NDLI: Fermata via Media

Content Provider	University of North Texas
Description	A shower of grains with an average duration of 80 milliseconds but perceived as a continuous sound produces shifts of changing timbres. The sound source for this granulation made in real time comes from samples whose mathematical data are recorded on a hard disk (it is quanta whose frequency modulation (FM) and the spectral envelope (formants) have been predetermined. ). The reading mode of these data is controlled in a way (as if read stuttering) to perceive as a musical gesture what could otherwise be a succession of brief and irreducible sound events. The piece is a psychological poem that explores aspects of pitch and interval, temporal perception, and timbre in a context of selective listening (auditory streaming). "Fermata via media" was produced (1990) at Simon Fraser University's Electroacoustic Music Laboratory with the help of GSAMX sampling programs for granular synthesis and compositional PDFILX developed by Barry Truax.
Archival Resource Key	ark:/67531/metadc1586099
Publisher	Mnémothèque Internationale des Sciences et Arts en Musique Électroacoustique
Publisher Date	2019-11-17
Publisher Place	Bourges, France
Access Restriction	Authorized
Subject Keyword	Electroacoustic music FM synthesis Granular synthesis Pre-recorded audio Processed sound Synthesizer Sampler
Content Type	Audio

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