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20673.3 20673.3 20673.3 20673.3
17803.4 17803.4 17803.4 17803.4
15327.5 15327.5 15327.5 15327.5
13191.5 13191.5 13191.5 13191.5
11348.9 11348.9 11348.9 11348.9
9759.2 9759.2 9759.2 9759.2
8387.8 8387.8 8387.8 8387.8
7204.7 7204.7 7204.7 7204.7
6184.1 6184.1 6184.1 6184.1
5303.5 5303.5 5303.5 5303.5
4543.9 4543.9 4543.9 4543.9
3888.6 3888.6 3888.6 3888.6
3323.3 3323.3 3323.3 3323.3
2835.5 2835.5 2835.5 2835.5
2414.8 2414.8 2414.8 2414.8
2051.8 2051.8 2051.8 2051.8
1738.7 1738.7 1738.7 1738.7
1468.5 1468.5 1468.5 1468.5
1235.5 1235.5 1235.5 1235.5
1034.4 1034.4 1034.4 1034.4
861.0 861.0 861.0 861.0
711.3 711.3 711.3 711.3
582.2 582.2 582.2 582.2
470.9 470.9 470.9 470.9
374.8 374.8 374.8 374.8
291.9 291.9 291.9 291.9
220.4 220.4 220.4 220.4
158.7 158.7 158.7 158.7
105.5 105.5 105.5 105.5
59.6 59.6 59.6 59.6
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20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
f/Hz
20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
f/Hz
20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
f/Hz
20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
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20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
f/Hz
20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
f/Hz
20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
f/Hz
20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
f/Hz f/Hz f/Hz f/Hz
20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
f/Hz
20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
f/Hz
20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
f/Hz
20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
f/Hz
20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
f/Hz
20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
f/Hz
20.0
59.6
105.5
158.7
220.4
291.9
374.8
470.9
582.2
711.3
861.0
1034.4
1235.5
1468.5
1738.7
2051.8
2414.8
2835.5
3323.3
3888.6
4543.9
5303.5
6184.1
7204.7
8387.8
9759.2
11348.9
13191.5
15327.5
17803.4
20673.3
24000.0
diluting his process by panning or mixing between 3 See Stefan Helmreich Chimeric Sensing in Helmreich, Sounding the Limits
different instances, each speaker then represents of Life: Essays in the Anthropology of Biology and Beyond. Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 2014
an individual voice; like frogs sitting at the edge
4 The basis for this appraisal comes from the research carried out for the
of a pond or the breathing of aquatic animals and exhibition Computers and Cooperative Music Making (Fell and Fowler, 2015):
plants. When these objects are voiced together I am indebted to my collaborator, Mark Fell, as well as to Larry Polanski for
their contribution to this debate
in different combinations, we perceive the stream
5 For more on Martin Bartlettsee my 45 minute portrait Electro Pythagorus
of events like walking through a strange ecosystem. (Fowler, 2016)
Heckers synthetic composition enchants us with
6 For a detailed commentary of Heckers project with a Buchla 200e synthesizer
its shifting timbres, tones and noiseshis poly coupled with a Comdyna analogue computer see Robin Mackay, Climate of
Bass Hunter, Acid in the Style of David Tudor, CD, Editions Mego, Vienna, 2009
phonies affecting us more intensely with each new
auditory perspective11. 7 Tony Conrad: Invented Acoustical Tools-Instruments 19662012
(DVD courtesy of Bucholz Gallery, 2012)
8 The Buchla Electric Music Box was commissioned by Ramon Sender and
Morton Subotnick for the San Francisco tape-music center in 1963. It was
widely considered to be the first voltage-controlled modular synthesizer
and became quickly synonymous with Subotnick who used the instrument
exclusively on his compositions Silver Apples Of The Moon, Wild Bull (1966)
and many others throughout the era.
10 The ambivalent story of how presets carved a hugely important place for
themselves both commercially and artistically within contemporary culture
can be read about in PRESETSDigital Shortcuts to Sound
(Goldmann, 2015)
11 Thanks to Mark Fell and Florian Hecker for their comments and input on
this essay.
12 2 Formulation As Texture [hcross] 10 11 12
1 (2017)
Pluriphonic computer-generated sound, software,
loudspeaker system, acoustic panel system
3 Produced on the occasion of the exhibition
11 Florian HeckerSynopsis, Tramway, Glasgow,
Scotland, 26 May31 July 2017
[24 min 20 sec]
Formulation 1 2 3
(2015)
Pluriphonic computer-generated sound, software,
loudspeaker system, acoustic panel system
Produced on the occasion of the exhibition Preis der
Nationalgalerie 2015, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin,
11 September 201517 January 2016
[24 min 07 sec]
ISBN 9780906169988