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Improvising with Machines case study: Mechanical Techno
https://grahamdunning.com/2025/01/16/improvising-with-machines-case-study-mechanical-techno/
Published: January 16, 2025 13:23
The recent article for Organised Sound myself and Adam Parkinson wrote changed significantly from its first draft, which was weighted heavily towards case studies of our individual electronic music practices. Below is my case study, which describes one…
Improvising with Machines: A taxonomy of musical interactions, by Adam Parkinson and Graham Dunning
Published: January 8, 2025 11:41
An article written by myself and one of my PhD supervisors, Dr Adam Parkinson, was published today by the journal Organised Sound. The paper is open access and you can read it here: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355771824000268 This article maps out some of…
Home made modular synth cases
https://grahamdunning.com/2024/11/01/home-made-modular-synth-cases/
Published: November 1, 2024 09:49
As I’ve built and acquired more Eurorack modules I’ve been slowly working towards a setup which doesn’t require much additional outboard gear. I’ve upgraded a bit at a time and ended up with four small cases. A couple of problems have arisen from this.…
Musical interfaces marathon – NIME ’24 day 1
https://grahamdunning.com/2024/09/05/musical-interfaces-marathon-nime-24-day-1/
Published: September 5, 2024 10:31
This week I’m at the NIME conference in Utrech – New Interfaces for Musical Expression. I’ve had a busy few months with gigging, conference presentations and co-writing a paper, so not had the energy or inclination to keep up to date with blogging. But…
Radio show selections: Splinter Orchestra and Plain Music Compilation
Published: July 5, 2024 14:03
Notes on a couple of the pieces from this month’s radio show, episode 215 of Fractal Meat on a Spongy Bone. I came across Splinter Orchestra via an essay by one of the group’s members, Jim Denley, in the excellent book The Aesthetics of Imperfection in…
Notes from Innovation in Music 2024 conference, Oslo
https://grahamdunning.com/2024/06/16/notes-from-innovation-in-music-2024-conference-oslo/
Published: June 16, 2024 20:04
Pretty much every conference I’ve attended I’ve found inspiring and motivating. It’s like sitting down and reading a whole pile of papers over a weekend, on disparate and unusual topics, often with some suprising stuff. InMus24 was no exception. I heard…
clacky keyboard
https://grahamdunning.com/2024/04/10/clacky-keyboard/
Published: April 10, 2024 07:40
Spending more time writing recently – journalling, blogging and writing some articles and papers – I’d become a bit frustrated with my cheap, light-touch bluetooth keyboard. I felt like I needed something chunkier and more tactile, slightly more responsive…
Science fictions and self reliance
https://grahamdunning.com/2024/04/08/science-fictions-and-self-reliance/
Published: April 8, 2024 08:42
This afternoon I’m joining a zoom call with some first year graphic design students at Sheffield Hallam – they’re to be tasked with making a video in response to some of my music, “using experimental video, typography and use After Effects to blend videos…
Five ways of using contact mics
https://grahamdunning.com/2024/04/07/five-ways-of-using-contact-mics/
Published: April 7, 2024 20:03
Following on from the recent post about DIY turntable styluses, here are some other uses for contact mics. When I used to teach the Experimental Sound Art evening class I made four suggestions for ways to use contact mics: amplifying small objects,…