Creative Technology
Sound Map Project class notes
Mar 26th
Points of clarification from today’s classes
You should now have blog posts covering;
1 Interpretation of brief for at least the first audio mapping project
2 A 10 week plan for both projects
3 What you are going to try and do for the audio map
Remember a good audio recording is;
Not too loud or too quiet – recording levels
Edited as necessary
Clear and free from other sounds
If using a phone and the Soundcloud app do some test recordings first. Also useful to identify where the mic is so you do not cover it and you could point it at the sound source
Once it’s on Soundcloud copy the URI and paste it onto the data marker on your Google map
Each recording is to be between 30 seconds minimum and 5 minutes maximum.
Production Project – event scenario
Mar 7th
For this project you are working as a freelancer providing services to an exhibition event. You will
- Contribute to the Dunfermline Sound Survey project.
- Develop material for a Digital Landscapes installation.
- Promote yourself by exhibiting some of your work.
Dunfermline Sound Survey – Event Brief
Mar 7th
Hold an event to Promote and launch the Dunfermline Sound Survey website
Manage development of site
Curate material
Get site up and running
Hold launch event at College Exhibition
Note
This is the default event and you will have agree to go with this or come up with an alternative that everyone agrees on by week 2
References
London Sound Survey
Sound map Worksheet
Mar 6th
Brief
Create a sound map of an agreed set of locations
Guide
Use 6 to 10 locations that you can easily and safely access. Agree them first with your tutor.
Capture around 60 seconds worth of material at each location. Take some photographs as well.
You can use the Soundcloud app on your phone or a Zoom recorder and upload to Soundcloud
Create a map in Google maps and add your locations with a link to the sound you recorded at that location (There’s a mini tutorial for this)
You cannot use where you live as a location.
Reference
Edinburgh Sound Map project
http://www.edinburghwateroflife.org/sound-map/
UK sound map at the British Library
http://sounds.bl.uk/sound-maps/uk-soundmap
London Sound Survey
Book based sound map of London
http://www.apenguinjourney.com
A sound map of New Orleans
http://www.opensoundneworleans.com/core/
Acoustic Ecology
http://www.banffcentre.org/blog/2013/05/15/a-short-history-of-acoustic-ecology/
