Visualising Sound 2

The next part of our experiments was methods of recording out findings without the aid of cameras and videos. We had pre-decided a few methods, one of which was holding paper above the speaker with a consistent amount of paint, consistent volume and the paper kept in the same place. The songs were played all the way through allowing us to see patterns, we will digitalise these files and start to overlay them fitting them in with the digital designs we were working on.
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We changed around roles slightly, but for the majority of the time I was taking the photos and Dom was filming as we felt we were better suited to these roles.

Test 3 - Analogue 1
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Using the same consistency of green paint we held sheets of paper behind the speaker fixed in place, and played each of the four songs through seeing how the sheets were delivered about. Really successful experiment and we started to see patterns emerging from the songs and managed to get some really interesting photographs. Unfortunately the lighting wasn't as good as it could have been so we had to use flash, this resulted in sharp photos but the depth was slightly ruined, as it flattened the light variations in the images.
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The image to the left shows roughly what each of the prints looked like, changing depending on the tempo and volume of certain points in the song.

Test 4 - Analogue 2
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This was essentially the same test but keeping the bits of paper at the same height above the paper, again using the same amount of paint for each test and the same volume. It was the ability to define these variables through the previous tests that made them successful. Some beautiful results and really interesting images, also because of slightly better lighting the flash wasn't needed. The photos aren't as sharp as I would have liked them but for the sizes they will be printed they are more than satisfactory.
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This image to the left shows one of the songs with a particularly intense baseline. Also there were a certain level of consistency between the overhead splatters and those to the side which is what we were hoping for.