LorenZonifier (2009) - Java Applet
LorenZonifier is a web-based sonification of two Lorenz attractors. The parameters for the attractors, musical instruments, and audio mixing are controllable via your web browser. It requires Java runtime 1.5 or greater,
and the JSyn plugin in order to run. Click on one of the following links to run LorenZonifier. The small version may be better for laptop displays.
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bushwacked (2001)
All of the sounds in this piece are manipulated or direct samples of the first post-9/11 speech by our former President. The piece is algorithmic. Samples have an increased chance of being played within certain sections of the piece. I use various manipulations on the samples, such as pitch shifting, time compression, cross-synthesis, and reversal.
Ants Crawling (2002)
A piece composed using granular synthesis techniques and various filters.
Movement I
Movement II
Movement III
Movement IV
Nancarrow Study No. 2 (2002)
This piece is an analysis and resynthesis of Study #19 by Conlon Nancarrow. The melody was arranged by a Perl script, using pitch and rhythm data obtained by two Markov chains.
Oto No Naru Hako (2002) -Quicktime movie
For shamisen (Japanese three-stringed lute) and tape.
Jennifer Matsue - shamisen.
Digital Swamp (2002)
A collaboration piece with Edward Childs. We each produced a sonification of data that tracks hail storms across the United States over a period of about five years. Each of our sonifications became a voice in the piece.
Waking Up in Russia (2002)
A text-sound piece which uses various techniques to create new spaces and transformations.
Iteration IV (2003)
One of a suite of five pieces each completed in one day. The pieces from this suite use fractal equations to determine various parameters such as pitch, duration, or tempo.
Air on a Guitar String (2003)
A piece composed using a single sample: a scratch on the low E string of a classical guitar.
Jemplang Panganten (1999)
Recording of West Javanese tembang music performed on KKUP radio at San Jose, California in Nov. 1999. Burhan Sukarma on suling (bamboo flute) and myself on kacapi indung (West Javanese zither).
Performace
Pusaka Sunda, Samagaha, Sakti Label, 1999.