Song3 is a tool for exploring and experiencing the finite possibility space presented by a set of sounds that can be arranged and combined in a certain number of ways.
You can choose to just fly around and enjoy the default song. Or you can choose to explore the possibilities.
By editing the song patterns you begin to explore the possibility space. At every step the ‘library of possibility’ is consulted to determine whether the current permutation has been named. If it has not yet been named you are given the opportunity to name it. Once you have named it the name will be displayed when any future user comes accross that permutaion.
The song consists of eight tracks, there are three different ways in which to view and effect these. On the left the song space is shown from above (in 2 dimensions) as a square shaped space. The user is able to drag colour coded blocks around the space and by doing so effect the stereo positioning of the track represented by that block.
In the centre the song space is represented in three dimensions as a cube shaped space. Each track is here represented by a colour coded pillar that fills the space from floor to ceiling. You can fly around the space and in doing so effect the filtering, relative volumes and the stereo positioning of each track. The stereo positioning and relative volumes being relative to the proximity of each track’s pillar and the filtering of the tracks relative to your vertical position within the space - flying lower increasingly filters the tracks down to their lower frequencies and flying upward has the inverse effect.
You view the space from the inside - your (the camera’s) postion within the space represented in the 2d view by the outline of a black square.
Finally, the right hand panel presents you with the opportunity to edit the pattern of each track.
*Note. Since archiving this on my own server I’ve yet to rebuild the server script that handled the library aspects of this piece. However any changes you make to the song patterns will be remembered when you return as they are stored in a cookie on your machine.
- Viewing Requirements
- Adobe Shockwave plugin
