Shimmer (2004) for piano, resonant glasses and MaxMSP/Jitter
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In Shimmer a series of glasses, with microphones suspended within, are placed at various locations on the piano frame. This causes the sounds of the piano to be filtered through the particular resonant frequencies of the glasses. These frequencies are amplified, explored, and transformed with various spectral reverberation techniques in Max/MSP. During a performance, the acoustic and computer generated sounds are sent to a separate hidden loudspeaker, the cone of which contains a small quantity of milk – the speaker cone itself is protected by a thin plastic sheath. The shimmering of the milk is captured in real-time by a video camera and processed in Jitter in methods analogous to many of the audio processing techniques utilized in the piece before being sent to a pair of video monitors on stage.
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Excerpt from Shimmer (2004)
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