Uchronie: Revisiting Analogue Computing to Expand the Language of A/V Synthesis

Compared to acoustic instruments, the evolution of the synthesizer has been rapid but fragmented. With reference to the theory of Chion, Uchronie explores the audiovisual possibilities of borrowing from general-purpose analogue computers. These were briefly explored in the 1960s, but have since been neglected in favour of more conventional musical processes and associated language.

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Mat Dalgleish

Chris Payne

Richard Burn

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Publication date: July 2015

Publication date (Print): July 2015

Pages: 200-207

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[0001]Faculty of Arts

University of Wolverhampton, UK

[0002]Faculty of Arts

University of Wolverhampton, UK

[0003]Faculty of Arts

University of Wolverhampton, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/eva2015.21

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2015)

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 7 & 9 July 2015

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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Uchronie revisiting analogue computing to expand the language of A/V synthesis Mat Dalgleish, Chris Payne & Richard Burn
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[1] M AmbaumG HarrisonJ Buiting,&T Beckers,2011 The chaos machine: analogue computing rediscovered (2) Elektor 418 72 75

[2] B AndrewsP Maloney 2015 Bad at Sports –Interview with Pauline Oliveros http://www.artpractical.com/column/bad-at-sports-interview-with-pauline-oliveros/ 9 March 2015

[3] J Bartee 2014 Ph.D. thesis, Brown University

[4] S Bicknell 1996 The History of the English Organ Cambridge University Press Cambridge 11

[5] H Bode 1961 Sound Synthesizer Creates New Musical Effects Electronics 1 12 1961

[6] Busy Circuits 2013 Pamela’s Workout Manual http://busycircuits.com/docs/alm001-manual.pdf 13 03 2015

[7] N Collins 2009 Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking Routledge New York

[8] M Dalgleish 2015 Buchla 257-style Pd patch https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_klPk6lBMZ8MDJ0OWt0T1F1ak0/view?usp=sharing 10 March 2015

[9] Dirty Electronics 2012 7-Segment Display – Prototype https://vimeo.com/41902897 11 03 2015

[10] Doepfer 2004 System A-100 Manual http://www.doepfer.de/a100_man/A100_Manual_complete.pdf 10 10 2014

[11] D Dunn 1992 Pioneers of Electronic Art Ars Electronica Linz 98 99

[12] Eurorack Database 2015 Module List http://www.eurorackdb.com/node/h_module_list 18 03 2015

[13] T Holmes 2013 Noise and Notations http://thomholmes.com/Noise_and_Notations/Noise_and_Notations_Blog/Entries/2013/1/14_The_Grea test_Moog_Albums_of_1970.html 9 03 2015

[14] A Hunt 1999 Radical User Interfaces for Real-time musical control. Ph.D. thesis, University of York UK

[15] S Johnson 2011 Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation Riverhead Books New York

[16] P. J Kronis 1978 Analogue Computer – Part 4 Practical Electronics December 1978 1236 1239

[17] D LynettV Quesada 1978 Jean-Claude Risset Synapse March/April 1978 26 32

[18] Make Noise 2013 Maths Manual http://www.makenoisemusic.com/manuals/MATHSmanual2013.pdf 12 03 2015

[19] P Manning 2004 Electronic and Computer Music Oxford University Press Oxford

[20] J. W McKinnon 2014 Hydraulis Oxford Music Online http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/13639 11 February 2015

[21] N Meeùs 2014 Keyboard Oxford Music Online http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/14944 16 February 2015

[22] J Owen 2009 Bone Flute is Oldest Instrument, Study Says National Geographic 24 June 2009 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/ 090624-bone-flute-oldest-instrument.html 9 03 2015

[23] J. A Paradiso 1998 Electronic Music Interfaces: New Ways to Play IEEE Spectrumcover article),34 2),18 30 December 1997

[24] G Richter 2008 Communication on the Yahoo Wiard Users Group Yahoo Groups https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/wiardgroup (retrieved, 12 03 2015

[25] SDIY 2010 Analogue Computer SDIY.org http://www.sdiy.org/pinky/ac/ac.html 11 February 2015

[26] D Slater 1998 Chaotic Sound Synthesis Computer Music Journal 22 2 12 19

[27] Steady State Fate 2014 Official PTG Patchbook http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5258cf48e4b00d699d0ae2de/t/525ef493e4b092595ba1df9d/1381954707235/OfficialPTGpatchBOOKver1_02.pdf 13 03 2015

[28] Uchronie revisiting analogue computing to expand the language of A/V synthesis Mat Dalgleish, Chris Payne & Richard Burn

[29] Synthhead 2009 The Korg MicroKorg: The Most Popular Synthesizer Of All Time? http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/05/22/thekorg-microkorg-the-most-popular-synthesizer-of-all-time/ 9 03 2015

[30] M Verbos 2008 Musings on Voltage Processors http://buchlatech.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/musings-on-voltage-processors.html 9 03 2015

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