Drone & Drama v2 – DIY files

The files to build your own Drone & Drama v2 instrument are available online.

GITHUB

HACKADAY

Files include: schematics, bill of materials, gerbers, build guide.

There are four modules: sine/triangle generator / noise siren / filter / mixer.

It was inspired by  simple synth DIY + the idea “bent by design”.

Sound examples can be heard through Toneburst.

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bjc – D&Dv2_Studies_v2

The latest TONEBURST release is now available.

https://toneburst.bandcamp.com/

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Studio improvisations
Cassette & drama instrument

Release 26 October 2019

The recordings are stereo. From instrument to mixer to hard drive. From hard drive to tape.
Each of the tracks were made using the Drone & Drama v2 + v1.5 instruments, Companion Boxes and DIY modular synth.
The recordings are selected from a pool of multi-track recordings made over the course of one working month. Each day improvised recordings were made adding layers until satisfactory results were created. These studio improvisations of around fifteen minutes were recorded according to the following guide to how to use the instrument.
Drone to drama & back again.
Drama to drone & back again.
After capturing the recordings two of the representations were selected for release. The recordings should be played back and played along with the drama instrument.

The instrument requires a 9 volt DC power source (2.1mm tip negative). This is not supplied in the box set.

The listener / audience ‘finishes’ a composition by giving it attention. Listening is a form of composition; deciding, discriminating. The inclusion of an instrument with this recording offers the audience another type of participation. This is to make available and explicit the active role people can have when deciding to spend time on music activities. The combination of media and artefacts draw attention to the lines between digital and online culture.

Contribute to the composition. Complete the work.

released October 26, 2019

Squeal & Scrape @ Framewerk 261019

The participants will build two items:
• a piezo transducer (contact mic)
• a small amplifier powered by 9v battery.
The sound produced is not clean; it’s dirty.
The circuit is not complex.

This workshop is suitable for beginners, with no previous electronic circuit making experience.Squeal &amp; Scrape Framewerk 261019

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booking  email – barryjoecullen@gmail.com

Location – Framewerk gallery & framing service.

When – Saturday 26th October 2019. 13:00-17:00.

Cost – £10

Pandemonium Trio perform Drone and Drama v2 at NIME 2019

Pandemonium Trio = Barry Cullen, Miguel Ortiz and Paul Stapleton.

Pandemonium Trio is a new group based at the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), dedicated to bring audiences the finest in folktronic audio and cybernetic signals, vibrating together in heart-warming 12V ballads, oscillating between the sacred and the profane.

Venue – Agulha. Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Video – Alex Lucas

O’Scamp workshop @RHA, Dublin 020219

Make Your Own Light and Sound Device in Response to Brian Eno, 77 Million Paintings

This playful adult workshop is an opportunity to build your own O’Scamp, an audio device which is controlled by light. Participants will be introduced to electronic components and will construct their own circuit, through exploration, experimentation, and customisation. At the end of the workshop, participants will take away a functioning sound generating instrument. No previous knowledge is required.

LINK

http://www.rhagallery.ie/events/make-your-own-light-and-sound-device-in-responce-to-brian-eno-77-million-paintings/


String Lights & Umbrellas 081218

Sound art collective UMBRELLA channels yuletide spirit and presents ‘String Lights & Umbrellas’. This concert, part UMBRELLA and part special guests, will introduce an eclectic collection of works of improvisation, vocal performance, DIY electronics and live processing sound performance. Happily coincided to take place on the opening evening of Lawrence Street Workshops’ annual show ‘Artifice 9‘, you can be guaranteed a feast for the eyes and ears, and more!

Doors 8pm, Saturday 8th December 2018

Lawrence Street Workshops
BYOB
Suggested donation £5