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Please <a href=\"https://browsehappy.com/\">upgrade your browser</a> to improve your experience.</p>\n    <![endif]--> <!-- uiView:  --><div ui-view=\"\" autoscroll=\"true\" ng-class=\"(doc) ? 'has-page-type-'+doc.type.toLowerCase() : ''\" class=\"page-wrap text-color-primary bg-color-secondary pr ng-scope has-page-type-story\"> <div class=\"everything-after-nav ng-scope\" id=\"js-everything-after-nav\"> <div dynamic=\"html\" class=\"page-container\" rbma-preview=\"\"><div rbma-story-page=\"\" doc=\"doc\" data=\"pageData\" class=\"ng-scope ng-isolate-scope\"><article class=\"page\"> <header elementary=\"\" class=\"mod header header--story\" data-role=\"header\" data-minwidth=\"320 420 576 768 1024 1280 1420\"> <h1 class=\"headline-main ng-binding\">The Granular Convolver</h1> <!-- ngIf: doc.subtitle --><h2 class=\"headline-secondary ng-binding ng-scope\" ng-if=\"doc.subtitle\">A brief introduction to the instrument specially designed for the 20th anniversary edition of the Red Bull Music Academy</h2><!-- end ngIf: doc.subtitle --> </header> <div class=\"body-wrap\"> <div rbma-blocks=\"doc.body\" blocks-name=\"'body'\" class=\"body text-layout--center ng-isolate-scope\"><div rbma-video-block=\"\" id=\"body-0\" block=\"block\" class=\"block block-video alignment-center ng-scope ng-isolate-scope\" ng-class=\"paramsClasses\"><!-- ngIf: videoID && !withOptions --><div class=\"video-frame ng-scope\" ng-if=\"videoID &amp;&amp; !withOptions\"> <!-- ngIf: !showPoster || !block.poster --> <div ng-init=\"showPoster = true\" ng-click=\"showPoster=false\"> <!-- ngIf: showPoster && block.poster --><div class=\"video-frame__poster has-video-play-button ng-scope\" ng-if=\"showPoster &amp;&amp; block.poster\"> <div class=\"fill-container ng-isolate-scope\" background-image=\"true\" rbma-image=\"block.poster\" style=\"background-image: url(&quot;https://media.redbullmusicacademy.com/assets/20183108_RBMA_Convolver_Image10.522da9a1.89a66289.jpg?auto=format&amp;w=700&quot;);\"></div> </div><!-- end ngIf: showPoster && block.poster --> </div> </div><!-- end ngIf: videoID && !withOptions --> <div class=\"figure__caption\" bind-compiled-html=\"block.video.caption|inlinemarkdown\"><span class=\"ng-scope\">All You Need to Know about the Granular Convolver</span></div> <!-- ngIf: withOptions --></div><div rbma-text-block=\"\" id=\"body-1\" block=\"block\" class=\"block block-text style-normal ng-scope ng-isolate-scope\" ng-class=\"paramsClasses\"><div bind-compiled-html=\"block.text | markdown\"><p class=\"ng-scope\">In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin, myself, Maximilian Rest of <a href=\"https://e-rm.de/\" target=\"_blank\">E-RM</a> and Christoph Hohnerlein collaborated to create a unique musical device that we named the Granular Convolver. While it’s not uncommon to see these two words separately, they are never placed together. A completely new way of interacting with sounds, this instrument brings together two experimental concepts opening up a world of endless musical possibilities.  </p>\n\n<p class=\"ng-scope\">The device allows you to record sounds and slice them into small fragments referred to as grains. Once a sound is recorded, you can convolve the grains with any live input you care to send into the device. Essentially folding two signals, the instrument works to breed completely new sounds. With 20 recording slots and the ability to change the size of the grain and the point at which the recording starts from, the sonic combinations are endless. </p>\n\n<p class=\"ng-scope\">Each Academy participant received a Granular Convolver before the start of their session and was tasked with filling it with sounds from their surroundings. Upon arrival, the participants have the opportunity to combine these sounds with each other, bringing together their individual stories and memories as they create new ones throughout the duration of their stay in Berlin. Using the familiar to create something new, this device makes the abstract a sonic reality.   </p></div></div><div rbma-image-block=\"\" id=\"body-2\" block=\"block\" class=\"block block-image alignment-wide ng-scope ng-isolate-scope\" ng-class=\"paramsClasses\"><figure class=\"figure\"> <img rbma-image=\"block.image\" class=\"figure__media ng-isolate-scope\" src=\"https://media.redbullmusicacademy.com/assets/20183108_RBMA_Convolver_Image7.c168a24f.jpg?auto=format&amp;w=1280\"> <!-- ngIf: block.credit || block.caption --><figcaption class=\"figure__caption ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.credit || block.caption\"> <!-- ngIf: block.caption --><span class=\"figure__caption__text ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.caption\" bind-compiled-html=\"block.caption|inlinemarkdown\"><span class=\"ng-scope\">Maximilian Rest flashing firmware on the assembled units</span></span><!-- end ngIf: block.caption --> <!-- ngIf: block.credit --><span class=\"figure__caption__credit ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.credit\" bind-compiled-html=\"block.credit|inlinemarkdown\"><span class=\"ng-scope\">Carys Huws</span></span><!-- end ngIf: block.credit --> </figcaption><!-- end ngIf: block.credit || block.caption --> </figure></div><div rbma-image-gallery-block=\"\" id=\"body-3\" block=\"block\" class=\"block block-image-gallery  ng-scope ng-isolate-scope\" ng-class=\"paramsClasses\"><div ng-class=\"'has-'+imageCount+'-images'\" class=\"has-2-images\"> <!-- ngRepeat: image in block.images --><div ng-repeat=\"image in block.images\" class=\"cell ng-scope\"> <div rbma-image-block=\"\" id=\"image-gallery0\" block=\"image\" class=\"block block-image ng-isolate-scope\"><figure class=\"figure\"> <img rbma-image=\"block.image\" class=\"figure__media ng-isolate-scope\" src=\"https://media.redbullmusicacademy.com/assets/20183108_RBMA_Convolver_Image3.529c8331.jpg?auto=format&amp;w=700\"> <!-- ngIf: block.credit || block.caption --><figcaption class=\"figure__caption ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.credit || block.caption\"> <!-- ngIf: block.caption --><span class=\"figure__caption__text ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.caption\" bind-compiled-html=\"block.caption|inlinemarkdown\"><span class=\"ng-scope\">Takahashi’s toolbox</span></span><!-- end ngIf: block.caption --> <!-- ngIf: block.credit --><span class=\"figure__caption__credit ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.credit\" bind-compiled-html=\"block.credit|inlinemarkdown\"><span class=\"ng-scope\">Carys Huws</span></span><!-- end ngIf: block.credit --> </figcaption><!-- end ngIf: block.credit || block.caption --> </figure></div> </div><!-- end ngRepeat: image in block.images --><div ng-repeat=\"image in block.images\" class=\"cell ng-scope\"> <div rbma-image-block=\"\" id=\"image-gallery1\" block=\"image\" class=\"block block-image ng-isolate-scope\"><figure class=\"figure\"> <img rbma-image=\"block.image\" class=\"figure__media ng-isolate-scope\" src=\"https://media.redbullmusicacademy.com/assets/20183108_RBMA_Convolver_Image4.6c2579ce.jpg?auto=format&amp;w=700\"> <!-- ngIf: block.credit || block.caption --><figcaption class=\"figure__caption ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.credit || block.caption\"> <!-- ngIf: block.caption --><span class=\"figure__caption__text ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.caption\" bind-compiled-html=\"block.caption|inlinemarkdown\"><span class=\"ng-scope\">Defects awaiting repair</span></span><!-- end ngIf: block.caption --> <!-- ngIf: block.credit --><span class=\"figure__caption__credit ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.credit\" bind-compiled-html=\"block.credit|inlinemarkdown\"><span class=\"ng-scope\">Carys Huws</span></span><!-- end ngIf: block.credit --> </figcaption><!-- end ngIf: block.credit || block.caption --> </figure></div> </div><!-- end ngRepeat: image in block.images --> </div></div><div rbma-image-block=\"\" id=\"body-4\" block=\"block\" class=\"block block-image alignment-center ng-scope ng-isolate-scope\" ng-class=\"paramsClasses\"><figure class=\"figure\"> <img rbma-image=\"block.image\" class=\"figure__media ng-isolate-scope\" src=\"https://media.redbullmusicacademy.com/assets/20183108_RBMA_Convolver_Image9.ee2e0d1d.jpg?auto=format&amp;w=700\"> <!-- ngIf: block.credit || block.caption --><figcaption class=\"figure__caption ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.credit || block.caption\"> <!-- ngIf: block.caption --><span class=\"figure__caption__text ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.caption\" bind-compiled-html=\"block.caption|inlinemarkdown\"><span class=\"ng-scope\">L-R: Christoph Hohnerlein, Maximilian Rest and Tatsuya Takahashi</span></span><!-- end ngIf: block.caption --> <!-- ngIf: block.credit --><span class=\"figure__caption__credit ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.credit\" bind-compiled-html=\"block.credit|inlinemarkdown\"><span class=\"ng-scope\">Carys Huws</span></span><!-- end ngIf: block.credit --> </figcaption><!-- end ngIf: block.credit || block.caption --> </figure></div><div rbma-image-block=\"\" id=\"body-5\" block=\"block\" class=\"block block-image alignment-wide ng-scope ng-isolate-scope\" ng-class=\"paramsClasses\"><figure class=\"figure\"> <img rbma-image=\"block.image\" class=\"figure__media ng-isolate-scope\" src=\"https://media.redbullmusicacademy.com/assets/20183108_RBMA_Convolver_Image8.44951503.jpg?auto=format&amp;w=1280\"> <!-- ngIf: block.credit || block.caption --><figcaption class=\"figure__caption ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.credit || block.caption\"> <!-- ngIf: block.caption --><span class=\"figure__caption__text ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.caption\" bind-compiled-html=\"block.caption|inlinemarkdown\"><span class=\"ng-scope\">Workbench at E-RM</span></span><!-- end ngIf: block.caption --> <!-- ngIf: block.credit --><span class=\"figure__caption__credit ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.credit\" bind-compiled-html=\"block.credit|inlinemarkdown\"><span class=\"ng-scope\">Carys Huws</span></span><!-- end ngIf: block.credit --> </figcaption><!-- end ngIf: block.credit || block.caption --> </figure></div><div rbma-image-gallery-block=\"\" id=\"body-6\" block=\"block\" class=\"block block-image-gallery  ng-scope ng-isolate-scope\" ng-class=\"paramsClasses\"><div ng-class=\"'has-'+imageCount+'-images'\" class=\"has--images\"> <!-- ngRepeat: image in block.images --> </div></div><div rbma-image-block=\"\" id=\"body-7\" block=\"block\" class=\"block block-image alignment-wide ng-scope ng-isolate-scope\" ng-class=\"paramsClasses\"><figure class=\"figure\"> <img rbma-image=\"block.image\" class=\"figure__media ng-isolate-scope\" src=\"https://media.redbullmusicacademy.com/assets/20183108_RBMA_Convolver_Image.fe2bcd49.jpg?auto=format&amp;w=1280\"> <!-- ngIf: block.credit || block.caption --><figcaption class=\"figure__caption ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.credit || block.caption\"> <!-- ngIf: block.caption --><span class=\"figure__caption__text ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.caption\" bind-compiled-html=\"block.caption|inlinemarkdown\"><span class=\"ng-scope\">Final testing, using a synth created for Ryoji Ikeda’s </span><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URsMuQzxgt8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ng-scope\">A[For 100 Cars]</a><span class=\"ng-scope\"> as sine wave source</span></span><!-- end ngIf: block.caption --> <!-- ngIf: block.credit --><span class=\"figure__caption__credit ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.credit\" bind-compiled-html=\"block.credit|inlinemarkdown\"><span class=\"ng-scope\">Carys Huws</span></span><!-- end ngIf: block.credit --> </figcaption><!-- end ngIf: block.credit || block.caption --> </figure></div><div rbma-image-gallery-block=\"\" id=\"body-8\" block=\"block\" class=\"block block-image-gallery  ng-scope ng-isolate-scope\" ng-class=\"paramsClasses\"><div ng-class=\"'has-'+imageCount+'-images'\" class=\"has-2-images\"> <!-- ngRepeat: image in block.images --><div ng-repeat=\"image in block.images\" class=\"cell ng-scope\"> <div rbma-image-block=\"\" id=\"image-gallery0\" block=\"image\" class=\"block block-image ng-isolate-scope\"><figure class=\"figure\"> <img 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ng-scope\"> <div rbma-image-block=\"\" id=\"image-gallery1\" block=\"image\" class=\"block block-image ng-isolate-scope\"><figure class=\"figure\"> <img rbma-image=\"block.image\" class=\"figure__media ng-isolate-scope\" src=\"https://media.redbullmusicacademy.com/assets/20183108_RBMA_Convolver_Image5.3f766ec6.jpg?auto=format&amp;w=700\"> <!-- ngIf: block.credit || block.caption --><figcaption class=\"figure__caption ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.credit || block.caption\"> <!-- ngIf: block.caption --><span class=\"figure__caption__text ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.caption\" bind-compiled-html=\"block.caption|inlinemarkdown\"><span class=\"ng-scope\">The Granular Convolver was shipped to participants with an Audio Technica AT8033 and Korg CM300</span></span><!-- end ngIf: block.caption --> <!-- ngIf: block.credit --><span class=\"figure__caption__credit ng-scope\" ng-if=\"block.credit\" bind-compiled-html=\"block.credit|inlinemarkdown\"><span class=\"ng-scope\">Carys Huws</span></span><!-- end 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