It features both some neural audio decollage and the voice of Jessa Carter. The decollage works with the material of Four Tet and Burial’s Moth and recomposes the track by John Tejada – Farther and Fainter.… Continue reading...

The post Neural Audio Decollage – Whale Sounds first appeared on http://archive.pkmital.com.

Memory Mosaic iOS from Parag K Mital on Vimeo.

Here’s an example of using it with live instruments

Memory Mosaic – Technical Demo (iOS App) from Parag K Mital on Vimeo.

The app also works with AudioBus, meaning you can use it with other apps too, adding effects chains, or sampling from another app’s output.  Available on the iOS App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/memory-mosaic/id475759669?mt=8… Continue reading...

The post Memory Mosaic iOS – Generative Audio Mashup App first appeared on http://archive.pkmital.com.

I’ve been interested in exploring ways of navigating media archives. Typically, you may use iTunes and go from artist to artist, or have managed to tediously classify your collection into genres. Some may still even browse their music through a file browser, perhaps making sure the folders and filenames of their collection are descriptive of the artist, album, year, etc… Though what about how the content actually sounds?

Wouldn’t it be nice to hear all music which shares similar sounds, or similar phrases of sounds? Research in the last 10-15 years have developed methods precisely to solve this problem and fall under the umbrella term content-based information retrieval (CBIR) algorithms, or uncovering the relationships of an archive through the information within the content. For images, Google’s Search by Image is a great example which only recently became public. For audio, audioDB and ShaZam are good examples of discovering music through the way it sounds, or the content-based relationships of the audio itself. Though, each of these interfaces present a list of matches to a image or audio query, making exploring the content-based relationships of a specific set of material difficult.

The video above demonstrates interaction with a novel 3D browser … Continue reading...

The post 3D Musical Browser first appeared on http://archive.pkmital.com.

… Continue reading...

The post Neverzone, 10th June first appeared on http://archive.pkmital.com.

More information: http://www.dialogues-festival.org/2010-outlying/Humcrush… Continue reading...

The post Testing Audiovisuals first appeared on http://archive.pkmital.com.

Polychora stands for a 4 dimensional polytope, a connected or closed figure of lower dimesnional polytopal elements. These elements are thought of as the impulses of the piece and their combinations are intricately explored and decomposed in order to create a soundscape of particles. As an exploration of synaesthesia, the visuals are created as an audio-reactive algorithm based on brightness, panning, texture, noisiness, pitch, and their combinations. By combining the amorphous space of possible impulses and the range of sound textures, the polychoron takes a visual shape altered by the different dimensions of texture.

This piece was presented at the Soundings Festival on February 6th and 7th, 2010 (curated by Andrew Connor).
http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/soundings/

Audio by Christos Michalakos: http://christosmichalakos.com/

Visuals by Parag K Mital: http://pkmital.com/… Continue reading...

The post Polychora (AV Synaesthesia) first appeared on http://archive.pkmital.com.

As well, a short description of the piece:

Christos Michalakos & Parag K Mital – Polychora:

Polychora stands for a 4 dimensional polytope, a connected or closed figure of lower dimesnional polytopal elements.  These elements are thought of as the impulses of the piece and their combinations are intricately explored and decomposed in order to create a soundscape of particles.  As an exploration of synaesthesia, the visuals are created as an audio-reactive algorithm based on brightness, panning, texture, noisiness, pitch, and their combinations.  By combining the amorphous space of possible impulses and the range of sound textures, the polychoron takes a visual shape altered by the different dimensions of texture.

… Continue reading...

The post Soundings Festival first appeared on http://archive.pkmital.com.

Fork ft. Paul Keene

w/

Marcin Kowalczyk – Alto Saxophone
Paul Keene – Electronic Keyboard
Parag K. Mital – Electric Bass Guitar
Christos-George Michalakos – Acoustic Drums & Electronics… Continue reading...

The post Free Improvisation Jam first appeared on http://archive.pkmital.com.

The post Hidden Door @ The Roxy Art House, Edinburgh first appeared on http://archive.pkmital.com.

Mr. Magoo’s Poop Experiment – Pinocchio.mp4… Continue reading...

The post Mr. Magoo’s Poop Experiment – Pinocchio first appeared on http://archive.pkmital.com.