Prélude au voyage des langues

Contribution for the 12th edition of Mixage Fou, “Voices of Europe”, 2023

Acousmatic piece (in two variants) for spherical loudspeaker array or binaural playback

Kai Yves Linden

Structural Elements

Variant A

36 + 29 + 15 = 80", ambisonic mix

A 36.3" B 28.7" C 15"
A/a A/b B/a B/b B/c C
23.1" 10.7" 2.5" 7.6" 4.3" 4.2" 12.6" 15"
Exposition Harmonic Evolvement Harmonic Evocation (“Speaking Harmony”) “Sound Stage” “Moving On” (Rhythmic Process)
Close your eyes. Using the palm of your hand, remove the water from your entire body, from your arms, your chest, your back, your legs, your calves, your feet. Cross the wall and walk into the forest.
Dilation of phonems; built-up of chord (seven pitches with fundamental A) Top pitch reached by octavation through wave division Inversion of chord around (virtual) axis E3 Pitch added near top Chord of eight notes with new fundamental B♭ and common note D
F♯3⇒F♯4 ┱ 27/22
      (= B3 × 3/2)
D♯4 ┱ 11/9
B3 ┱ 9/7
⇃G3 ┱ 7/5
C♯3 ┱ 5/4
A2 ┱ 4/3
E2

E4
B3 ┵ 3/4
G3 ┵ 4/5
↿C♯3 ┵ 5/7
A2 ┵ 7/9
F♯2 ┵ 9/11
D2 ┵ 22/27

+ D♯4 ┱ 5/4
E4 ┱ 11/10
D4 ┱ 10/9
C4 ┱ 9/8
B♭3 ┱ 8/7
⇃A♭3 ┱ 7/5
D3 ┱ 5/4
B♭2 ┱ 4/3
F2
Granular synthesis: pitch-synchronous overlap and add (PSOLA) Transfer of spectral envelope and amplitude (phase vocoder) Transfer of amplitude only

Variant B

25 + 28 + 27 = 80", binaural mix

A 24.8" B 27.8" C 27.4"
A/a A/b B/a B/b B/c C/a C/b
15.1" 7.2" 2.5" 7.6" 3.3" 3.9" 13.0" 15.4" 12"
Exposition Harmonic Evolvement Evocation (“Speaking Harmony”) “Sound Stage” “Moving On” (Rhythmic Process) Rhythmic Polyphony
Close your eyes. Using the palm of your hand, remove the water from your entire body, from your arms, your chest, your back, your legs, your calves, your feet. Cross the wall and walk into the forest and walk into the forest.
Dilation of phonems; built-up of chord (seven pitches with fundamental A) Top pitch reached by octavation through wave division Inversion of chord around (virtual) axis E3 Pitch added near top Chord of eight notes with new fundamental B♭ and common note D Three notes added at top, center and bottom
F♯3⇒F♯4
D♯4
B3
⇃G3
C♯3
A2
E2
E4
B3
G3
↿C♯3
A2
F♯2
D2
+ D♯4 E4
D4
C4
B♭3
⇃A♭3
D3
B♭2
F2
+ G4 ┱ 4/3



+ F3



+ B♭1
Granular synthesis: pitch-synchronous overlap and add (PSOLA) Transfer of spectral envelope and amplitude (phase vocoder) Transfer of amplitude only

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