Supernova Sonata from Alex Parker on Vimeo.

Observations: The Real Explosions in the Sky: Supernovae Translated into Music [Video]: “What does a supernova sound like? Hopefully we will never find out directly—getting within earshot of an exploding star is probably a bad idea. “

Incredible! Head over to the link above and see how they did it.

I’ve finished grading listening to your awesome song remixes from our Sound Unit.

I have to say, I’m blown away by some of these… amazing work!

Here are a few fun highlights:

- Eleanor has MG play Diary old-school manual style.

- Jesseca brutalizes Meet The Elements and turns it into a dark goth-punk anthem of gloom with a roar that will give you nightmares for weeks then changes it into a smurf sounding pop song.

- Ansley’s take on Barbie Girl is… um … interesting.

- Zelle slows down Sleepy Head so it’s even more annoying

- E.O. has a great sounding remix

- Nora makes ‘Love Like Woe’ into ‘Woe Are My Ears!’

Great work, folks!

To wrap up, we’ll be working on a fun activity…

1) Think of your favorite song.
2) Find 5 points of frequencies from the song.
3) Find 5 wavelengths from your song.
4) Remix a segment of your song to change 5 points of frequencies from the song.
5) While you’re remixing, change 5 wavelengths of your song.

Post the finished remix or clip on your blog.

You can present all of this either analog (with paper, posters etc) or digitally (video, podcast on a blog post etc).

Enjoy!

To really understand sound, we have to understand the human experience of interacting with sound. So, we start with the ear. Tomorrow we’ll finish our labeling and do some fun and quick labs:

Sound Test Study Guide

Here’s our study guide.

Enjoy and let me know if you have questions!

Sound Test Study Guide

Additionally, we’ll be starting work on our own sound creations (or songs) in class.

If you’d like to get a head start, here are a couple of good online song editors (free):

- Myna from Aviary (My favorite)
- JamStudio (What We’ve Been Using in Class)

There’s also GarageBand on the Mac as well as Audacity (free) that works well on PC’s, Macs or Linux.

If you’re the enterprising sort, also check out Fission if you have a Mac.

See you (and hear you) tomorrow!

In this case, the US Military has been experimenting with using the LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) as a deterrent to potential adversaries.

It’s not pleasant to talk about weapons, etc but there is some interesting science in this segment…

You have a quiz on 16.1 and 16.2 tomorrow.

Study!

(Turn Your Speakers DOWN!)