Your final project

For the students who take the course Digital Media and Sounds:

Your final project has to be completed by next Thursday (2012/1/5). The final project is consisted of two parts:

1. An artwork that has audio playing a vital role. You have to present this artwork in the class (2012/1/5).

2. A 1,000-word statement that reflects essential notions/concepts/theories/issues/literature reviews about your artwork. It has to be written in English and the word count can exceed 1,000. If you mention any reference (i.e. news clip/essay/book/website or artist's artwork) in your statement, please create a bibliography page at the end of your statement. You have to submit this statement (2 hard copies) to me on 2012/1/5.

If you have any question about your final project, feel free to drop me a message.

Enjoy it and Good Luck!
I look forward to being amazed by your master pieces!

Tsai-Wei

For 100/12/12

For our next Thursday 100/12/12, we are going to start the lesson at 9:40am.

In this lesson, we are going to do two things:
1. Make something nice with a special guest.
2. Present a proposal of your final project (a soundwork in any format) for group discussions. This project has to be completed by 101/1/5.

Many thanks!

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2011.11.11.11:11

Recorded at a factory on 11th Nov, 2011 at 11:11am.
In Taiwan, people say that it's the Single's Day for the date is filled with the figure 1 only.

Sounding

I would like to have this sign if possible...

San-Diao-Ling Karaok

 

2011/10/30 The Community Hall at San-Diao-Ling （三貂嶺）, 3pm

Walking along the railway, we went pass this very remote community hall. Local residents came here to have their karaok together to enjoy their Sunday afternoon.
Their voices were filled in the air, in the valley, among the mountains.
"Sweetheart~~ Sweetheart~~ Goodbye~~ Goodbye~~ ....."

The railway traffic signal

 

2011/10/30 The railway traffic signal was ringing when a train was approaching, at 2pm, outside the Shi-Fen Big Waterfall（十分瀑布）.

Once the train had gone, tensions from people and things were released and noises returned.

The Elders on Sunday morning

2011/10/30 Sunday morning, 7:30am, Tamsui Line of Taipei Metro, heading to Taipei Main Station.

It was full of elders.
It's like shopping in a traditional Taiwanese market in the metro.

Announcement for 13 Oct 2011

Announcement:
To the students of Digital Media and Sounds (2011-2012), regarding to the lecture-- field recording-- this Thursday on 13 Oct 2011, please meet at the information desk （詢問處）of Tamsui metro station （淡水捷運站） at 9:30am. Please be prompt as we are not going to stay there for long.

When you come, please prepare for the following items with you:
1. An audio recorder (it can be a tape recorder, voice recorder, MiniDisk recorder, mobile phone, solid state recorder, 4-channel recorder, video recorder, digital camera...) that has the function of playing back and exporting files to the computer.
2. A pair of headphones (it can be a headset or earbuds).
3. If you have an external microphone other than the built-in mic in your audio recorder, please bring along to have a go.
4. If you have other audio recording equipment such as pre-amp, mic holder, windscreen etc, please do bring along to enjoy the field recording!

Note: Please avoid wearing or carrying any item that make irritating sounds to other people's recording such as water-proof jacket, high heels, plastic bags, jingle bells, key/toy rings etc. (unless you have a very good reason...).

Any questions? Just drop me a message here!
See you this Thursday!

p.s.1: Please continue keeping your sound diaries. You know it's good for your listening sensibility and your assessment!
p.s.2: To 斌華，please bring the contact mic with you this Thursday. Cheers!

The boy's pride

The boy inserted a plastic cup between the bike frame and the front wheel. When he was riding the bike, the rubbing sound was amplified through the plastic cup and an unusual sound was generated. The boy was very proud of his invention and showing off at a small plaza of a local temple (清水祖師爺廟） in Tamsui, Taiwan.

Vibrating stomach

I was having my meal at a dumpling stall by the street. A motorcycle rider came to buy some to take away. However, he did not switch off his engine. During his 5 minutes of waiting time, I could not enjoy my meal at all because of the vibration of his engine sound. Believe it or not, it made my stomach vibrating!

Ms Shui-Shan (雪山小姐）

I was driving through the very long tunnel Shui-Shan for going to Yi-Lang yesterday. It took me 15 min to pass through the entire tunnel.
The radio was playing in my car. Suddenly, Ms Shui-Shan interrupted the radio broadcasting and she started to speak-- The traffic is heavy at the moment. Please drive carefully and safely.....
Starting with a few beeps to indicate that she was going to speak, she then spoke slowly and clearly, with a bit of unavoidable reverbation, to all the people in the tunnel.
My friends in the car thought that if she spoke even more slowly, people in the tunnel would feel quite creepy about the environment!
Since then, when we were passing through a tunnel, we thought about Ms Shui-Shan and we laughed about this experience.

Cicada at autumn

100/9/22, 9:30am @ TNUA R306
I am suprised to hear the sound of cicada under this kind of cool weather.

The temperature has been dropping down in the last few days and I've put jacket on to get ready for the autumn.
The sound of cicada is an indicator of summer to me. By hearing it now, I am a bit confused by the season.

Blower dryer

Blowdryer by TWCHEN

I dried my hair around 10pm. It was loud.