July Soundbytes and the ACMC2020 Conference

Over the winter "break" (which wasn't really a break, of course), the July issue of Soundbytes came out, and I have three reviews in that, and in early July, the Australasian Computer Music Association held its annual conference in Canberra this year, organized by the wonderful Charles Martin and Ben Swift, among many others.  Due to Covid19, the conference was entirely on line, and this actually worked kind of well.  You can see the entire conference at ACMC2020.com, and I'll give links to my paper and piece down below.

First to Soundbytes.  I reviewed three things.  First up was a wonderful new sound design software from UVI, called Drone.  As the name says, it's oriented towards extended sounds, but it's really incredibly useful and beautifully designed. https://soundbytesmag.net/review-drone-from-uvi/.

Then there's Wiggle, which is a small, modest soft synth from Beijing Second Sense Audio.  Small and modest it might be, but it's incredibly powerful and versatile.  I had a ball using it! https://soundbytesmag.net/review-wiggle-from-beijing-second-sense-audio-technology/

Finally, Eventide continues to release patches from it's repertoire as iPad apps, and this one, called Crystals, goes beyond a simple effects into serious sound modification territory.  https://soundbytesmag.net/music-for-tablets-crystals-from-eventide/.

All three are worthy of your consideration.

NOW, on to ACMC2020.com.  Like I said, it was a lot of fun, some very good pieces and papers.  I did a paper on my new piece "Darshan with a Pelican (Multiplicities)" which you can find here.  My talk begins at 31:09, and goes for about 13 minutes.  And a two channel version of the piece (it's intended for at least 8 channel diffusion, but we'll live with two channels over YouTube for the moment) is here.  It starts at 27:38 and goes for about 21 minutes.

I hope you enjoy the papers and presentations at the online ACMC2020. I found it quite fun to be there remotely, together.