Traditional / experimental practice
The Architecture of Echo · Invisible Architecture
The same phrase in the same hall; only the share sent to the reverberation changes. First close and almost dry, then over minutes the reverberation grows and the bells seem to move away, and at the end they come close again. The ear reads distance from the ratio of direct sound to reverberation. From the panel beside it you can build your own space in the Resonance Lab. The space is a representation: the reverberation is generated in code, not measured in a real building. A listening practice with no claim of any effect.
Liner notes
- Strikes
- Singing bowl · 220 Hz, Crystal bowl · 330 Hz, Wind chime · 440 Hz
- What do you hear?
- tonal · swelling · narrow
How is this sound made?
- Bell−15 dB
Singing bowl · 220 Hz, pattern repeating every 30 s
- Bell−17 dB
Crystal bowl · 330 Hz, pattern repeating every 30 s
- Bell−18 dB
Wind chime · 440 Hz, pattern repeating every 30 s
- Reverb: convolution, 45% mix
In the room you can listen to each layer on its own, change its settings and save it as your own recipe.
Sound is generated on this device in real time; no files are downloaded from a server. There is a 1 s fade-in at the start and a 0 min fade-out at the end.
Compare with another sound
Hear both at the same loudness; drag the slider to the middle and they blend.
In the middle the two sounds truly blend; loudness is matched.
8 trials, half of them the same sound; get at least 7 right and the difference is audible. The result stays on this device.
What do we know, what don't we know?
S · Soundscape, no claim
No health or mental-effect claim at all; it is simply a soundscape.
This session isn't linked to any claim of effect.
A session's level is the weakest of its linked claims; it is never raised by a strong but unrelated claim.
Its neighbours on the map
The five sounds closest to this one by measured sound features.
- 1The Architecture of Echo · The Narrow CorridorBright · steady · no melodyBoth bell and resonance · same goal: explore
- 2The Architecture of Echo · The Bare SoundBright · steady · no melodyBoth bell and resonance · same goal: explore
- 3The Architecture of Echo · The Open HorizonBright · steady · no melodyBoth bell and resonance · same goal: explore
- 4The Architecture of Echo · The Stone RoomBright · steady · no melodyBoth bell and resonance · same goal: explore
- 5Bowl SceneBright · steady · no melodyBoth bell and resonance
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