'Conduit'

Brian Bridges

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Abstract

Conduit is a multichannel electroacoustic composition which aims to explore the compositional possibilities of time-stretching based on phase vocoder technology, particularly related to the qualitative change in the character of sounds with dynamic and rapid time-varying characteristics, such as liquids flowing through various conduits (with instances of recordings taken from rivers, streams and the pipes and radiators of a heating system). The sound transformation processes based on the phase vocoder are perceived as changing the state of the liquid to a gas, with the splashes of water turning to anthropomorphic hisses as the playback rate is slowed. This process mirrors a physical one as some of the other elements of recorded material explore recordings of steam radiators in the reverse process of a transformation from gas to liquid.
LanguageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 9 Jun 2009

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Keywords

  • electroacoustic
  • tape music
  • multichannel
  • phase vocoder

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Bridges, B. (Author). (2009). 'Conduit'. Digital or Visual Products, Retrieved from http://www.brianbridges.net
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