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Oscar Mulero - Mentally Induced Action (4DSOUND + 4D.Animator Version)

1,861 views · Published 16 November 2016 · 2:57 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: Red Bull Music Academy · 2016 · Entertainment

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In the spatial re-interpretation of “Mentally Induced Action,” Mulero created a fizzing orchestra of subtly shifting delays by sending the main pad, hats and cymbals to reflect onto two different constellations of walls, visualized by the red and green surfaces. The main pad circles vertically around the space and reflects onto the red wall on the far left, creating a distinct single delay of the direct sound coming from one side. The hats and cymbals – the static blue plane on the right side of the space and the flickering pink surface – reflect onto the green walls that are surrounding the space, creating a dense echo of noise from all directions that makes the listener lose orientation.

To read more about listening to sound in space, check out the full article by 4DSOUND's Paul Oomen on RBMA Daily here: http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/11/listening-to-space

This composition was recorded in the 4DSOUND system with a binaural head and/or in-ear stereo microphones. The video is a real-time capture of the 4D.Animator software visualizing the composition as they have been originally created by the artist in 4DSOUND. The camera viewpoint does not necessarily coincide with the recording position of the binaural microphones.

For an optimal listening experience, please use headphones at all times. Try listening to the recordings while watching the visualizations and follow the movements and manifestation of the sounds in space. Or listen with your eyes closed and focus on how the sounds are articulated in the actual space you are in. Try listening to it in different spaces, at home, in a large hall, outside... Each environment will change your perception of the recording.

ABOUT 4DSOUND

Building on ten years of research, development and experimentation in spatial sound technology, 4DSOUND opens up new possibilities to create, perform and experience sound spatially. 4DSOUND enables vivid sonic environments that blur the boundaries between the real and the imagined: the world of sound we know, and a world beyond. Sound appears as a physical entity that can move infinitely far away or come intimately close, transcending the actual space you are in. The listener is encouraged to explore the space, moving between blocks of sound, touching lines of sound and walking through walls of sound. 4DSOUND closely collaborates with a growing range of composers, musicians and interdisciplinary artists to develop new forms of integrated spatial music performance and sound design.

For more information about 4D Sound: http://www.4dsound.net

ABOUT THE 4D.Animator

The 4D.Animator software is a tool that has significantly enhanced the creative practice of composing and performing with space. It’s dedicated to visualizing the spatial process in real-time. The visualizations show how sound sources of different shape and size move and interact in the continuum of space, relative to the floor and columns of a 4DSOUND system that contain actual loudspeakers. The 4D.Animator provides a comprehensive overview of the spatial composition as a whole. 

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