Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Noah Vawter: Ambient Addition

Ambient Addition is a Walkman with binaural microphones. A tiny Digital Signal Processing (DSP) chip analyzes the microphone's sound and superimposes a layer of harmony and rhythm on top of the listener's world.

In the new context, some surprising behaviour take place. Listeners tend to play with objects around them, sing to themselves, and wander toward tempting sound sources.

With Ambient Addition, Noah is hoping to make people think twice about the sounds they initiate as well as loosen up some inhibitions.

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