This weeks forum has taken the class in a new direction, this being the construction of our own instruments. The session started off with an outline to the course for this semester, then the class was taken over by Seb Tomczak ,who began to instruct the forum on how to construct a Victorian Synth (pictured right). The synth consists of a speaker (with the leads still attached), a few leads with clips attached and a 9 volt battery. Once all the leads are connected except for the last, the synth is then played by touch the leads together which completes the circuit. Even though it was a very basic instrument it was still possible to get a number of sounds out of it. I found that it was a great introduction to this subject. Below is a sample M4V clip of the synth in action, just be careful with the sound level as it's pretty loud once the svnth kicks in.
Vic Synth SampleMpeg4 video file
Tomczak, S. 2007. "Forum Workshop" at the University of Adelaide. 26 July.
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