Well, we did it. We fully maxed out all the addressable channels in Sawdust’s custom Spacemap® system.
An Evening of Immersive Audio…
Composer Greg Wilder curates an evening of contemporary music from 1 to the 102 speakers that make up the Meyer Sound Constellation at National Sawdust. Featuring seminal works by Frank Zappa and Karlheinz Stockhausen in their original format, the evening explores immersive audio and the creative opportunities it affords in a way that can only experienced first hand in the space itself.
In the past music was created to fit the instruments and spaces at hand. Intimate rooms with low ceilings could be filled with the sound of a single bard celebrating the achievements of warriors while large chapels required groups of voices to slow down and draw out pious praises, holding on to open vowel sounds so the long reverberation times could transform simple melodies into sacred harmonies. Today we can shape our own acoustic spaces and create our own instruments – virtually.
Join us in Brooklyn on June 11th for an experience like no other. Contact National Sawdust for tickets.
It’s feeling quite “spring-ish” says the guy living in a snow-bound mountain cabin.
Tomorrow we setup and test the immersive audio playback system at National Sawdust for the first time. Fingers crossed.
Composer Greg Wilder curates an evening of contemporary music from 1 to the 102 speakers that make up the Meyer Sound Constellation at National Sawdust. Featuring seminal works by Frank Zappa and Karlheinz Stockhausen in their original format, the evening explores immersive audio and the creative opportunities it affords in a way that can only experienced first hand in the space itself.
Having thoroughly explored this wild little system of nostalgic goodness, it’s time to get busy rendering a new work for the upcoming show at National Sawdust.
(look for audio examples on Insta, SoundCloud, and YouTube in the coming weeks)
This episode covers Alison’s challenge to Greg: to create a piece of music without using his fancy-pants composer craftiness. He’s not allowed to think about what he’s going to make, but has to abandon his training and use only his intuition to create music.
Here are the challenge results:
Greg’s Initial Improv: Four Sparrows Original
Greg’s Final Mixed Result: Four Sparrows (Final)