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    Readings and Links
    Updated Mar 01, 2018

    Readings and Links

    Mar 01, 2018

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonation

    http://singingwings.org/

    Lyrebird bird 

    Whip Bird

    Bird Automaton

    Bird Sonation 

    Material from Music and Arts

    Messiaen und die Vögel (Example of relevance of bird song in music and musical-analytic approaches to birdsong))

    Dawn Chorus by Marcus Coates

    Explores relationship between birdsong and human vocalization (and movement), and the different temporal realities

    Dawn Chorus 

    Also, familiarise yourself with the relevant musical terms used to describe (and imitate / interpret) birdsong:

    • Intervals, microintervals

    • Rhythms

    • Motivs, Leitmotiv

    • Scales, modes, non-octave modes

    • Glissando

    • Tremolo

    • Vibrato

    • Beating

    • Ring modulation

    • Aleatorics (in music)



    Approaches to Artificial Birdsong

    • A closer look at some transcriptions and musical interpretations of birdsong:

      • Simple transcription by Peter Green

      • Examples from Messiaen: Réveil des Oiseaux, (einfacher, monophon), Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (komplexer, freiere Interpretation

    • Starting teaser: Heinz Funk's Moog Demo ZDF (Youtube), Risset's "Sud"

    • Introduction to subtractive synthesis (Tal Noise Maker in Reaper, MAX-version)

    • Sample manipulation and stitching (Mulab / Max Patch)

    • Granular synthesis (Max Patch)

    • Tool tip: Paul Stretch (resp. das entsprechende Plugin)

    Resources:

    The Reaper project file containing the TAL noisemaker synth plugin- based artificial bird song, and also the surround setup example with automatization:

    The MAX Patches used by Olav for recreating bird song:



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