scholarly journals Correction of Spatialization Issues in Acousmatic Music: Remedying Incompatibility Between SpatGRIS and Logic Pro X [Stetson University]

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Thomas Levee ◽  
Nathan Wolek
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Music ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Technical Solution ◽  
Digital Audio ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
Sound Spatialization ◽  
Software Programs ◽  
Acousmatic Music ◽  
To Come

In this project, a technical solution for incompatibility among software programs involved in the spatialization of sound in multichannel speaker arrays was designed and implemented. Acousmatic music is a genre of electronic music intended for playback by a group of loudspeakers with the central concept being calculated ideation by the composer on how sound moves in space. Dr. Robert Normandeau, a pioneer in both acousmatic composition and sound spatialization research, describes the genre as “Cinema for the Ear.” Through his efforts with Groupe de Recherche en Immersion Spatiale (GRIS), Dr. Normandeau created a software plugin, SpatGRIS, which allows composers to send sounds around the space to come seemingly from anywhere in relation to the listener. This allows acousmatic composers to send sounds around, over, or through the audience for a completely immersive experience. Through use of SpatGRIS in conjunction with Logic Pro X, one of the most globally popular Digital Audio Workstations, the plugin has proven useful to create complex sonic movements in acousmatic compositions produced throughout the completion of this research. However, when trying to export these projects in their entirety for playback and sharing, both programs labeled and exported channels differently in octophonic (eight channel) compositions. This difference resulted in sounds from the composition being spatialized incorrectly. Therefore, a method using a free third-party software, which can easily remedy this error and correct the final recordings to their originally intended state, was created to serve as solution.

Die koninkryk van God in die Ou Testament: ’n Kort oorsig

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel F. O'Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Real Difference ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
The Past ◽  
To Come ◽  
Psalm 22 ◽  
The Church ◽  
Technical Terms

The kingdom of God in the Old Testament: A brief survey. The kingdom of God is a central concept in the teaching of Jesus, but the question posed by this article is the following: What does the Old Testament say about the kingdom of God? Several Old Testament terms convey the concept of kingdom, kingship and rule of God. This article focuses on the Hebrew and Aramaic ‘technical’ terms for kingdom: mamlākâ, malkût, mělûkâ and malkû. One finds only a few Old Testament references where these terms are directly connected to God, most of them in the post-exilic literature: 1 Chronicles 17:14; 28:5; 29:11; 2 Chronicles 13:8; Psalm 22:29; 103:19; 145:11–13; Daniel 2:44; 3:33 (4:3); 4:31 (4:34); 6:27; 7:14, 18, 27; Obadiah 21. A brief study of these specific references leads to a few preliminary conclusions: The kingdom of God refers to a realm and the reign of God, the God of the kingdom is depicted in different ways, God’s kingdom is eternal and incomparable with earthly kingdoms, the scope of the kingdom is particularistic and universalistic, the Old Testament testifies about a kingdom that is and one that is yet to come, et cetera. It seems that there is no real difference when comparing the ‘kingdom of God’ with the ‘God is King’ passages. One cannot unequivocally declare that ‘kingdom of God’ is the central concept in the Old Testament. However, we must acknowledge that Jesus’s teaching about the kingdom of God did not evolve in a vacuum. His followers probably knew about the Old Testament perspective on the kingdom of God.Contribution: The concept ‘kingdom of God’ is relevant for the church in South Africa, especially congregations who strive to be missional. Unfortunately, the Old Testament perspective was neglected in the past. The purpose of this brief survey is to stimulate academics and church leaders in their further reflection on the kingdom of God.

Tracing the Rift: Heidegger, Hölderlin, and “The Origin of the Work of Art”

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 295-307
Author(s):  
Will McNeill ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Central Concept ◽  
Work Of Art ◽  
The Real ◽  
Philosophical Significance ◽  
To Come ◽  
Central Claim ◽  
Do So

Heidegger’s 1936 essay “The Origin of the Work of Art” is notoriously dense and difficult. In part this is because it appears to come almost from nowhere, given that Heidegger has relatively little to say about art in his earlier work. Yet the essay can only be adequately understood, I would argue, in concert with Heidegger’s essay on Hölderlin from the same year, “Hölderlin and the Essence of Poetizing.” Without the Hölderlin essay, for instance, the central claim of “The Origin of the Work of Art” to the effect that all art is in essence poetizing, Dichtung, can hardly be appreciated in its philosophical significance without the discussions of both essence and poetizing that appear in the Hölderlin essay. This is true of other concepts also. The central concept of the rift (Riß)—the fissure or tear—that appears in “The Origin of the Work of Art” might readily be assumed to be adopted from Albrecht Dürer, whose use of the term Heidegger cites at a key point in the 1936 essay. Here, however, I argue that the real source of the concept for Heidegger is Hölderlin, and that the Riß is, moreover—quite literally—an inscription of originary, ekstatic temporality; that is, of temporality as the “origin” of Being and as the poetic or poetizing essence of art. I do so, first, by briefly considering Heidegger’s references to Dürer in “The Origin of the Work of Art” and other texts from the period, as well as his understanding of the Riß and of the tearing of the Riß in that essay and in its two earlier versions. I then turn to Heidegger’s 1936 Rome lecture “Hölderlin and the Essence of Poetizing,” in order to show the Hölderlinian origins of this concept for Heidegger.

Getting Partisan

2020 ◽  
pp. 181-218
Author(s):  
Adam Slez
Keyword(s):  
Republican Party ◽  
Party Politics ◽  
Third Party ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Field ◽  
People's Party ◽  
To Come ◽  
Over Time

This chapter traces the rise and fall of electoral Populism in southern Dakota. It begins by examining the transformation of the political field in Dakota Territory, where politics was traditionally organized around the fight for patronage. Excluded from power by the dominant faction of the Republican Party, the leaders of the Farmers’ Alliance turned to third-party politics as a means of waging war on their more elite rivals. I show that support for Populist candidates was closely with Alliance strength, though this relationship weakened over time as the People’s Party took on a life of its own. Major victories were hard to come by in the absence of electoral fusion. The free silver question served as a rallying point for pro-fusion forces, which succeeded in taking power. Unable to manage the distribution of patronage, the fusionist coalition quickly collapsed, taking what was left of the Populist movement with it.

Satellite phone development through an off-shore, outsourcing partnership: Client and vendor experiences

2020 ◽  
pp. 204388692095119
Author(s):  
V Sridhar ◽  
Selvaraj Vadivelu
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Satellite Communications ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Technical Solution ◽  
Product Management ◽  
Partner Organization ◽  
Tactical Decisions ◽  
Off Shoring

Product development outsourcing and off-shoring, especially in a high-technology industry such as Satellite Communications, is done by carefully considering the choice of the partner and the operating business model. From the satellite communications company’s (Client’s) perspective, outsourcing and off-shoring work is a strategic decision that involves considering whether to have a captive off-shore center for resource augmentation or outsource to a third-party partner organization. Furthermore, there are decisions regarding choosing a suitable trustworthy partner organization, pricing models, and the viability of a long-term relationship that involves in-life product management and protection of Intellectual Property ownership. From the partner’s (Vendor’s) viewpoint, there are several strategic and tactical decisions involving technical solution and engineering development strategy, selecting a mutually acceptable pricing model, and analyzing the risks involved in developing the high-tech product away from customer location. This case analyzes the outsourcing and off-shoring engagement between a leading provider of satellite communications and a product engineering services company in India. This case brings out the strategic perspectives of the client–vendor engagement in building a satellite communications product.

The Battle for a Dry America

2021 ◽  
pp. 487-526
Author(s):  
Mark Lawrence Schrad
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Third Party ◽  
World War ◽  
Theodore Roosevelt ◽  
Woodrow Wilson ◽  
The World ◽  
To Come ◽  
One Year

Chapter 17 examines the Anti-Saloon League’s pivot to pressing for the Eighteenth (Prohibition) Amendment. In 1912 former president Theodore Roosevelt ran as a third-party Progressive against his handpicked Republican successor, William Howard Taft, as Taft had undermined Roosevelt’s signature Pure Food and Drug Act, which included purity standards on alcohol. The electoral split gave the presidency to Democrat Woodrow Wilson, who was agnostic toward prohibition. World War I and the accompanying “cult of military sobriety” strengthened prohibitionist sentiment, while the election of 1916 secured the legislative supermajorities needed for a prohibition amendment. Once passed in December 1917, the amendment was ratified with unprecedented speed by January 1919, to come into effect one year later. In the meantime, drys pushed for a “wartime prohibition” until demobilization was complete. With prohibition in America secured, activists looked abroad through the World League Against Alcoholism (WLAA) and its chief emissary, Pussyfoot Johnson.

Sound Body: The Ghost of a Program

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 28-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Toop
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Tape Recorder ◽  
Digital Audio ◽  
Audio Technology ◽  
Analog Tape ◽  
Software Programs ◽  
20Th Century Art ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Studio Work

The author considers the importance of the voice as a transformative instrument in 20th-century art, particularly in relation to the tape recorder and digital audio technology. He examines his collaborative work with sound poet Bob Cobbing in the 1970s and compares this with a recent gallery installation created with artist John Latham. Research from the 1970s into acoustic voice masking and resonance is contrasted with the use of analog tape process-ing and the sonic potential of computer audio software programs both in studio work and in improvised performance. Finally, the author discusses the implications of these con-frontations between body and machine.

scholarly journals A Personal and Fragile Affair: The Sonic Environment and Its Place In My Compositions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Thomas Voyce
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Music ◽  
Compositional Process ◽  
Field Recording ◽  
Acousmatic Music ◽  
Sonic Environment ◽  
Musique Concrete

<p>To begin with, I will briefly outline my compositional process. This will help to provide an understanding of my motivations. I will then pose some questions relating to the practice of field recording and the use of these materials in electroacoustic composition. Through a discussion of early electronic music, musique concrete, soundscape composition and the ideologies of composers associated with these movements, I will reveal the tensions surrounding the use of referential material in acousmatic music. Finally, I will show how I have attempted to address these tensions in my own work.</p>

scholarly journals Struggle and Martyrdom: Abusive Power and Root Narrative in the Aftermath of the Eritrean Revolution

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solon Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Theory ◽  
African Country ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Technical Solution ◽  
Policy Proposal ◽  
The North ◽  
Current Leadership ◽  
The Government ◽  
To Come

In this paper I have applied root narrative theory to the case of conflict in Eritrea, a small African country along the Red Sea that has been embroiled in conflict with its neighbors and the international community on and off since at least 1961. Examining a small sample of representative texts from the government of Eritrea and from international critics of the regime, I demonstrate that these parties—different moral languages that make it almost impossible for each side to see the point of view of the other. Using the semiotic structure of the story system implied by root narrative theory I point out possible moves that both international actors and interested scholars and journalist could make to improve relationships with Eritrea, which has been erroneously maligned with the title, “the North Korea of Africa.” I’ve titled this paper struggle and martyrdom to signal the most efficient way to come to terms with the current leadership of Eritrea. Any policy proposal or technical solution that is not in some way compatible with the Liberation narrative implied by this imagery will be bitterly opposed, not only in the short term but also into the foreseeable future.

scholarly journals Advertising Opportunities of the Blogosphere on the YouTube Platform

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 792-806
Author(s):  
Galina Shchepilova ◽  
Viktoriia Ogurtsova
Keyword(s):  
Third Party ◽  
Financial Flows ◽  
Content Model ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Usa ◽  
To Come ◽  
Advertising Model ◽  
User Content ◽  
Ranking Position

The largest video hosting service in the world is currently the YouTube platform. Having originated in the USA in 2005 the video hosting service very quickly expanded the scope of its geographical presence due to the ability to use the service in different countries. YouTube's monetization was based on an advertising model from the very beginning. The YouTube Premium service created inside the platform (previously called YouTube Red) allows you to watch content without ads by subscription. But the content model is not developing so rapidly and main financial flows continue to come from advertising. That is why it is worth understanding the possibilities of advertising on YouTube. The research identified integrated advertising on YouTube blogs which were selected according to various criteria: total number of subscribers, broadcast language, regular content publications (at least 1 publication per quarter), genre, ranking position and number of views. Advertisements were found present in all analyzed blogs while the types of advertising varied depending on the genre of the blog. The time a blogger spent on advertising also largely depended on the genre characteristics of the blog. Currently, one of the most popular types of advertising is self-promotion, since it is directly related to third-party bloggers' earnings. In the current research we analyzed advertising in the blogosphere based on monitoring several diverse thematic blogs and identified most common forms of advertising. The attempt to classify advertising opportunities in the video hosting user content seems important to us because it allows us to streamline the terminology and in the future develop a system of interaction between channels and advertisers.

scholarly journals VCF2PopTree: a one-click client-side software to construct population phylogeny from genome-wide SNPs

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sankar Subramanian ◽  
Umayal Ramasamy ◽  
David Chen
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Genotype Data ◽  
Whole Genome ◽  
Genome Data ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
Software Programs ◽  
Computationally Intensive

In the past decades a number of software programs have been developed to deduce the phylogenetic relationship between populations. However, these programs are not suited for large-scale whole genome data. Recently, a few standalone or web applications have been developed to handle genome-wide data, but they were either computationally intensive, dependent on third party software or required significant time and resource of a web server. In the post-genomic era, researchers are able to obtain bioinformatically processed high-quality publication-ready whole genome data for many individuals in a population from next generation sequencing companies due to the reduction in the cost of sequencing and analysis. Such genotype data is typically presented in the Variant Call Format (VCF) and there is no simple software available that uses this data to construct the phylogeny of populations in a short time. To address this limitation, we have developed a one-click user-friendly software, VCF2PopTree that uses gnome-wide SNPs to construct and display phylogenetic trees in seconds to minutes. For example, it reads a 1 GB VCF file and draws a tree in less than 5 minutes. VCF2PopTree accepts genotype data from a local machine, constructs a tree using UPGMA and Neighbour-Joining algorithms and displays it on a web-browser. It also produces pairwise-diversity matrix in MEGA and PHYLIP file formats as well as trees in the Newick format which could be directly used by other popular phylogenetic software programs. The software including the source code, a test VCF input file and short documentation are available at: https://github.com/sansubs/vcf2pop.

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