Chameleon In My Craft: Experimental Electro-Acoustic Technique Through Audio Sample Manipulation
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Abstract
The goal of this thesis is to explore the ways in which sound design can be utilized to expand the palette of sounds produced by the saxophone, and how this process relates to the goal of extended technique usage in music. Using Ableton Live Suite 9 and personally recorded samples, the final outcome of this project provides an array of new custom instrument sounds as well as some of the standard foundational sounds expected for the creation of popular contemporary music styles. While the total collection of sounds and instruments is not exhaustive in any way, the analysis of the creation process and its results provides a clear workflow for manipulating a preexisting set of sample audio files in order to achieve a desired sonic goal, and outlines how deviations from the originally desired outcome can lead to the creation of new innovative sounds.
Publication Date
7-1-2017
Campus
Valencia (Spain) Campus
Recommended Citation
Kimbrell, Ryan. “Chameleon In My Craft: Experimental Electro-Acoustic Technique Through Audio Sample Manipulation.” Master's thesis, Berklee College of Music, 2017. https://remix.berklee.edu/graduate-studies-contemporary-performance/96.
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Project Components: paper (.pdf), presentation (.pdf), porfolio (ZIP file containing 1 .pdf document, recording session files (ZIP file), sound design files (ZIP)).