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Standing Waves in Resonant Spaces

by Mathias Klenner

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Charleroi Power Plant (tuned by architecture) 05:28
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Inchindown Oil Depot I (tuned by architecture) 14:56
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Inchindown Oil Depot II (tuned by geometry) 12:09
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Lyness Oil Tank (tuned by geometry) 08:40
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This projects creates virtual aural architectures, using standing waves that match the dimensions of each space, resonating inside them using convolution reverbs.

The convolution reverbs are part of the "Resonant Spaces" research that explore abandoned architectures with unique and exacerbated acoustics: espaciosresonantes.com

In this album an abandoned Power Plant in Charleroi, Belgium, with a reverberation of 20 seconds; an underground Oil Depot in Inchindown, Scotland, with a reverberation of 75 seconds; and an Oil Tank in Lyness, Scotland, with a reverberation of 44 seconds.

Acoustic resonance is a phenomenon in which an acoustic system amplifies sound waves whose frequency matches one of its own natural frequencies of vibration (its resonance frequencies). In this case we use the axial modes of vibration of the room, the predominant frequencies in the axis XYZ. At the same time the frequencies are enhanced by the reverb of each space.

Field recordings, corresponding to each space, are used in precise moments of the composition. The sounds created are spatialized using ambisonics technology.

This album uses a patch developed in Max by EMARX that creates sine waves according to the axial modes of vibration of each space, and also the convolution reverb pro of Max4live.

* Convolution reverb uses digital recordings of physical spaces (impulse responses) to recreate their reverb.

** Tuned by architecture means that the sine waves developed for the track match the axial dimensions of that space XYZ.

*** Tuned by geometry means that the sine waves developed for the track match one dimension of the space by pythagorean tuning.

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released May 2, 2022

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Espacios Resonantes Barcelona, Spain

“Espacios Resonantes” es un proyecto que nos invita a explorar y transformar entornos construidos a partir de la experimentación sonora, para comprender la interacción entre arquitectura y escucha. Los espacios utilizados son arquitecturas industriales abandonadas, con largas reverberaciones, donde el sonido se detiene en el tiempo y el espacio emerge. ... more

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