Tag: shane wirkes

  • VR Glove Synth

    VR Glove Synth

    This project explores the 2.4 GHz frequency spectrum through sound and touch. By sending potentiometer data from their fingers to SuperCollider, the wearer can control the sound. The potentiometer is a commonly used tool in musical applications and can easily be integrated into any code or patch with a few adjustments. The servo motors provide…

  • Environmentally Reactive Sound Design

    Environmentally Reactive Sound Design

    I wrote my bachelor’s thesis on environmentally reactive sound design. As part of my thesis requirements, I created a proof-of-concept device to play music that adjusts itself automatically to changes in the environment.

  • modular synthesis

    modular synthesis

    A series of experiments with the MakeNoise Shared System. The Shared System is a modular synthesizer with sound sources such as analog oscillators, samplers based on a tape reel paradigm, and a self-oscillating reverb. A sequencer based on a 4×4 matrix helps create unusual passages. This system is based on design principles pioneered by Don…

  • (っ◔◡◔)っ B Dalton

    (っ◔◡◔)っ B Dalton

    Under the pseudonym B. Dalton, a series of mallsoft vaporwave albums were created to convey dismay at the corporate/capitalist takeover of American culture in the mid-1980s. The albums emphasized atmosphere, using mall ambient noise as the base layer and adding tape hiss for authenticity. The album “After the Dream Comes True” heavily samples from a…

  • Life is Random (2005)

    Life is Random (2005)

    Composed at the University of Illinois, this piece was met with divided opinions among the composition faculty. It is a unique composition that involves the use of four iPods, controlled by four performers, with the randomness set in motion by pressing “shuffle songs” on the main menu. The concept of time is explored on both…