While touring a newspaper printing facility recently, my group came to an area where robotic guided vehicles were transporting giant reams of newsprint around. Each robot beeped at a different frequency from the next. Here’s what that sounded like.
Robotic Guided Vehicle Beeps
Here’s a segment of audio from Wednesday’s MAW outing at Art Institutes Minnesota in downtown Minneapolis. I’m pretty happy with the arpeggiated, melodic loops I’m able to achieve with the right settings and a good light controller using this application. For video documentation of what was happening at the event, please visit minneapolisartonwheels.org.
This video shows me using various light controllers, including a string of patio lights, bike lights, and LED spinning tops to construct compositions using the GMS.
MAW Outing GMS Excerpt
Recently I escorted a group of students on a tour of the Star Tribune’s printing facilities. I couldn’t stay for the whole tour, but managed to record a little bit of sound while I was there.
There were lots of chatty students and a wordy tour guide, but I managed to sneak away and record a few examples of conveyor belts, fork lifts, robotic paper transporters, and general machine noise.
Here’s an except of some ambiance I captured in the paper warehouse area where these giant reams of news print were brought in by railway cars.
Warehouse Ambiance
I was going to hold off on posting this piece until I had had a chance to produce it a little bit more. I did cheat and added a four-on-the-floor kick drum pattern to drive it along, but otherwise every loop was generated with “light controllers” using the GMS.
For this piece I used spinning tops with flashing colored LEDs inside. You may recognize the melody from My Favorite GMS Generated Melody So Far.
GMS Practice Piece Number 4
The other night I was fretting about the fact that I had not picked up my bass guitar in two weeks because of my insanely busy schedule. I suddenly felt the urge to play after a long Lamaze class on Monday night. I was immediately back into the world of music again. I ended up creating this little heavy-hearted song. Why not post it!?
May 11th