Archive for August, 2008

Brief History of Sampling

Here is a bit we got to know about history of sound sampling in Sound Construction 1 class which I found more interesting than how-to-use-ProTool session.
In 1948 Pierre Schaeffer experimented with sounds with magnetic tape loop and created the very first musique concrète, Études aux Chemins de Fer. Then he collaborate with Pierre Henry and [...]

Cockatoo Island

Cathedral-like Turbine Hall
Biennale of Sydney this year is pretty interesting with the inclusion of Cockatoo Island as one of the venues. It was a prison, then turned into a navy base and finally closed down in 1992. The Sydney Harbour Federation Trust is now in charge of the biggest island in the harbour. Sydney is [...]

COFA Week 1: Gettin to Know You

I forgot to mention something on my last post. I was little puzzled when my student number for the Master degree at COFA, 3230590, was almost lined up with the student number I had, 3207610589, for undergraduate study at Thammasat Univeristy in Bangkok. First two and the last four digits go together. It lets me [...]