barry joseph cullen

DIY EMI / A / V / Noise

Category: DIY

  • Thursday 27 March 2025 Noise Guaranteed – Noise Makers – morning workshop

  • Join a hands-on, two-day workshop with Belfast’s Noise Guaranteed, where you’ll design and build unique electronic musical instruments and experiences. All materials provided—just bring your passion for sound! No experience needed, but full attendance is recommended. Please note that this event is now two-days long, rather than four-days as previously listed! Supported by Synthux Academy.…

  • Design and build your very own sound experiences in this unique collaborative event run in conjunction with Belfast-based sound art collective, Tone Burst. Using the very latest technology, you’ll be free to explore your creative ideas, with help from the team as required. All materials and equipment will be provided and no technical experience is…

  • The latest TONEBURST release is available. https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/ <kat no.50> Lacerations 1-3 (2023): These pieces are largely a study on the deconstruction of linear sound sources via largely autonomous processes. The first two tracks are sources from rehearsal recordings made of the Tacet(i) Ensemble for my piece “Composition for Ensemble” while in residence at Cornell University…

  • Design and build your very own sound experiences in this unique collaborative event run in conjunction with Belfast-based sound art collective, Tone Burst. Using the very latest technology, you’ll be free to explore your creative ideas, with help from the team as required. All materials and equipment will be provided and no technical experience is…

  • Github (contains DIYLC file – which can be downloaded and customised) Instructables

  • The latest TONEBURST release is available. https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/ Dedicated to everyone caught in the act of becoming. Recorded live in my home studio in February 2022. Performed on a Monome Norns Shield controlled by a Shbobo (Ciat-Lonbarde) Shnth. Amplified through a custom built 4 channel PA using a selection of resonant objects attached to speakers and…

  • Northern Ireland Mental Health Arts Festival 2022 (GATHERING) A how-to for making your own custom acoustic-tech ‘monochord’. Viewers are show how to select, combine and play materials. All tools are shown and techniques demonstrated. Various options to suit your very own build. Barry’s approach is a akin to a recipe where he suggests potential ingredients,…

  • The latest TONEBURST release is available. https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/ < kat no.27 > Halo is a noir patchwork of generative soundmasses. Sonic elements rearrange themselves and unfold according to their own internal logic. Revealed are themes of alienation and anti-idealism. Included is a DIY PCB of the EMF Pingler, a detector of invisible signals and ghosts. A…

  • The latest TONEBURST release is available. https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/ < kat no.28 > Select studies and guided improvisations focusing on the Drone & Drama software instrument, custom built for Monome Norns. Colin Drake – code, Norns, fuzz, contact mic, MIDI controller. dnd code available here: github.com/cfdrake/dnd Thanks to Barry Joseph Cullen for D&D project and prompts. released…