Falter Cleanse for Viola & Electronics
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Falter Cleanse
for Viola
&
Electronics
Hunter Brown
2018
Set-Up Stage Diagram SuperCollider Routing Diagram
Microphones 1. Download SuperCollider:
1. A closely placed condenser microphone Condenser Mic Contact Mic
routed into the audio interface for http://supercollider.github.io/download
Scordatura Tuning: s1-s4: standard
processing in SuperCollider. speakers arranged vla
(i.e. DPA 4099) 2. Download and open the file for this piece and follow
quadrophonicly.
s2 the instructions at the top of the opened file: https:// 1 2
s5: Subwoofer s1 s5
2. A closely placed condenser microphone app.box.com/s/pd9ywuj82hnd6wow5cnh2zk4cwkzoeyl
vla: viola performer Electronics Performer Inputs
routed into the audio interface for
Audio Interface
1. processing in SuperCollider.
(i.e. DPA 4099) Audience Outputs
s3
s4 1 2 3 4 5
s1 s2 s3 s4 s5
Clef & General Viola Notation 1
1. This clef represents the physical placement of each hand Mute strings at the notated position IV Ro
Open String
on the viola. Open
2 Freely choose which strings to
2
2. Timeline indicating the approximate timing of musical and
actuate at the given position. Dotted Lines: Irregularly actuate
cue events.
3
3. Press the ”Cue” button in sync with the corresponding time I-IV open strings throughout the
and musical event. notated movement
3 4
4. Black lines indicate the movement of the left hand over the
time given. Black dots indicate the beginning and ending of
an event. Rapidly & Irregularly alter
7 5
5. Red lines indicate the movement of the right hand over the left hand pressure
time given. Single red dots with no lines indicate singular
arco One down bow for the
1 9 attacks.
8 duration of the event.
6
6. The material between the black and red dots constitute a
single musical “event.” The performer is to improvise the rhythm of the bowing pattern while
7
7. Roman Numerals correspond to which strings are being adhering to right hand position and speed.
actuated during each specific event. 1 slash = slow as possible/legato. Stable rhythm.
2 slashes = A little faster/mostly legato with some intermittent
staccato bow shifts. Rhythm is slightly less stable
8 This graphic indicates the use of a glass guitar slide in 3 slashes = fast. 50% legato 50% staccato.Unstable and irregular
the left hand. If a Roman Numeral appears with no slide rhythm.
graphic, the left hand fingers are used. 4 slashes = Fast as possible. Staccato.Wildly irregular rhythm.
9
8. Black triangles represent the amount of pressure applied 3 metal banjo picks. Sharp, pointed, and
Allow string to
picks snappy. Like an overly aggressive Bartok
6 to the stings with the glass guitar slide over time. The Pizz. vibrate after the
thicker the triangle, the more pressure applied. The completion of
absence of a black triangle means that the lightest Increase bow speed the event.
4 possible pressure should be used. over time.
10
9. Red triangles represent the amount of pressure applied to
5 the stings with the bow. In this example, the bow goes from foam Forcefully twist a piece of styrofoam on the strings as close
as possible to the bridge.
no pressure to full overpressure. The thickest part of the
triangle indicates the most pressure possible. The absence Slow and sparse Agressive and sporadic
of a red triangle means to use normal pressure. Red
squares indicate the most pressure possible. In between
10 Move from different states of styrofoam
Rapidly & Irregularly alter right hand pressure & movement to another overtime.
metal
rod Twist and scrape a squared metal rod in between the strings
Slow and sparse
The bow is placed sideways. Wood behind
the bridge/Hair in front of the bridge. Slowly Agressive and sporadic (See next page for photo)
alter pressure. Audible and grainy.
In between &
œ = 72 Repeating 1/4 notes at
Move from different states of metal rod
œœœœ the notated tempo
movement to another overtime.
Electronics
Live Processing Algorithmic Samples Drones General
Viola signal is ring modulated with a sine oscillator that
Distortion
Glass Playback of quadrophonic recordings of glass breaking.
Lo & Hi
Drones
Extremely high and extremely low synth drones. Amplitude envelope of process.
employs phase modulation feedback with an amplitude of 2pi.
Ring Mod
Viola signal is ring modulated with a sine oscillator that Cellophane Playback of quadrophonic recordings of cringling cellophane. Pulsing
Drones
Rhythmically pulsing synth drones. Process continues
employs variable phase modulation feedback.
The FFT bins of the real-time viola signal are frozen, pitch Metal Picks Algorithmic sampling of a viola being actuated with metal banjo picks Swelling Slowly swelling synth drones. Process ends
Glitch Drones
shifted, and scrambled.
Picks\
Cellophane
Multiple sample sources contained in a sampling module indicate
Grain multiple sampling modules occuring at once.
Delay
This module passes Glitch through 5 pitch shifted delay lines.
Stochastic
Stochastic sampling from a large bank of samples
Program Notes:
Stream
Stochastic An algorithmically generated reverb that stocastic shifts
Reverb
in space over-time. Down Pitched Down pitched and filtered overpressure viola samples.
Overpressure Always Falter/Cleanse is a single movement work for viola and interactive electronics that explores moments
of pointed turbulence and acute vulnerability. The electronics act as a surgical lens that exposes and
Delay/ Processing modules with multiple effects indicate multiple
Ring Mod exploits the viola’s intrinsic noise. The viola falters in its struggle to be cleansed of this noise, and is
processes occuring at the same time.
eventually left hollowed and splintered.
Electronics Performance (See Photo below)
To begin the piece: Press “Initalization” then “Cue” to actuate the first
Press “Initalization” to initlize the SuperCollider code & to turn on the
1 cue in the score.
dry viola sound.
4 This slider controls volume the subwoofer
To stop the piece & reset from another rehearsal cue: sends in decibels.
3 Use these sliders set the levels for each live proessing, sampling, and Press “Stop & Reset” -> Press “Initalization” -> select the rehearsal cue from
drone module. 5 This slider controls the frequency of a high pass
2 that you wish to restart from -> Press “Cue” to actuate the selected cue. filter on the dry viola sound, in hertz. Useful for controlling feedback.
2
1
3
4 5Time 00:00 01:30 02:58 03:00 03:30 03:45 04:00 04:15 04:30 04:45 05:00 05:15 05:30 05:45 06:00 06:10
Cue 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
I/II metal
rod
œ = 92
œœœœ
01:30
œ = 72
œœœœ œ = 84
œœœœ
sim.
drop foam
p sim. ç p p F f ƒ
foam drop arco foam
foam
Picks\ Picks\Styro
Algorithmic Samples Metal Picks Cellophane
Cellophane Cellophane
Glitch/ Glitch/
Glitch/
Live Processing Glitch Ring Mod
Glitch Ring Mod Grain
Delay
Pulsing Lo & Hi Pulsing Lo & Hi
Drones Drones Drones Drones Drones
Time 06:15 07:00 07:30 07:45 08:00 08:30
-
Cue 12 13 14 15 16
III/IV I-IV
p F ƒ
arco
Ï
Filtered Overpressure
Algorithmic Samples Picks Grains
Glitch
Freeze/
Live Processing Reverb
Ring Mod
Lo & Hi Pulsing Lo & Hi
Drones Drones Drones DronesTime 08:32 09:00 09:30 10:00 11:00 11:05 11:40 11:45
Cue 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
U U I-IV I/II
~ 45 Seconds ~ 15 Seconds
¿
TACET metal
I/II
Open
insert rod
metal L.V.
rod
œ = 40
œœœœ
œ = 104
œ = 52
pizz. œœœœ
œœœœ
p Ï
picks As dense as possible arco
U
~ 1 Minute
Down Pitched
Algorithmic Samples Glass
Overpressure
Stochastic Distortion
Reverb
Live Processing Grain Grain Glitch/
Delay Delay Ring Mod
Lo & Hi Pulsing Lo & Hi
Drones Swelling
Drones Drones Drones Drones
Time 11:55 12:40 13:15 14:15 14:30 15:30
Cue 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
metal
rod
metal
rod
œ = 72
slight deaccel. sim to end
œ = 52
pause
~3 sec pizz.
œœœœ
p sim. ƒ
foam picks As dense as possible
Stochastic Stochastic
Algorithmic Samples Cellophane
Stream Stream
Stochastic
Reverb
Live Processing Glitch Grain
Delay Glitch
Ring
Mod
Drones Pulsing
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