Project Members

Liu Zhaorui

Li Zijin

Zhou Ziya

Wang Ruilin

MY ROLE

Host

TOOLS

Apple operation system

(iOS)

(macOS)

(iPadOS)

(visionOS)

SURPPOTED BY

Apple R&D Center

With the continuous innovation of electronic music technology and sound design, creators of electronic music have more unique ways of expressing sound and unlimited innovation space in the digital age. This electronic music co creation workshop provides an open creative platform for electronic music enthusiasts and practitioners, encouraging participants to explore diverse music applications and share their works and inspirations on Apple operating systems (iOS, macOS, iPadOS, VisionOS, etc.) platforms. Through interaction and presentation, participants will experience the process of electronic music creation in the Apple operating system, including DAW, synthesizer, drum machine and other operations, as well as the application of core technologies such as arrangement and sound synthesis. The workshop will provide a space for co creation, discussion, and sharing, aiming to stimulate creative potential and promote in-depth communication and mutual inspiration in electronic music creation.

"Electronic Music"- In a broad sense, any music created or processed using electronic devices can be referred to as electronic music. Today's electronic music includes various forms, from experimental electronic music to popular electronic dance music (EDM). Electronic music, with its unique timbre and high plasticity, endows creators with new creative freedom - from the design of synthesized sounds to rich sound effects overlay. This creative approach breaks through the limitations of traditional instruments and becomes a medium for diverse sound expression. This workshop focuses on the diversity and innovation of electronic music creation, providing participants with an opportunity to delve into and share electronic music.

The projects on display are based on the results created by the workshop "CitySound". In this workshop, participants learnt to make their own recording equipment and choose a custom shape for it. These devices look like low-tech electronics but have high-tech features that allow them to record, store, playback, and display recordings. At the same time, they observed the electrical signals in the circuit through an oscilloscope, to visualize the audio. Showing the combination and clash of low technology and high technology.

DIY Sound Recorders

On the topic of “CitySound”, the workshop participants learnt to build their own sound recording device and choose a custom shape for it. These devices look like electronics, quite low tech, but they have high-tech functionality and can record, store, playback, and present sound recordings. It’s a device in which low tech meets high tech. The participants will then explore the nearby streets and collect “City Sounds.” While walking, participants learn to listen to the city sound through technology, and they will understand how technology changes the way they listen.

Interaction Interface

The audience clicks on the interactive sound device to listen to and experience the sound works recorded and produced by the workshop participants. It demonstrates different participants’ understanding of sound, high-tech and low-tech, and “sound city”, and also explores how technology and cities are always connected in diverse ways.

Photos by: Bai Yiyuan

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