Annex Group http://www.annexgroup.org/blog Northern Illinois University Computer Music and New Media Technology Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:09:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Paino & One sound http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=259 http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=259#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:38:41 +0000 alex http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=259 Paino
old stereo version of canned piece featuring piano and looped found sounds arranged in protools. The piece will feature live 8 channel diffusion. it can be heard at this link because it is over 2MB
http://www.myspace.com/alexbeachmusic

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which i have yet to record is a partially planned improvisation featuring electric guitar recorded and  looped, and fed through filters and effects in Max/msp

i would be happy to perform either one not necessarily both, of course

Alex Beach

]]> http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=259 Signs by Lizzie. Piece for April 23rd Gig http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=253 http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=253#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:59:55 +0000 lizzie http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=253 As a composer I created something very unique, and this being my 1st real concrete piece I think I did an excellent job. After listening to the piece, I want my audience to feel as if I am taking them into my world, and bringing them out. I want them to gain a feeling of being alone with nothing but signs around, and trying to escape from them. This is a fixed media piece from Pro Tools LE, I used various unique sounds that I recorded and synthesized and combined into one concrete piece.

]]> http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=253 Self Help by Scott Potter http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=242 http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=242#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:43:02 +0000 scott http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=242 Self Help image
Self Help (excerpt) is a piece centered around a spoken self-hypnosis/self-help track. The stress of the repeating tones increases with layers as the male hypnotist attempts to bring us to a tranquil place (and maybe he does…). The work uses cello and piano samples, a circuit bent children’s book sound strip run through a delay and looper, a circuit bent Speak &Math toy, and a contact microphone.

]]> http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=242 Zucchini Marmalade by Tim Moyers http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=243 http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=243#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:35:49 +0000 Tim http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=243 z4

Zucchini Marmalade

]]> http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=243 The Human Body http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=236 http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=236#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:27:06 +0000 albert http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=236 The Human Body is an exploration of the living, active body. Designed using only Jasuto Pro for iPhone 3.0 and Max/MSP for Mac OS X, it is a unique journey through the innards of our active biology.

Albert Contreras The Human Body

]]> http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=236 fRICshen by Jim Phelps http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=229 http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=229#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:42:40 +0000 admin http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=229 fRICshen, for Rickenbacker 370 12-string electric guitar and electronics

The title refers to three things: friction (the obvious), the guitar for which it is written (RIC is a common “short” for Rickenbacker) and an essence of spirit (my interpretation of the Chinese word “shen”). The friction presents itself in two ways: juxtaposition of dramatically different musical sensibilities; the friction between the quintessential sound/performance style one might expect representing this particular guitar (for those who know something about this instrument and its glorious history) but which is not invoked in this piece, and the non-quintessential sound and style that is actually presented.

]]> http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=229 Black Allegheny by Evan X. Merz http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=222 http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=222#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:17:18 +0000 evan http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=222 Black Allegheny by Evan X. Merz


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Black Allegheny is a meditation on the Allegheny Mountains in the winter. The Allegheny Mountains are a range in the Appalachian Mountains that runs through West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. This piece was written with a vision of the rolling, snow-covered Alleghenies in the Pittsburgh area.

Black Allegheny was assembled using swarm processes. For each section of the piece, sounds were organized on cartesian graphs. Then a virtual swarm was allowed to walk over each graph, triggering sounds as it crawled around.

]]> http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=222 A Night of Collaborative Sound http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=215 http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=215#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:32:30 +0000 Nate http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=215 A diverse group of pieces and great turnout made for another big success at the Annex computer music concert.  Our Graduate Assistant Evan Merz organized the event, which featured special guests Mark Popowitch and Michael Taylor.  Other featured composers and/or performers included Natee Prasanpanich, Robert Anderson, Conor Mackey, Tim Moyers, Peter Veugeler, Kenneth Joseph, Aaron Vermedal, and Nathan and Matthew Edwards.  Here are some pictures from rehearsal:
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Evan Merz and Kenneth Joseph performing on piano and steelpan from Evan’s visual score.
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Mark Popowitch and Alex Beach getting ready to rock
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Evan busy at the board.

Congratulations to all involved!

]]> http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=215 ‘2′ Concert on November 5 http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=206 http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=206#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:54:23 +0000 Nate http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=206 The Fall Annex Group Computer Music concert is approaching, and it looks to be a packed show.
It is on Thursday, November 5 at 8pm in the Northern Illinois University Recital Hall.  Don’t miss it!
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]]> http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=206 Seamus 2009 Blog Links http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=211 http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=211#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:55:27 +0000 Nate http://www.annexgroup.org/blog/?p=211 seamus2009

A group of students from the NIUCMS program visited Sweetwater for the SEAMUS 2009 event last summer.  Both myself (Nathan Edwards) and Evan Merz were mentioned in the recent SEAMUS newsletter for our blogs about the event.  Here are the direct links to my posts:

Intro
Tesla Coil Music (Including YouTube vids)
Displaced Resonance
WOUWHI Dance Interface
Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble

And be sure to check out Evan’s Computer Music Blog for his videos and posts on the event.

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