Sophia Kim – LookingOutwards-04: Sec C

Inspired by the production of electroacoustic music and the “Symphony – electronic music” composed by Bogusław Schaeffer, the panGenerator team created the “Apparatum” to purely produce analogue sounds. The panGenerator team used two 2-track loops and three one-shot linear tape samplers as primary mediums. Along with these primary mediums, spinning discs with graphic patterns were used to obtain noise and basic tones.

I appreciate how sound design was fused with product design and communication design to make a personal experience for each user. At the end of each recording, your audio file is uploaded to a server and a ‘receipt’ is printed to show the sound patterns. The server is linked to a code/website to download the uploaded file. This experience allows the user to take something back home to remind them of this experience. I like how this machine gives freedom to people through customization of different types of sounds.