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CDeMUSIC Truax said: "...to the fullest force of its mass, a river is formed from a collection of countless droplets..." Also 'The Blind Man' (1979), 'Aerial' (1979), 'Wave Edge' (1983), and 'Solar Ellipse' (1985). Music by Barry Truax for electronics, voices, and instruments, powerful and compelling, with complex, beautiful sonic textures, all of it incorporating texts, spoken or sung, that address issues of gender and express the human desire for relationship. Barry Truax writes: "For all my works in the last decade, the centre is increasingly the sound material itself." In 'East Wind' (1981), a soloist playing amplified recorder interacts with sounds abstracted from recorder sounds on tape. www.cdemusic.org /store/cde_search.cfm?keywords=btruaxcds   (866 words)

Barry Truax on The Paula Gordon Show Truax is on the Vancouver, B.C., urban noise task force. Barry Truax introduces Paula Gordon and Bill Russell to his multi-leveled music with his environmental composition "Song of Songs." Mr. Truax calls us to regain a positive sense of silence, with a series of examples, reminding us that if we didn't have silence, we would not have sound. paulagordon.com /shows/truax   (1001 words)

Bios Barry Truax is a Professor in both the Barry's octophonic concert at Musica Viva, Coimbra, Portugal, Sept./03, with Miguel Azguime and Carlos Augusto Barry at the console of the quad mixing studio, Institute of Sonology, ca. www.sfu.ca /~truax/bios.html   (233 words)

Science News Online - This Week - Feature Article - 12/21/96   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) Barry Truax, a communications professor and composer of electroacoustic music at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, has been teaching acoustic technology to a wide variety of students for more than 20 years. Truax notes that advertisers can take advantage of such strong associations to suggest certain product affinities and characteristics, thereby avoiding the need to make verbal claims that can be challenged. Truax uses the term "acoustic communication" to emphasize the study of sound not just as vibrations of the air but as an exchange of information. www.sciencenews.org /sn_arch/12_21_96/bob2.htm   (2035 words)

Barry Truax: Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) At long last, Barry Truax has finally released an all-soundscape CD The peices included here were written between 1991 and 2000, and offer a wide-ranging taste of Truax's distinctive approach to soundscape composition. As we've come to appreciate in Truax's work, this and the composer's appreciation for both individual soundmarks and rich ambiences all feed into the swelling and slowing of time. Thus we are offered a rare opportunity to move beyond mere recognition and appreciation of sounds, even past the alchemy of a synergistic linear mix of sound sources, and into a dream-like ebb and flow of sound, reflection, immersion, and emergence that marks the most creative and successful of soundscape compositions. www.earthear.com /catalog/islands.html   (242 words)

University of Oregon News Releases EUGENE—Composer Barry Truax’s computer-created works, five choirs, jazz combos and a repertoire for band and orchestra, will be featured in the four concerts scheduled this week at the University of Oregon School of Music, 961 E. 18th Ave. Truax is known for his work in the World Soundscape Project and for contributions to acoustic ecology. As a composer, Truax is best known for his work with the PODX computer music system which he has used for tape solo works as well as for those which combine tape with live performers or computer graphics. darkwing.uoregon.edu /~uocomm/newsreleases/2002/20020514P.html   (679 words)

Ear to the Earth Barry Truax Barry Truax, composer known for his innovative technology-based research, is among the pioneers of the World Soundscape Project of Vancouver, developed in the 1970s. Through his work with the World Soundscape Project, Truax edited the Handbook for Acoustic Ecology and is also the author of Acoustic Communication, a book dealing with all aspects of sound and technology. Truax is currently a Professor in both the School of Communication and the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University where he teaches courses in acoustic communication and electroacoustic music. www.eartotheearth.org /artists/truax.html   (608 words)

Report: Soundscape Vancouver '96: May 6 - June 8, Vancouver, BC, Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) In the early 1990's, the School of Communication of Simon Fraser University, with the guidance of Barry Truax, undertook a "re-visitation" of the Vancouver soundscape, including a research project to re-record the acoustic environment of Vancouver and compare changes in the soundscape over the years. Hildi introduced Barry Truax and mentioned the importance of his "Handbook for Acoustic Ecology" as an important interface with the scientific community and how Truax successfully walks the line between art, academia and science. Barry Truax talked about soundscape composition as a cutting edge in contemporary art and that acoustic design could be applied to the environment at large. interact.uoregon.edu /MediaLIt/wfae/readings/Vancouver96.html   (1788 words)

Barry Truax: Pacific Rim   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) Barry Truax is one a long-time figure in the Acoustic Ecology community; he still teaches at Simon Fraser University. His compositions are rich explorations of sound, wherein he patiently reveals harmonic relationships in the tonal patterns of his instruments. Don't expect to be serenaded by the familiar here; rather, expect to be surprised, perhaps confused, and ultimately taken to a new place in your relation to sound. www.earthear.com /catalog/pacificrim.html   (188 words)

barry truax Barry Truax(1947-) is a Canadian composer who specializes in real-time implementations of granular synthesis, often of sampled sounds, and soundscapes. Truax teaches both electroacoustic music and computer music and acoustic communication at Simon Fraser University. He was one of the original members of the World Soundscape Project. snd.snm-hgkz.ch /~alex/wie_die_zeit_vergeht/barrytruax.html   (108 words)

homestudio - revue audiolab   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) He calls this traditional compositional technique by the name of "pulsar synthesis." Di Scipio (1994) and Truax (1990) have explored the possibilities of controlling granular streams from the output of nonlinear functions. Truax, B. Real-time granular synthesis with a digital signal processor. Truax, B. Discovering inner complexity: time shifting and transposition with a real-time granulation technique. homestudio.thing.net /revue/content/keller4.htm   (2000 words)

Canadian Geographic: the science of sound That may be unconventional to some, but by mixing natural sounds with traditional music Truax, and others like him, are contributing to a growing field of study called acoustic ecology. Truax began composing music while studying physics and mathematics at Queen's University almost 40 years ago. Truax will travel to Toronto in June 2006 for a groundbreaking conference studying the link between acoustic ecology and architecture, the architecture community never having held a conference to study how acoustic ecology can help their work. www.canadiangeographic.ca /magazine/jf06/indepth/science.asp   (983 words)

Sounding Visual - Maura McDonnell However, the piece was also a visual exploration of the atmosphere and richness from a number of compositions by the Canadian Composer Barry Truax, from his Digital Soundscapes CD. The object for exploring the concepts in the poem was the human head. Barry Truax is an amazing composer, whose music is wonderfully rich, timbral and extremely atmospheric. www.soundingvisual.com /projects/edges_play1.htm   (142 words)

Leonardo Acoustic Ecology and the Soundscape Bibliography Truax, Barry (1992c) "Musical Creativity and Complexity at the Threshold of the 21st Century". Truax, Barry (1996b) "Sounds and Sources in Powers of Two: Towards a Contemporary Myth". Truax, Barry (2002) "Genres and Techniques of Soundscape Composition as Developed at Simon Fraser University" Organised Sound 7/1, pp. www.leonardo.info /isast/spec.projects/acousticecologybib.html   (2551 words)

Amazon.com: "Barry Truax": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) Laske and Barry Truax (then a postgraduate scholar at the institute) conducted research in problem solving during elementary compositional per- formance tasks using unformed... The Canadian composer Barry Truax took a particular in- terest in the structure of PROJECT 2, notably the use of stochastic procedures and tendency masks... Barry Truax's granulated soundscapes, Horacio Vaggione's pointillistic fabrics of instrumental samples,... www.amazon.com /phrase/Barry-Truax   (536 words)

CDeMUSIC: Barry Truax   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) A composer, educator, and computer music system designer, Barry Truax is known for his pioneering work in computer music and acoustic ecology. He is the author of Acoustic Communication, and editor of Handbook for Acoustic Ecology. Truax is currently Professor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. www.cdemusic.org /artists/truax.html   (101 words)

Search - University of Waterloo Barry's area of research is software reliability engineering. Barry draws heavily on Gestalt psychologists throughout her analysis of images, television,... Barry Scott graduated from the University of Waterloo with a B.Math. web.uwaterloo.ca /search/index.php?searchterm=barry   (221 words)

EMF Institute: WSP The World Soundscape Project, motivated by a concern for the quality of the sonic environment, was formed in the late 1960s by R. Murray Shafer, Barry Truax, and others at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Truax described the goals as "to document and archive soundscapes, to describe and analyze them, and to promote increased public awareness through listening and critical thinking". The documentation of the Vancouver soundscape, "depicting ocean, harbor and other sounds from sites throughout the city and environs", was one early project. emfinstitute.emf.org /exhibits/wsp.html   (109 words)

One-Act Play: "Powers of Two: The Sybil," 2f, by Barry Truax (Canadian composer, librettist, 1947-____) • © 1995 by Barry Truax; • score-libretto/rights and a video tape of a performance available from Barry Truax, 4346 Cambridge Street, Burnaby, British Columbia V5C 1H4, Canada, truax@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/~truax/. • “Barry Truax is a Professor in both the School of Communication and the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University where he teaches courses in acoustic communication and electroacoustic music. A selection of these pieces may be heard on the recording Sequence of Earlier Heaven, and the Compact Discs Digital Soundscapes, Pacific Rim, Song of Songs, and Inside, all on the Cambridge Street Records label. www.heniford.net /1234/2f_potts.htm   (648 words)

Barry Truax: biography: Réseaux des arts médiatiques Barry Truax is a Professor in both the School of Communication and the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University where he teaches courses in acoustic communication and electroacoustic music. He has worked with the World Soundscape Project, editing its Handbook for Acoustic Ecology, and has published a book Acoustic Communication dealing with all aspects of sound and technology. As a composer, Truax is best known for his work with the PODX computer music system which he has used for tape solo works and those which combine tape with live performers or computer graphics. www.rien.qc.ca /bio.e/truax_ba.html   (182 words)

Jos Kunst: Review of Barry Truax, Acoustic Communication (1987)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) Specification of I may be an entirely natural language, or even largely intuitive affair. In my opinion, it is (almost) entirely in the I part of its theorizing; the K part, in fact, being largely absent. And it has the additional advantage of keeping the reader on his toes and continually trying to supply theoretical sketches of his own. www.joskunst.net /truax_review.html   (485 words)

What Is Sound   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10) At low intensities tones have the same loudness when they are equally detectable, whereas at high intensities they match in loudness when they have the same intensity. See DECIBEL in in Barry Truax's Handbook for Acoustic Ecology. See CYCLE in Barry Truax's Handbook for Acoustic Ecology. www.ec.vanderbilt.edu /computermusic/musc216site/what.is.sound.html   (2726 words)

WNYC - New Sounds: Bamboo, Silk and Stone (December 01, 2006) There’s new music for the zither from Korea, Japan, and China on this edition of New Sounds, with works by Mei Han & Barry Truax, David Bowie, and Korean-American komungo (Korean fourth century fretted board zither) virtuoso Jin Hi Kim. We’ll hear her performing John Oliver’s beautifully bluesy Purple Lotus Bud, for zheng and string quartet; and Bamboo, Silk and Stone, written by Raine-Reusch and electroacoustic pioneer Barry Truax in 1987. Barry Truax: Bamboo, Silk and Stone [9:30] www.wnyc.org /shows/newsounds/episodes/2006/12/01   (347 words)

Barry Truax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Androgyne, Mon Amour for amplified male double bass player and two digital soundtracks including text from Tennessee Williams' book of the same title read by Douglas Huffman (1997) Barry Truax: Electroacoustic Composer and Acoustic Communication Researcher This page was last modified 19:04, 3 November 2006. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barry_Truax   (230 words)

omnivoc. Reading articles by Barry Truax and others, and working with Sound Designer, Hyper Prism, and CSound has given me a strong desire to work with granular synthesis as a compositional tool. For those unfamiliar with granular synthesis I would strongly suggest reading some of the material listed in the accompanying literature review to provide a background to the technique. I would especially recommend the Computer Music Journal articles by Curtis Roads and Barry Truax. homepages.kcbbs.gen.nz /gordon/CScore.html   (1086 words)

Barry Truax: biography - electrocd.com — electroacoustic & beyond Barry Truax: biography - electrocd.com — electroacoustic and beyond Barry Truax (Chatman, Ontario, 1947) •; residence: Vancouver Type in your email address to subscribe to our mailing list and stay up to date! www.electrocd.com /bio.e/truax_ba.html   (188 words)

A Sound Reality : Sound Examples continuous sound Barry Truax, Handbook for Acoustic Ecology aural competition Barry Truax, Handbook for Acoustic Ecology church bell Barry Truax, Handbook for Acoustic Ecology www.oceansilverworks.com /asr/27se.html   (81 words)

Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival Homepage Papers presentations, lecture demonstrations, and studio reports are also presented during the three day spring festival. Composers-in-Residence have included noted composers of electroacoustic music such as Morton Subotnick, James Dashow, Paul Lansky, Richard Boulanger, Barry Truax, Larry Austin, Joel Chadabe, Jon Appleton, Gary Lee Nelson, Cort Lippe, and Hubert S. Howe, Jr. It is our desire to produce a festival that promotes cultural diversity and an international awareness. emu.music.ufl.edu /femf   (92 words)

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