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Conference paper
Water Birds: Compositional collaboration with clarinets, wireless sensors, and RTcmix
SEAMUS 2011, 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, January 20–22, 2011, Miami, Florida
Annual Conference of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, 26th (University of Miami Frost School of Music, Miami, Florida, 01/20/2011–01/22/2011)
2011
Abstract
"Water Birds" is an interactive composition for Bb and bass clarinet, computer music and wireless sensor system by Mara Helmuth and Rebecca Danard. A wireless sensor network with infra-red sensors responds to the clarinetist’s movements, and sends data into MaxMSP for signal processing control. The wireless sensor configuration was developed by Jung Hyun Jun, Talmai Oliveira, Amitabh Mishra, Ahmad Mostafa and Dharma Agrawal, and extended for this project in collaboration with Helmuth. MaxMSP Mxj Java objects were created to receive data from the programmed tmote sensors. Helmuth’s score consists of four sound-generating ideas. Her Max patch and RTcmix scripts process the clarinet sound with spectral delays through the rtcmix~ plugin for Max5. Danard created a working score solidifying her decisions about materials played and order of events. Helmuth and Danard’s interactive compositional process allowed to piece to evolve organically into a work commenting on the interaction of people, nature and technology.
Details
- Title
- Water Birds
- Publication Details
- SEAMUS 2011, 26th Annual Conference of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, January 20–22, 2011, Miami, Florida
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Conference
- Annual Conference of the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States, 26th (University of Miami Frost School of Music, Miami, Florida, 01/20/2011–01/22/2011)
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 9
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090338006600
- Academic Unit
- Computer Science; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English