ONLINE ATELIER SOUND TRIP 1  

Explore your sound laboratory:

1. Compare e.g. the little two shakers

There are two small jars (please close them!) in front of your sound laboratory box.

The one on the right is a plastic one. Shake it. Then, shake the glass one(left hand).

Does the sound differ?

Only after you know the answers, click and pull down this line! The same clips (=>frames) are put in both jars. Why does the content sounds different? Plastic and glass generate different sounds with the same soundobject. = Interaction soundobject - sound space (sound box).

Put the same and other sound objects in the longe tube (see at right of the sound labo): explore and experiment to influence the pitch or the color.

 

2. The art of timbre

For all sounds, timbre is the full spectrum of a tone (pitch) with its 16 audible parts (harmonics/overtones).

Shake the little glass jar. Explore why you can produce two different timbres with the same content. Look at all compartments of the sound lab, put other contents in the little jar and shake. Write down your observation to remember or check your experiences.

                                       

As a sound-man, you will explore all compartments of the soundbox now.

Don't forget (after use) to put back all little sound objects in their right place.

 

3. From timbre to rhythm

Pick up some seashells, and shake them: just for fun. The sounds produced by the seashells in your hands are interesting only for their rhythmical aspect. When does the timbre morph into rhythm ? Why?

ANSWER if necessary: because of their short sustain/reverberation in your hands (= soft box); the resonating seashells are very small and hollow; the rhythm sound comes from the hitting seashells in the hand. Shake some seashells in a metal box: it's an amplifier.

4. Sound cocktail on sound board

Look for surrounding surfaces to move and put the seashells on. Let the seashells dance on the surface. Combine all compartments of the sound lab and make a fascinating cocktail of timbres and rhythms.

TIPS 1.On the floor, on a cardboard, glass plate, drum surface, etc. 2.Amplified: on a metal case, on the back of a guitar, on a grand piano, etc. 3.Recording or sampling with a contact microphone on the sound surface. 4.Using a sound effect processor: hall, flanging, morphing: 5.Look at e.g.other ATELIER pages: Kaoss, Paintmusic, etc.

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