{"id":216,"date":"2020-10-09T10:35:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T09:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrunderwood.co.uk\/dev\/?p=216"},"modified":"2020-11-22T17:25:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T17:25:47","slug":"resonating-and-rattling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrunderwood.co.uk\/research\/resonating-and-rattling\/","title":{"rendered":"Resonating and rattling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Preface:<\/strong> So far, much of the practice side of my PhD has taken the form it has done in my wider work for a while now – an open exploration of an idea with updates posted to Twitter. I find this way of working useful as it provides both impetus and feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been moving things other than air with speaker cones, transducers, mechanisms for some time. The most completed example of this is the resonator gongs I created for my band ORE<\/a> where two 32″ gongs were drilled and a Clark Synthesis TST239 tactile transducer attached to each in a spot that corresponded to the “home note” of my tuba and Beck’s trombone. This has produced great results in a variety of settings, as tested through a short tour at the end of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whilst not totally complete (is anything ever?), I feel this system may have broader appeal and application. The sound created is an acoustically processed version of whatever is driven into it. I hope to add feedback to this in due course too. For now, I made a start and documented the process and findings via a Twitter thread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Watched some videos on making surface transducers from speakers. Ended up just hot-gluing a clown horn to the speaker cone \ud83e\udd21 pic.twitter.com\/JXMsnMVAdH<\/a><\/p>— Sam Underwood (@misterunderwood) October 8, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>