Mara Helmuth: Mellipse

Title:

Mellipse

Artist(s) and People Involved:

Performers:



• Mara Helmuth

Symposium:

• ISEA95: Sixth International Symposium on Electronic Art

Venue(s):

• The Spectrum , Montreal , Canada

Artist Statement:

This work is concerned with transformations between timbre and pitch. Five sound masses are transformed primarily by an elliptical filter. The sound masses were created by sampling a spoon hitting a pot lid. This source sound was stretched, reversed and transposed and then layered to produce the sound masses. Other Cmix processing involved room simulation and flanging to create a sensation of a slow pulsing timbre. This work perhaps reflects the Buddhist and Taoist ideas of a connection between the one, the “self” and the many manifestations in the world.

Technical Information:

Five sound masses are transformed primarily by an elliptical filter. The sound masses were created by sampling a spoon hitting a pot lid. This source sound was stretched, reversed and transposed and then layered to produce the sound masses. Other Cmix processing involved room simulation and flanging to create a sensation of a slow pulsing timbre.

Category:

• Performances
• Concert - Audio