Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A quickie internet feedback loop ("zoomscape") with a ring modulator on one end, and a filter and saturation on the other. Bouncing back and forth from space and embracing Zoom's latency as a noisy delay unit.
During the pandemic, conferencing software quickly became a required part of work and education culture.
Of course, this technology’s ability to keep us connected has been and important part of keeping people safe, but we’ve also discovered the quirks of this mode of communication. Being bound to this remote interaction inspires curiosity about its potential for collaborative creativity. Musicians have know for a while about the issues of internet latency in coordinating remote ensembles, but what if, instead of attempting to recreate the conditions of a traditional performance in this new medium, we embraced the “space” created by this conferencing software?
In this performance, two analog synthesizers are put into contact via conference software. The audio signal is sent between the two synthesizers, and a feedback loop is created between the two instruments.
Feedback loops, such as when we put a microphone close to a speaker, emphasize the resonant frequencies—the imperfections—of a system. As we know, the audio of conferencing software is an imperfect connection, with latency, filtering, and audio compression artifacts.
This conferencing-software feedback loop, then, emphasizes these imperfections, bringing out the character of this communication medium as an emergent soundscape.
An explanation of these pieces here: youtu.be/shkKkyBM8Eg
More cybernetic music and feedback: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7w4cOVVxL6GtdiwZLSrDL3BhBjZngMKa
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A quickie internet feedback loop ("zoomscape") with a ring modulator on one end, and a filter and saturation on the other. Bouncing back and forth from space and embracing Zoom's latency as a noisy delay unit.
During the pandemic, conferencing software quickly became a required part of work and education culture.
Of course, this technology’s ability to keep us connected has been and important part of keeping people safe, but we’ve also discovered the quirks of this mode of communication. Being bound to this remote interaction inspires curiosity about its potential for collaborative creativity. Musicians have know for a while about the issues of internet latency in coordinating remote ensembles, but what if, instead of attempting to recreate the conditions of a traditional performance in this new medium, we embraced the “space” created by this conferencing software?
In this performance, two analog synthesizers are put into contact via conference software. The audio signal is sent between the two synthesizers, and a feedback loop is created between the two instruments.
Feedback loops, such as when we put a microphone close to a speaker, emphasize the resonant frequencies—the imperfections—of a system. As we know, the audio of conferencing software is an imperfect connection, with latency, filtering, and audio compression artifacts.
This conferencing-software feedback loop, then, emphasizes these imperfections, bringing out the character of this communication medium as an emergent soundscape.
An explanation of these pieces here: youtu.be/shkKkyBM8Eg
More cybernetic music and feedback: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7w4cOVVxL6GtdiwZLSrDL3BhBjZngMKa
Subscribe: youtube.com/user/SimonHutc/?sub_confirmation=1
Official Website - simonhutchinson.com
bandcamp: simonhutchinson.bandcamp.com
Buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/simonhutchinson
Sign up for my mailing list: eepurl.com/hVs7bT
#Eurorack #SoundSynthesis #SoundDesign #ExperimentalMusic #feedback
