Tinpark Improvisations

ZAM_Episode 08

Martin Parker — Tue, 22 May 2007 22:44:44 +0200

A final argumentative blast of sample manipulation.

Endless Song, Martin Parker

Martin Parker — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:55:19 +0200

Below are instructions from the ZAM team in Cologne who asked all the participants in the festival to create an electronic response to a 60 second selection of sound from the ZAM festival (Part of the Köln Triennial 2007) If you wish to download this file and process it into some other 60 second racket, then please do so. Email the mp3 back to the email addresses below and send the file onto someone else. A full resolution version of this sound file is available for download here; http://sd.caad.ed.ac.uk/tinpark/media/sound/EndlessSong_MartinParker.aif This file was created using some of my improvisation software and is a single take from the output of this. I then normalized it and rebalanced the left and right channels but have done nothing else to the output. /// "You should do sth with it (processing, additional recordings, WHATEVER ...) The sample should be kept to the duration of 60 seconds. The changed material should be sent to info@z-a-m.eu and to another musician of your choice. (we archive at our site the whole thing to built up a structure getting bigger and bigger and more complex over a period of time after several generations worked on the sample - therefor we need the information of the global position of each musician who worked on the sample) You are the first generation of the game. Each generation has to follow the same two rules. 1. you should do "sth" with the sample 2. you should send it to: info@satelita.de (within the email, we need your name and your global position = city where you live) 3. you should send your final outcome to another musician"

formlessness

tinpark — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:54:09 +0100

Formlessness is a rather formess improvisation created with the sequencing software I made in MaxMSP. The sound sources are very short taken from my student's sound libraries. The are mostly unrecognisable but the sources were recorded and edited by Sean Williams, Dave Meckin and John Lemke. The sources are freely downloadable from here; http://blue.caad.ed.ac.uk/infrared. This is the University of Edinburgh's online sound library. This is a single take as are all the improvisations. Normaised to -3dB before creating the mp3. Critical notes; too long again.

Sloe_going

tinpark — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:48:59 +0100

Sloe-going was left on for a few minutes while I left the room for a comfort break. I came back after three minutes and got started. The sound sources are very short taken from my student's sound libraries. The are mostly unrecognisable, they came from Sean Williams, Dave Meckin and John Lemke. The sources are freely downloadable from here; http://blue.caad.ed.ac.uk/infrared. This is the University of Edinburgh's online sound library. Critical notes; Again, similar problems with the looping nature of the sequencer. With a solo instrument on top, this might be useful as an improv tool in performance. It is too long.

Grooves_01

tinpark — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:17:48 +0100

A repetitious and noisy improv on computer using a three-part version of my sample accurate sequencer. This improvisation is unedited. The performance was created in real-time using some sounds from the MaxMSP distribution. Maxers will notice anton.aif and drumloop.aif in particular. The file was normalised to -3dB before creating the mp3. Crtitical notes; The improvisation is too long. When creating the file, it did not feel like this. When captured and stored as a fixed entity however, looping sounds become very rigid, like obstacles that need to be broken down, worn away at. In performance, the feeling of repetition can be more diffuse but it would be better to be more aware of the sound as it happens and less concentrated on running the system. It is satisfying when the repetition is halted or occasionally broken but even this affect would be more pronounced and effective if the second half of the improvisation was half as long. The ending is very deliberate and shows more control of the instrument than might be felt while listening.

23-11-06-Take01-Section1

mkm — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:57:20 +0100

Free improv trio MKM improvising on 23-11-2006. Karin Schistek - Piano, inside and out Michael Edwards - midi sax, computer, fader box Martin Parker - Horn, faderbox and computer. Recorded with an ambiently positioned pair of in-ear mics and an M-Audio microtrack. Section 1 of a three part improv.

Tribute to Anton.aif

Tinpark — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:08:31 +0100

AS short tribute to Anton.aif using the Webern extract hosted in the MaxMSP directory and triggered using a Roland SPD-6 drum-pad. http://www.cycling74.com

can't play keyboards

tinpark — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:52:19 +0100

Can't play keyboards is an illustration of just that. Listen out for the crappy keyboard playing.

Improvisation

MARTIN PARKER, MARK SUMMERS — Tue, 08 May 2007 14:20:48 +0200

An improvisation with Mark Summers (viola da gamba) and a hastily put together peice of software that is playyed by a Roland Drum Pad SPD-6. With a foot switch, the live instrument can sample himself at will. Part of the Reid Memorial Concert, 13th Feb 2007. Recorded by Sean Williams and Yann-Loic Seznec

March and Remix

Philip Sawyer, Matthew Studder-Kennedy, Mark Summers, Martin Parker — Tue, 08 May 2007 14:24:17 +0200

March and Remix This is a performance of a March by General Reid with Philip Sawyer on keyboard and Matthew Studdert Kennedy on flute and Mark Summers on viol. As the music is played, the computer performer samples the sounds which are subsequently remixed into a form of sorts. Perfomed live at th Reid Memorial Concert, 13th Feb 2007 Recorded by Sean Williams and Yann-Loic Seznec

Episode 01

Martin Parker — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:00:17 +0200

Episode 1, performed with Flugel Horn and Computer using the Envrionment System

ZAM_Episode 02

Martin Parker — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:03:50 +0200

Episode 2 uses the Spectral Tourist to remix some of Lawrence Casserley's music.

ZAM_Episode 03

Martin Parker — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:05:14 +0200

Episode 03 also uses the Spectral Tourist

ZAM_Episode 06

Martin Parker — Tue, 22 May 2007 22:40:59 +0200

This is a distorted version of sample manipulation of samples gathered live from my Flugelhorn.

ZAM_Episode 07

Martin Parker — Tue, 22 May 2007 22:42:36 +0200

Again, more sample manipulation of the Flugelhorn.

ZAM_Episode 05

Martin Parker — Tue, 22 May 2007 22:37:04 +0200

Performed with live grabs from Lawrence Casserley and using a Roland SPD-6 drum pad and a lot of sample/time-based processing. Sounds like okd-school Cologne electronica.