PhonoPaper for iOS/Android – Graphical sound generator and writer

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Created by Alexander Zolotov, and based based on the unique Russian synthesizer ANS by Evgeny Murzin, PhonoPaper is a format of graphical representation of the sound (music, human voice, etc.); in other words, it is the 2D audio barcode (by analogy with the QR-code). The app, available for both iOS and Android is also a real-time PhonoPaper-code reader (using the camera).

PhonoPaper app allows code generator (sound to image converter) so the messages in print format can be re-read by the software. PhonoPaper-code is analogue, so it is not so sensitive to different types of the image distortion (bad camera, dark picture, wrinkled paper, etc.). Likewise, PhonoPaper-code can be drawn by hand (paper version of the Virtual ANS synth). You can leave coded voice messages (or pieces of music) on the billboards, posters, postcards, goods. You can also create audio labels for phono records or leave audio examples in textbooks, secret messages, art-experiments and of course learn the basics of the spectral music.

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http://www.creativeapplications.net/android/phonopaper-for-iosandroid-graphical-sound-generator-and-writer/

Aural Achitecture/ Play the Building

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David Byrne, Francis Alys and Philip Glass used architectural structures or furniture as a musical instrument. Noises came from physical action, which triggered the vibration and resonance of materials. According to this idea, I created a series of aural art pieces to simulate the interaction between the action of people and space. Different materials and sounds reveal diverse sense: cold, warm, soft, and intimate. As with all sensory aspects of architecture, cultural values and social functions determine the experiential consequences of spatial attributes. John cage manipulated silence to arouse people with the ordinary sound or noise in our life; Philip Glass mentioned the unit of noise could be arranged as sound pieces or rhythms, combined in regular arithmetic progressions (Glass, 1967). Therefore, base on their theories, my project aims to discover the sound around us. Through the actions such as touch, knock, these slightly noises let people observe the hidden details in our routine life.

This small mechanism that can control the speed of tapping and trigger the noises. It might create more dynamic tempo. This device connects to surfaces of objects, and it can be knocked. People can play the furniture in the room, stationery on tables, transforming the space into a percussion instrument. In this device, I manipulated interactive circuit board – Arduino, to control the device and transmission the signal via computer. Six solenoids create beats, and potentiometers control the speed; create diverse rhythm.

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http://www.sung-ting.com/2013/09/aural-achitecture-play-building.html