"Spacing Out"
Displays a shape that is continuously in motion and is affected in multiple ways by amplitude.
FM synthesis patch. Multiple notes/onsets of varying freqs
"Spacing Out" is a work for fixed audiovisual media, in which 3D objects morph and change in response to me and my teammate’s sounding work. My group and I created the work via an experimental approach to the progression of our project. We found that trying new things with the tools given (that is, a visual coding language for the arts, Max 8, and professional music software, Ableton) was what allowed us to make a product we could be happy with. My teammate, Garrett, focused on the creation of our three main audio effect plugins using Max for Live, a musical software technology that integrates the above. Each effect is unique. I created a portion of our piece using FM synthesis, a way of creating new sounds and timbres, as well as a virtual instrument and an audio-reactive visual animation effect. Another teammate, Rachel, created a larger-scale audio-reactive visual animation effect.
Initial design