The Simon Variations
https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/31384231 The Simon Variations takes the classic game by Ralph Baer to new heights. With small tweaks of the logic of gameplay, the player is now faced with a variety…
Sound Projections
A collection of ideas for sound experiments and research. Phonotopias The Epic Soundtrack Timeline. Sounds of Time are drawn from literary descriptions of the audible past in various traditions. This…
Painting with EQ
Project description: Painting with EQ can be considered an example of what Rick Altman calls the “point of audition” of the “invisible observer.” As the visual perspective changes, the acoustic…
Restoration as performance: live dubbing for the silver screen
Update: re-recording classic soundtracks of the Burmese screen has been temporarily put on ice due to the political instability of the region. It is, however, critical to recognize that the…
Wind Sound Engine
This idea for an outdoor installation questions whether the interdisciplinary obsession with the scientific performativity of data as art (data that may at a first glance seem chaotic to the…
International Versioning
International versioning takes place when a title is about to be released worldwide. On the distribution side of the equation, this process is motivated by the fact that productions frequently…
Game Audio Assets
The frequently epic story-lines of today’s AAA game titles include hundreds of lines of dialogue and thousands of audio cues to account for gameplay variation. While sound is a crucial…
Doublé au Québec
Contrary to popular belief propagated by commercial stakes rather than cultural differences, it is difficult to differentiate between French-language dubbing done in Quebec and in France unless a deliberate decision…
Acoustic Genealogies
In 2017 product design entrepreneur David Al-Ibrahim launched a multi-sensory multimedia extravaganza re-imagining the sounds of Manhattan circa 1600, just prior to Henry Hudson’s arrival. Inspired by ecologist Eric W.…
International Dialogue
Most viewers are familiar with the part of localization characterized by dubbing—the disembodied voices of questionable sync that often produce an aesthetic atrocity. This is, however, a culturally determined view.…
Elements of Evil: Villainous Voices
From the Greek theatres of antiquity to present day, vocal sound effects have served to enhance the viewing experience and to transport the audience into the diegesis. Among all of…