“Minimal Reduction”|2019

Minimal Reduction is the name of the interactive sound installation that I created as part of my Master’s project to complete my degree at University of Victoria. The general principle of the project was to allow participants to enter the active listening axis. Reduced listening and heightened listening are the end points of axis.

This interactive sound installation uses an ambisonics system to allow the installation to run with four or more speakers. During the first run the installation was running in octophonic, eight speakers. The interaction device uses an arduino and 14 potentiometers which sends serial data that is read by a Max/Msp patch. The Max/Msp patch stores the audio files and runs real-time digital signal processing to the audio files as the participants interact with the installation.

The first video ”Minimal Reduction Example #1” was taken at University of Victoria during the first run of the installation. This installation was later demonstrated at CMMR 2019 Marseille in quadraphonic. The second video “Minimal Reduction Example CMMR2019” was taken during CMMR 2019 at Aix-Marseille University.

The button at the bottom is a link for my project report which discusses this project at greater length.