Hi,

Yesterday, my new sound installation opened. It is an artwork for the
Mapping Authorities' headqarter in Hønefoss, Norway.
The installation is based on signals and processing methods used in
the VLBI system (Very Long Baseline Interferometry), where quasars are
used as stable reference points for calibration of positioning
services like GSP and other satellite nav systems. The signals are
very noisy, so the processing methods are in many respects more
interesting than the signal itself, even though both are used in the
compositional algorithms for the work. I did a presentation of this
project at the Csound Conference, and plan on a more elaborate website
to give information about the work process, and more details about how
the processing methods are translated into sound.

For those not lucky enough to be able to experience the full
12-channel glass speaker installation at its physical location, I've
provided a live stereo stream (http://193.90.68.207:8000, open this in
WinAmp, iTunes or the like). Also a dedicated Android app with
animation and the live stereo stream can be found at:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vlbib&hl=en

And, of course, the sound is synthesized live with Csound, using
Python for compositional algorithms and for reading (large) data sets
from quasar observations.
The composition is affected by space weather conditions (meaning
ionospheric turbulence etc, caused by e.g. sunstorms). Last night when
I was listening to it, I thought that some of the themes sounded kind
of "fast and a bit untidy". Then I checked the data at
http://sesolstorm.kartverket.no/, and indeed there was a small peak in
solar activity last night. So it works :-)

Øyvind


-- 

Oeyvind Brandtsegg
Professor of Music Technology
NTNU
7491 Trondheim
Norway
Cell: +47 92 203 205

http://flyndresang.no/
http://www.partikkelaudio.com/
http://soundcloud.com/brandtsegg
http://soundcloud.com/t-emp

I missed part of your talk about this at the Csound conference.
Hopefully the material is placed online soon so that I can watch the
rest of it!

On 21 November 2013 11:51, Oeyvind Brandtsegg  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yesterday, my new sound installation opened. It is an artwork for the
> Mapping Authorities' headqarter in Hønefoss, Norway.
> The installation is based on signals and processing methods used in
> the VLBI system (Very Long Baseline Interferometry), where quasars are
> used as stable reference points for calibration of positioning
> services like GSP and other satellite nav systems. The signals are
> very noisy, so the processing methods are in many respects more
> interesting than the signal itself, even though both are used in the
> compositional algorithms for the work. I did a presentation of this
> project at the Csound Conference, and plan on a more elaborate website
> to give information about the work process, and more details about how
> the processing methods are translated into sound.
>
> For those not lucky enough to be able to experience the full
> 12-channel glass speaker installation at its physical location, I've
> provided a live stereo stream (http://193.90.68.207:8000, open this in
> WinAmp, iTunes or the like). Also a dedicated Android app with
> animation and the live stereo stream can be found at:
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vlbib&hl=en
>
> And, of course, the sound is synthesized live with Csound, using
> Python for compositional algorithms and for reading (large) data sets
> from quasar observations.
> The composition is affected by space weather conditions (meaning
> ionospheric turbulence etc, caused by e.g. sunstorms). Last night when
> I was listening to it, I thought that some of the themes sounded kind
> of "fast and a bit untidy". Then I checked the data at
> http://sesolstorm.kartverket.no/, and indeed there was a small peak in
> solar activity last night. So it works :-)
>
> Øyvind
>
>
> --
>
> Oeyvind Brandtsegg
> Professor of Music Technology
> NTNU
> 7491 Trondheim
> Norway
> Cell: +47 92 203 205
>
> http://flyndresang.no/
> http://www.partikkelaudio.com/
> http://soundcloud.com/brandtsegg
> http://soundcloud.com/t-emp
>
>
> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
> csound6:
>             https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
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> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
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>
>

Listening right now. Really a fantastic piece of work Oeyvind. After 
hearing your presentation about this in Boston it is a real pleasure to 
be able to hear the results. Wish I could hear the windows!!!

Thank you for sharing!!

Michael



On 11/21/13 6:51 AM, Oeyvind Brandtsegg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yesterday, my new sound installation opened. It is an artwork for the
> Mapping Authorities' headqarter in Hønefoss, Norway.
> The installation is based on signals and processing methods used in
> the VLBI system (Very Long Baseline Interferometry), where quasars are
> used as stable reference points for calibration of positioning
> services like GSP and other satellite nav systems. The signals are
> very noisy, so the processing methods are in many respects more
> interesting than the signal itself, even though both are used in the
> compositional algorithms for the work. I did a presentation of this
> project at the Csound Conference, and plan on a more elaborate website
> to give information about the work process, and more details about how
> the processing methods are translated into sound.
>
> For those not lucky enough to be able to experience the full
> 12-channel glass speaker installation at its physical location, I've
> provided a live stereo stream (http://193.90.68.207:8000, open this in
> WinAmp, iTunes or the like). Also a dedicated Android app with
> animation and the live stereo stream can be found at:
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vlbib&hl=en
>
> And, of course, the sound is synthesized live with Csound, using
> Python for compositional algorithms and for reading (large) data sets
> from quasar observations.
> The composition is affected by space weather conditions (meaning
> ionospheric turbulence etc, caused by e.g. sunstorms). Last night when
> I was listening to it, I thought that some of the themes sounded kind
> of "fast and a bit untidy". Then I checked the data at
> http://sesolstorm.kartverket.no/, and indeed there was a small peak in
> solar activity last night. So it works :-)
>
> Øyvind
>
>

+1 Congratulations Oeyvind! It's great to listen to this after hearing
what went into it at the conference. The textures and character are
great and listening to some fantastic sounds at the moment. :)

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Dave Seidel  wrote:
> I concur with everything Michael said. Congratulations on launching the
> project!
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 7:22 AM, Michael Rhoades
>  wrote:
>>
>> Listening right now. Really a fantastic piece of work Oeyvind. After
>> hearing your presentation about this in Boston it is a real pleasure to be
>> able to hear the results. Wish I could hear the windows!!!
>>
>> Thank you for sharing!!
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/21/13 6:51 AM, Oeyvind Brandtsegg wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Yesterday, my new sound installation opened. It is an artwork for the
>>> Mapping Authorities' headqarter in Hønefoss, Norway.
>>> The installation is based on signals and processing methods used in
>>> the VLBI system (Very Long Baseline Interferometry), where quasars are
>>> used as stable reference points for calibration of positioning
>>> services like GSP and other satellite nav systems. The signals are
>>> very noisy, so the processing methods are in many respects more
>>> interesting than the signal itself, even though both are used in the
>>> compositional algorithms for the work. I did a presentation of this
>>> project at the Csound Conference, and plan on a more elaborate website
>>> to give information about the work process, and more details about how
>>> the processing methods are translated into sound.
>>>
>>> For those not lucky enough to be able to experience the full
>>> 12-channel glass speaker installation at its physical location, I've
>>> provided a live stereo stream (http://193.90.68.207:8000, open this in
>>> WinAmp, iTunes or the like). Also a dedicated Android app with
>>> animation and the live stereo stream can be found at:
>>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vlbib&hl=en
>>>
>>> And, of course, the sound is synthesized live with Csound, using
>>> Python for compositional algorithms and for reading (large) data sets
>>> from quasar observations.
>>> The composition is affected by space weather conditions (meaning
>>> ionospheric turbulence etc, caused by e.g. sunstorms). Last night when
>>> I was listening to it, I thought that some of the themes sounded kind
>>> of "fast and a bit untidy". Then I checked the data at
>>> http://sesolstorm.kartverket.no/, and indeed there was a small peak in
>>> solar activity last night. So it works :-)
>>>
>>> Øyvind
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
>> csound6:
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>> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe
>> csound"
>>
>>
>

On 11/21/2013 06:51 AM, Oeyvind Brandtsegg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Yesterday, my new sound installation opened. It is an artwork for the
> Mapping Authorities' headqarter in Hønefoss, Norway.

Hi Oeyvind,

Listening now via mplayer as per Francesco's suggestions.

Very cool !!!

Best,

dp

That is too cool.  I played that web page on my Android phone and my wife and I listened to the work over breakfast. Neat!

Great Android app! 

Love the graphics, streams to bluetooth speakers beautifully.

All the best,

Jacques