Week 00

As a vocalist, I always appreciated enhancing and improving the live performativity of the overall music through expanding the possibilities of the sound generated through manipulation, looping, and analog-digital experimentations with the sound -especially in my case, with my vocals.

An idea for the final project is making my own musical instrument, using my voice interactively as the main input. I would also like it to be used in multi-user/ public environments for later purposes.

Right now, I am imagining a fabric that can be stepped on (performed on the ground) and wrapped around the body.

I like the idea of space holding the memory of the sound; in other words, looping my voice, but in a spatial-specific way. It would be very nice to have speakers in each modular rug-like fabric, and when I step on one module, the sound activates on that fabric.

I want to start by experimenting with conductive fabrics (machine knitting-electronic textiles). Using Arduino and Arduino Keypad, I will create spatial floor modules acting like a loop station through separate channels. Then, I will use the same fabric with accelerators and other sound-modifying tools to modify the texture of the sound, add intervals as layers for the sound to become a chord, etc. I have experimented with Ableton Live and Logic Pro, but I need to learn Max MSP Live.