (AEAF) , presents:
Nicolas Collins :: Artist Talk, Concert and Workshops :: Friday, June 11 to Sunday, June 13
New York born and raised, Nicolas Collins studied composition with Alvin Lucier at Wesleyan University, worked for many years with David Tudor, and has collaborated with numerous soloist and ensembles around the world. He lived most of the 1990s in Europe, where he was Visiting Artistic Director of Stichting STEIM (Amsterdam), and a DAAD composer-in-residence in Berlin. Since 1997 he has been editor-in-chief of the Leonardo Music Journal, and since 1999 a Professor in the Department of Sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The second edition of his book, Handmade Electronic Music – The Art of Hardware Hacking, was published by Routledge in 2009. Collins has the dubious distinction of having played at both CBGBs and the Concertgebouw. More information: http://www.nicolascollins.com/
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Artist Talk ~ Collaborations in Sound / Intersections of Science and Art
Friday, June 11
5.00pm
UniSA, Campus West, Hawke Building, H 6.12
Enter off North Terrace at the Samstag Gallery, then take the lift to level 6
Map: http://tiny.cc/2vxch
FREE
More information: http://www.nicolascollins.com/
Nicolas Collins will present an artist talk examining his collaborations with sound, space and silence. In particular he will look at the idea of collaboration in relation to custom handmade electronic circuits, acoustic feedback, improvisation, 'backward' technologies and file sharing systems . Further, the talk with draw upon his experience as a instrument maker, composer, researcher and editor-in-chief of the Leonardo Music Journal.
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Concert ~ Works of Slightly Misused Technology
Saturday, June 12
8.00 - 10.00pm
RiAUS, The Science Exchange, 55 Exchange Place Adelaide
Map: http://tiny.cc/exwli
FREE (BUT BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL)
Bookings: http://musicalmischief.eventbrite.com/
More Information:
http://www.riaus.org.au/events/2010/06/12/works_of_slightly_misused_technology.jsp
Program:
Leading New York-born experimental electronic music composer, hardware hacker and editor-in-chief of the Leonardo Music Journal Nicolas Collins is joined by local musicians to present a concert of various works for slightly misused technology. From home-made electronics to found sound and everything in between and beyond, this is a musical event for those with a sense of adventure and a desire to subvert the intentions of their favourite electronic devices and discover a new sonic world.
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Workshops ~ Hardware Hacking
Saturday & Sunday, June 12 - 13
All Day
The University of Adelaide, Level 10, Schulz Building, Kintore Avenue, Adelaide
Map: http://tiny.cc/cswhq
For more information please see here:
http://emu.adelaide.edu.au/downloads/NicCollinsWorkshops2010.pdf
Enquiries or registration:
christian.haines@adelaide.edu.au
*** STRICTLY LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE (REGISTRATIONS CLOSE 4pm, Wednesday June 9 )
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