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Vox-5: Vocal Transformation & Live Performance Exploration

Dive into Trevor Wishart's innovative 'Vox-5' piece, part of the 'Vox Cycle,' where voice morphs into crowds, bees, and bells. Learn about the digital manipulation techniques used and the impact of performance environments. Don't miss the structural breakdown and references!

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Vox-5: Vocal Transformation & Live Performance Exploration

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  1. Vox-5 Trevor Wishart

  2. The Composer Works mainly with the voice Live Performance In-studio Own voice & Pieces for others Currently based in York

  3. Lets Have a Listen...

  4. Why Vox 5? Vocal transformation Really early use and implementation of techniques Links to other modules

  5. The Piece Part of the ‘Vox Cycle’ Written for live performance Pieces are affected by the environment in which they are performed

  6. The Piece Voice is changed to resemble other sounds - Crowds - Bees - Bells Doesn’t want to lose the credibility of the original sound.

  7. The Piece

  8. Real Number (Amplitude) Imaginary Number (Phase)

  9. Phase Vocoder • Digital signal processor • Time and pitch manipulation FFT Phase Vocoder

  10. So... My Interpretation

  11. Structure Build Up 0-90 Verse 90-180 Chorus 180-280 Fade Out

  12. References • Burrus, S. (2010). Fast Fourier Transforms. Available: http://cnx.org/content/col10550/1.21/. Last accessed 5th March 2012. • Dolson, M. (2000). The Phase Vocoder: A Tutorial. Available: http://www.panix.com/~jens/pvoc-dolson.par. Last accessed 2nd March 2012.  • Wishart, T. (1988). The Composition of Vox 5. Computer Music Journal. 12 (4), 21-27

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