Commissioned by Musarc, one of the UK’s most progressive choral ensembles, Kneebone and Suzuki teamed up to create this installation in St. Bartholomew The Great, London, United Kingdom. This visual system showcasing the relationship between soundwaves and sound pressure. The duo created two pieces for this installation: the first, Slash, has a machinery style sound to… Continue reading Case Study: Mathew Kneebone and Yuri Suzuki
Generally, Ruben’s tubes demonstrations utilise pure frequencies in order to generate the best possible standing wave. For my composition, I don’t want to be using generated tones based on frequency numbers, but rather work with instruments and play with different timbres. As a result, I’ve been testing the Ruben’s Tube with different musical instruments. Below… Continue reading Testing Timbres: Clarinet
Generally, Ruben’s tubes demonstrations utilise pure frequencies in order to generate the best possible standing wave. For my composition, I don’t want to be using generated tones based on frequency numbers, but rather work with instruments and play with different timbres. As a result, I’ve been testing the Ruben’s Tube with different musical instruments. Below… Continue reading Testing Timbres: Piano (Midi App)
Since I’m using LPG/Propane gas, the speed of sound in it is 258 m/s. (v) The length of my pipe is 2.4m. (L) Therefore, to calculate the wavelength, it will be: λ = 4L λ = 4*2.4 λ = 9.6 Therefore, the frequency will be: f = v/λ f = 258/9.6 f = 26.875 Now… Continue reading First Tube Frequencies: 2.4m
Calculating the fundamental and resonant frequencies which will visualise patterns in the Ruben’s Tube: v=fλ where v = the speed of sound, f is the funadmental frequency, and λ is the wavelength. f=v/λ To calculate the wavelength: λ=4L Where L is the length of the tube in meters. To calculate the resonant frequencies: f(n)=n*f(1) Where… Continue reading Time to calculate!
I spent the weekend working to build a Ruben’s tube to test the concept for the assignment. I wanted to find out how difficult it was to create, whether it was feasible to create multiple, and test to see what potential risks it threw up aside from those I’d already identified. To build this, I… Continue reading Ruben’s Tube Build 01
I’ve been spending a lot of time recently researching installations which incorporate sound and image in a unique and interesting way. This is because I have my music major project coming up this semester – that’s right, one final subject before I finish my undergrad. One of the videos which stood out most to me… Continue reading Cymatics: Science vs. Music – Nigel Stanford
