sonny

Author: Sonny Worsley

  • blog 3 Contemporary Issues in Sound Art

    —

    by

    Sonny Worsley
    in ,

    Writing this essay about i-dosing involved several important steps. First I chose the topic because it connects technology, music, science and internet culture. I-dosing was interesting to write about as many people believed certain sound frequencies could affect the brain like real drugs. The topic also showed how the internet can spread unusual ideas very…

  • blog 4 Contemporary Issues in Sound Art

    —

    by

    Sonny Worsley
    in ,

    Why we can only hear between 20hz and 20,000hz Below 20 Hz the waves are huge like 17 meters long, you’re no longer passing them through the ear drum to the three bones and then to the hairs in the inner ear, you’re just detecting the vibration of your chest. You are significantly less sensitive…

  • blog 5 Contemporary Issues in Sound Art

    —

    by

    Sonny Worsley
    in ,

    Recording my own binaural beat I started by using a Korg MS-10 to generate the lowest note possible. Using the VCF filter and peak (resonance) controls, I carefully tuned the oscillator to around 40 Hz, checking the exact frequency with an EQ plug-in analyzer. I then repeated the process, slightly adjusting the pitch and resonance…

  • Strand 2

    —

    by

    Sonny Worsley
    in

    In this video I wanted to demonstrate the electrical interference that is constantly around us at all times. The sounds of technology we cant hear unless we try too, and the synth-like drones they create. Its secret ambient music and wave forms and i wanted to visualise that with the use of an oscilloscope, to…

  • Strand 2

    —

    by

    Sonny Worsley
    in

    I wanted to create a stereo output for the motor synth with 2 separate pickups capturing the frequency’s from different angles. When paired with a left and right inputs on a interface it will create a surround sound illusion. Due to the cassette shell size it was slightly impossible to have a additional pickup but…

  • Strand 2

    —

    by

    Sonny Worsley
    in

    I wanted to create a stereo output for the motor synth with 2 separate pickups capturing the frequency’s from different angles. When paired with a left and right inputs on a interface it will create a surround sound illusion. Due to the cassette shell size it was slightly impossible to have a additional pickup but…

  • Strand 2

    —

    by

    Sonny Worsley
    in

    In the time researching schematics for basic oscillator circuits I’ve learnt more about the use of capacitors, resistors and transistors in audio equipment and the ways they mould and effect the sound they produce/effect. This gave me the idea to circuit bend a few more guitar pedals but now with more of a understanding of…

  • Strand 2

    —

    by

    Sonny Worsley
    in

    Finding the correct power output proved to be tricky when it came to making the motor keyboard polyphonic due to the ohmage of the variable resistors, the voltage passing through would greatly effect the range control of the speed/pitch in the motors. I want to keep the project housed in one case. lucky for me…

  • Strand 2

    —

    by

    Sonny Worsley
    in

    I’ve chosen to mount this piece into a old portable cassette recorder I had bought from a carboot. This is probably the fourth one i have bought and once again despite when the seller says “it works, fully tested. ” It did not work. So i have quite a collection now. Apart from that, the…

  • Sound arts, Strand 2

    —

    by

    Sonny Worsley
    in

    I’ve always been trying to find different way to visualise sound. There’s already methods of achieving this using oscilloscopes but I feel as if they don’t visualise sound in a way that captures the feeling what the audio creates. In this video I experimented with using CR TV to visualise the audio from my live…