I made this track as a final project for a class in the Music and Sonic Arts Program at Portland Community College.

Sardine  Can

I made a granular synthesizer in Max/MSP for a 32-Speaker HDLA at Portland Community College. The granular synthesis parameters are controlled by a combination of user input and algorithm. A modified flocking algorithm is used to both move sound objects around the HDLA and affect the granularization. For this recording I used 3 samples and recorded live as I manipulated the synthesis parameters. The spatialization aspect is not too apparent in this stereo recording, but it still sounds pretty cool.

I used these samples:

freesound.org/people/thatjeffcarter/sounds/349857/

freesound.org/people/the_yura/sounds/211528/

freesound.org/people/goldkelchen/sounds/371377/

Justin Martin