Ji Youn Kang (aka KANG) searches for set-ups that combine acoustic, analogue and digital instruments and devices. Her works with the Korean gong kkwaenggwari and self-built bamboo instruments are intriguing examples of such amalgams. The kkwaenggwari is a small, hand-held gong … read more
Kropka na Ogonie and Soroka Fruwa by Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman
Microphone type and microphone placement is crucial for the amplification of musical instruments. In her works Kropka Na Ogonie (2016) and Soroka Fruwa (2016), … read more
Transduction and Acoustic Radiator by Kristen Roos
Not only does Kristen Roos work with the frequency range audible for human beings, but also many other frequencies and vibrational phenomena are of high importance in his work. He makes different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum perceivable for human beings … read more
Transducer by Robin Fox and Eugene Ughetti
In Transducer (2013), you may easily recognise all kinds of “classical” playing techniques for microphones and loudspeakers, twisted in surprising and clever ways. This results in a performance which reinvents and expands known pieces such as Steve Reich’s Pendulum Music… read more
Fifty years of loudspeakers and ping pong balls
Some objects seem particularly suitable for use in preparing loudspeakers. Perhaps ping pong balls were favored objects for this due to their lightness and characteristic sound. Comparing several of these set-ups reveals that—fortunately!—using a similar technology can still result in … read more
p. 155 desafinado by Wolfgang Heiniger
A short fragment of desafinado (2005) for soprano saxophone, snare drum and a loudspeaker inside the snare drum, composed by Wolfgang Heiniger, performed by Marcus Weiss:… read more
p. 116 Stircrazer IV by Sabrina Schroeder
Stircrazer IV (2015) by Sabrina Schroeder, using tactile transducers on bass drums: