EPISODE · May 9, 2026
20260509 - What the Waters Told Me with Barry Truax - Making Waves
from Making Waves
Today’s episode focuses on the pioneering work of composer, author and educator Barry Truax, who recently received the Order of Canada. He will lead us through his personal artistic history linking his early work in computer and electroacoustic music with his role in soundscape studies and the World Soundscape Project. These strands came together in the 1990’s with his implementation of sampled sound in Granular Synthesis. They were later explored in his use of the convolution signal processing techniques that were developed by Tom Erbe for his program Soundhack. A good portion of host Darren Copeland’s discussion with Barry Truax will be reserved for the piece What the Waters Told Me. Truax will play samples of it and explain how he uses those techniques to transform the sounds of water into sounds that are latent with a sense of voice and emotional resonance.Making Waves is a monthly one hour program about radio art and sound art produced by New Adventures in Sound Art's Artistic Director Darren Copeland in South River, Ontario, Canada. The show features Canadian, US, and international artists creating sound-based media art. It focuses on the techniques, processes, and motivations of the artists it features as well as individuals supporting the field through dissemination and curatorial activities. The show is a snapshot of what is happening in sound-based media art in the here and now from a northern perspective. https://naisa.ca/
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<p>Today’s episode focuses on the pioneering work of composer, author and educator Barry Truax, who recently received the Order of Canada. He will lead us through his personal artistic history linking his early work in computer and electroacoustic music with his role in soundscape studies and the World Soundscape Project. These strands came together in the 1990’s with his implementation of sampled sound in Granular Synthesis. They were later explored in his use of the convolution signal processing techniques that were developed by Tom Erbe for his program Soundhack. A good portion of host Darren Copeland’s discussion with Barry Truax will be reserved for the piece <a href="https://www.sfu.ca/~truax/waters.html" target="_self">What the Waters Told Me</a>. Truax will play samples of it and explain how he uses those techniques to transform the sounds of water into sounds that are latent with a sense of voice and emotional resonance.</p><p>Making Waves is a monthly one hour program about radio art and sound art produced by New Adventures in Sound Art's Artistic Director Darren Copeland in South River, Ontario, Canada. The show features Canadian, US, and international artists creating sound-based media art. It focuses on the techniques, processes, and motivations of the artists it features as well as individuals supporting the field through dissemination and curatorial activities. The show is a snapshot of what is happening in sound-based media art in the here and now from a northern perspective. </p> <p><a href="https://naisa.ca/" target="_blank">https://naisa.ca/</a></p>
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