Here’s the third Ostracon track, Particle Agent, from our release, Unauthorized Modifications. It is temporarily available as a free download on SoundCloud. Enjoy the adventure of a lifetime!
Free Download: Particle Agent by Ostracon
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Category Archives: Sound Design
Free Download: Probability Defect by Ostracon
Another Ostracon track, Probability Defect, from our release, Unauthorized Modifications, is temporarily available as a free download on SoundCloud. Please enjoy responsibly!
Machine Machine Touchscreen Instrument
Machine Machine (2013) is a 32″ touchscreen installation that functions as an electronic instrument. Granular synthesis is used to loop “grains” of sound and video at variable lengths and frequencies. These parameters are based on the y-axis of the touch point on the monitor. The x-axis determines the position of the grain within the timeline. The piece was exhibited last month at the Northrup King Building in Minneapolis during Art-a-Whirl and for Visual Storage; the MCAD MFA thesis exhibition.
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Free Download: Photon Coercion by Ostracon
The Ostracon track, Photon Coercion, from our release, Unauthorized Modifications, is temporarily available as a free download on SoundCloud. Let us know what you think of it in the comments. Thanks!
3 DEAF MICE – sound and story in a game – Part 2
Why mice and what’s behind their listening, sound and music
3 Deaf Mice started with the idea of the nursery rhyme 3 Blind Mice adapted as the three deaf musical mice, but having to deal with the difficulties of hearing loss from listening to loud music too long, and I thought that would make a cool sound game. It sets up the challenge for the player to improve their own hearing so they can help the mice create the song. And once that happens, it opens the door for a whole bunch of fun audio challenges and creativity. We’ve already got six more songs written around the lives of these three mice, all to do with sound and music creation, while also dealing with the rodents’ real world issues of finding food and avoiding getting caught as prey. Like mice, we humans can relate to these basic survival needs, and it certainly will add motivation to the game play. Lots of drama!
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