ICST is developing a multi-channel audio interface for inaudible sounds for the "Solstice to Solstice" project. Monitoring takes place on a visual level and interesting sound tracks or events can be recorded directly into the live signal or stored in a sound database for later playback.
The ICST and performer Alain Roche are seeking to unheard sounds in unlikely environments.
Between the winter and summer solstices, Alain Roche will hang his Piano Vertical on the construction site of the future Munich Konzerthaus and perform a new composition every morning at the blue hour. Inaudible sounds from the ground, the water, the forest or metallic structures will be streamed live from various locations in Bavaria and the Altesch Glacier.
To this purpose, the ICST is developing a recording set based on a hardware and a software part:
- The hardware takes the technology developed in the Sounding Soil project and scales it up. Four-channel preamplifiers enable the connection of highly sensitive soil sensors to an audio interface that is connected to a streaming system. Hydrophones, geophones, contact and omnidirectional microphones are also connected.
- On the software side, up to 32 channels can be visually monitored and, if required, recorded into the live signal or stored in a sound database for later playback.