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Between Air and Electricity

Between Air and Electricity

Microphones and Loudspeakers as Musical Instruments

  • Overview
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Other Examples

Category: Chapter 3

Posted on January 31, 2017November 23, 2017

p. 66 frequencies (a / friction) by Nicolas Bernier

frequencies (a / friction) (2015) by  Nicolas Bernier

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Posted on January 31, 2017November 23, 2017

p. 69 A Letter from Schoenberg by Peter Ablinger

A Letter from Schoenberg (1996) by Peter Ablinger.

Listen first to the version without text:

And listen now to the version with text added:

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Posted on January 31, 2017June 20, 2017

p. 75 Wave Train by David Behrman

Wave Train (1966) by David Behrman performed by Yoni Niv (Musica Nova) and Ronald Boersen (special guest). See also: Sound in a Jar by Ronald Boersen.

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Posted on January 31, 2017December 21, 2017

p. 76 Neo Bechstein

Neo Bechstein demonstration from 1933 “it is heard through the medium of a loud-speaker” (I love how she pronounces loud-speaker!).

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Between Air and Electricity

  • Table of Contents
  • Cathy van Eck

key words

(acoustic) feedback (hemi)spherical loudspeakers contact microphones everyday objects flute flying loudspeakers movement percussion phonograph piano pick-ups prepared loudspeakers prepared microphones sound reinforcement systems space tactile transducers ten or more loudspeakers trumpet tuning fork violin family voice walking water wearable

time line

  • 1950s and earlier
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s

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