Music by Charles Céleste HUTCHINS
New Electronic and Acoustic Sounds
Categories: 2008, Celesteh, Just Intonation, Noise, Supercollider, Synthesizer | 2 Comments | Play Mp3

Blake’s 9 (2008) This piece has changed significantly since I first posted it and a newer version has since been posted. I recently watched the entirety of the TV series Blake’s 7. Like all BBC science fiction productions of it’s era, the incidental music and sound effects are outstanding. The background hums, the computer whirrs [...]

Categories: 2005, Just Intonation, Supercollider | 1 Comment | Play Mp3

Beep 2005 This piece moves through undertones of (2^x)/y. It starts with 32/21 and then adds in 32/19 and then 32/17 to create a triad. Then 32/21 drops out and 16/15 enters. As the farthest out note finishes, a closer one comes in so that the piece migrates from 32/21 to 2/2, always playing a [...]

Categories: 2004, Just Intonation, Supercollider | Add a Comment | Play Mp3

Bell Tolls 2004 This piece plays triads with a sound that resembles wind chimes. It uses a spatialization algorithm so that each “chime” sounds like it is coming from a different location. The pitch of each new set of chimes is based on the pitch of the chimes that precede it. The pitches come from [...]

Categories: 2005, Just Intonation, Supercollider | 1 Comment | Play Mp3

Morpehus’ Snare 2005 In this piece, I have detuned the left and the right channels. As the piece starts, the detuning falls randomly in between 2 Hz and 20Hz. As it progresses, the range narrows until the left and the right always differ by 10Hz. Alpha brain waves are generally around 10Hz. There are rumors [...]