This page contains videos, images and sound clips that form part of my submission for a PhD in arts practice at Newcastle University. They should be viewed together with the submitted text (Chapter 3).
Click on video to play -- videos are best viewed full-screen (click on icon in bottom right).
A published version, with further details and more examples is available:
Jim Lloyd, ‘Future Earth Scream Now - the Solresol Birdsong Translator’, Journal for Artistic Research, 25.(2021), doi:10.22501/jar.940166.
Sound Clip A.
Piano music generated using the full version of the translator software with input of a recorded song thrush.
Sound Clip B.
Harpsicord music (in A minor) generated using the full desktop version of the translator software with input of a recorded skylark.
Video B.
The graphical output from the full version of the desktop translator software. This was made with a recording of dawn chorus (mostly blackbirds), 5.30am March 2016 UK. The original birdsong is heard together with the derived piano music and the solresol translated words expressed as text and coloured blocks.
Video F.
The artist demonstrating the live use of the translator device outdoors. Sound is being recorded with a Telinga parabola and stereo mic and fed via a ZOOM f4 recorder into the Rasberry Pi version of the translator with a 3.5 inch screen.
Video A.
A video screen capture demonstration of the full desktop version of the translator software. The control panel is shown initially which allows the user to adjust many parameters effecting the inputs, analysis methods, and musical and colour outputs. The translated words are shown in the bottom right corner. There is a separate graphical output showing the words and colours. This can be displayed in a separate window or output to a second monitor. Examples are shown later in this video and in Videos B and C below.
Video D.
Demonstration of the 'lite' version of the translation software. This is considerably simlplified compared to the full version shown above with a lot of the parameters fixed. There is no separate graphical output and there is no output music. This version is well suited to use on a tablet or similar device.This example features a skylark, then song thrush then robin.
Video C.
The graphical output from the full desktop version of the translator software made using a recording of Robin singing at night May 2019. This is with a dark setting and minor key selected.
Video E.
Demonstration of the Raspberry Pi version of the translator software. This is a further simplification from the 'lite' version shown above. There is no separate graphical output or musical output with this version. This example was created using recordings of a robin and song thrush.
