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Beats per Machine
a Sonic Lab in Santiago de Chile
lead by Wolfgang Spahn
27.-29. November 2017, begin 19:00hrs
at Studio Daniel Tirado
Av. Pedro de Valdivia 2412
More than 100 years ago futurist Luigi Rosollo in his manifest The Art of Noises classified the sounds of noise using six groups:
- 1. Roars, Thunderings, Explosions, Hissing roars, Bangs, Booms
- 2. Whistling, Hissing, Puffing
- 3. Whispers, Murmurs, Mumbling, Muttering, Gurgling
- 4. Noises obtained by beating on metals, woods, skins, stones, pottery, etc.
- 5. Voices of animals and people, Shouts, Screams, Shrieks, Wails, Hoots, Howls, Death rattles, Sobs
- 6. Screeching, Creaking, Rustling, Buzzing, Crackling, Scraping
The sonic lab takes Rosollo's approach as a starting point to explore sound and noise. We'll create a sound machine based on analogue electronics that is supposed to cover the whole spectrum of noise represented in these six groups. This sound machine will enable us to produce these sounds and it's various patterns and rhythms.
By using motors and machines, analogue synthesizers, pick ups and wave shaping circuits we will enlarge and enrich the field of sound and noise, while Raspberry Pis will provide a flexible digital system that enables us to control these sounds.
Different devices like toys, motors and machines are the sound and noise sources that are controlled by a Pure Data patch on a Raspberry Pi Zero. These machines or an envelop generator after these machines should be triggered over the GPIOs of the Raspberry Pi.
The sound machine was exhibited at the PrinmaVeraHack Festival in December 2017.
Schedul
- Monday 27th afternoon buying electronic parts & devices
- Monday 27th to Thursday 30th from 7pm experimenting, developing and building
- Friday 1. DEcember setup at MAC
- Saturday 2. and Sunday 3. Primavera Hacker
- OPENING Saturday 7:30pm
Participants
- Agnes Evseev
- Alejandra Perez
- Daniel Tirado
- Felipe Fierro
- Ivan Rivera
- Mirko Petrovich
- Nicolas Briceno
- Gonzalo Aspée
- Sebastián Lasker
- Pablo Rojas
- Wolfgang Spahn
Raspi Bit
The main control was done by the PB205 Raspi Bit, a Raspberry Pi Zero board for the Paper Bit synthesizer by Wolfgang Spahn:
https://paperpcb.dernulleffekt.de/doku.php?id=paper_bits:pb205_raspi-bit
The Pure Data patch was written by Mirko Petrovich:
raspibit9.zip
Links
Paper Bits
http://paperpcb.dernulleffekt.de/doku.php?id=paper_bits:paper_bits_main
Paper Synthesiser
http://paperpcb.dernulleffekt.de/doku.php?id=paper_synth:paper_synth_main
Pure Data on Raspberry Pi
http://www.dernulleffekt.de/doku.php?id=puredata:main
with great support of the Goethe Institute Santiago de Chile