LRAD Defense Info Sheet
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The Invisible Art of Scent and Sound
For international women’s day, the UPA is proud to deliver a mix of some of the most powerful female rappers and producers taking Hip Hop by storm in Iran.
UPA Live Stream
See, hear and witness some magical moments and live performances, dJ sets, production workshops, films, lectures and more.
International Women’s Day: The Women Of Underground Hip Hop In Iran
For international women’s day, the UPA is proud to deliver a mix of some of the most powerful female rappers and producers taking Hip Hop by storm in Iran.
The waveform is a veil: hacking sound and the illusion of ownership
“Don’t make a sound”? Ironically, one of the most effective ways to sneak into a computer system is by making a sound.
Maryanne Amacher
To open the “third ear”, as she called it, all of these components had to be exact to her specifications, without compromise.
Tone Delay Rack by Viberous
Viberous (UPA Records) offers a resounding spatial effect from his latest album.
Student Spotlight: Satya Hinduja
UPA alumni Satya discusses her amazing work in sound, healing and meditation.
Student Spotlight: Sabine Blaizin
UPA alumni and upcoming DJ’s DJ, Sabine Blaizin is blazing through New York city’s nightclubs, bringing the African diaspora to the masses in the form of addictive and soulful dance music.
Michele Darling: The Places Sound Takes You
The sound designer shares her unique journey through sound design for children’s media and education.
ZamZam: System Wide Dub
The pioneers behind Portland based label ZamZam talk about keeping dub music alive and on schedule.
Critical Listening with Audio Forensics Expert Ed Primeau
Ed will be a lecturer on audio enhancement at this year’s UPA Sound Design Career Development Program.
Freakatone FX Volume 1
Four mind bending send effects in a Live Set. Created by Ghost Producer and ready for battle.
Folktek, Functions & Freakatone
Todd Krupa will deliver an online, live streaming lesson taking psuedo random triggers made in Reaktor through an awesome pair of analog modules courtesy of the man behind Folktek – Arius Blaze.
G.A.T. (Grain Audio Table) Texture Sampler for Reaktor
GAT particularly excels at drippy, elastic noises that ramp up and fit between stronger beats, creating ‘syrup’ in the rhythm.
MTHW – Patchbay Diagrams
A brief visual of the situation going down at Scotty Hard’s studio.
M4L Device – SloFO v1.1
A remake from the bottom up of the popular Max for Live LFO. Includes enhanced randomization, Sample & Hold, and GUI improvements.
Music for Film Class Demo
A sonic landscape for moving picture, taken from the Sound for Picture class.
Source Maneuvers
A specific workflow from Todd Krupa, underscoring the similarity between Synthesis and Sampling methods.
Music Business with Starkey – Syncs
An excerpt from the Music Business course at the Underground PA.
Processing Drums With Feedback
Feedback usage, in context of a nasty dancehall rhythm, a la Raz Mesinai.
DAW – Browser pt. 1
Ableton’s browser system has broad implications for the way you work and build on sounds.
DAW – Drum Racks pt. 1
Drum Racks are Ableton’s way of loading just about anything onto a single Pad or Key.
DAW – Audio Effect Racks pt. 1
Audio Effect Racks add useful tools to the standard signal flow.
Sound Alchemy – Signal Flow pt.1
Tracing the signal flow commonly found in Synthesizers, to get an overview of how to study them.
DAW – Instrument Racks pt.1
Instrument racks are the preferred “shell” for saving all kinds of sounds.
Cyborg Acoustics
Raz Mesinai shows how to create deep drones using a sub pack and an acoustic bass drum.
Piano Manipulations
Raz Mesinai demonstrating extended manipulations for acoustic piano. Digital deconstruction ensues.
Ableton Matryoshka
A few of the workflow implications built into the file format system of Ableton Live.
Tapped Recording
The timing of human cadence bends subtly, but DAWs seem to insist on nice, even beats and bars.