Curtis Roads Part 2: Getting Granular

Microsound encompasses any sound thats so short it couldnt fit on the normal musical time scale. In terms of measurement, youre talking anywhere from 10 milliseconds to 1/10 of a second.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Microsound
• Granular Synthesis
• Electro Acoustic
• University of California
• Curtis Roads
• Music
• Motherboard
• Synthesizers
• Pulsar Synthesis
• Electro

[digimaton]

last question was very badly judged and undermined an otherwise credible production. Should have been editied out, this guy is a reknowned academic, his teaching job depends on maintaining a professional and composed demeanor. Asking him to comment on whether or not his work (visualizations of) might be better experienced on drugs was basically an insult - and to add insult to injury, we get a long pause with Roads looking incredulous - perhaps he was double thinking talking to these idiots.

[RappoldXJay]

i hate this notion that electronic music is intrinsically linked to drugs or more specifically halluncinogens. stockhausen didn't do drugs, neither did xenakis or pierre schaeffer, or most other electronic pioneers. it wasn't until the whole "rave" scene started. i also hate that people automatically assume "weird" music can only be made on drugs. i guess the thought that there are people like curtis roads who have such a radically different perception of reality frightens them.

[menonandnelson]

do you think people would better experience it on drugs ? Uhmm, i duno..(awkward silence) (Y)

[theinck]

Those speakers are sooo expensive. 

[kellyssa3]

@Neucore

Hello. Granular synthesis is just a different way in electronic music to obtain an infinity of wave form. Granular synthesis is a beautiful sound toy if you know playing with it.

[iamafractal]

could you set up all the parts as a playlist? also put links to the previous/next episodes near the beginning/end of each part?

[xmfdibujito]

They can´t accept that they are very "close minded", so, if this people dont understand something, they say "its music to hear on acid"

[myleftnutts]

@RappoldXJay come on aren't they saying that about All music that didn't originate from Europe???. what were they saying about Rock,Pop or now Hip Hop???.they were they calling Jazz in the beginning Jungle Music,and after it became "Profitable" they now call it america's classical music.

[kharnvelzyghur]

those speakers/monitors in the background - the round bumblebee like one costs a good 25000, for just one. :) just thought everybody should know. the sound quality is second to none.

[Neucore]

I am Very open minded in music, I also produce music myself, but watching this.... I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!

[aeczem]

Lol drugs.