Barry Truax

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Barry Truax (born 1947) is a Canadian composer who specializes in real-time implementations of granular synthesis, often of sampled sounds, and soundscapes. He developed the first ever implementation of real-time granular synthesis, in 1986, the first to use a sample as the source of a granular composition in 1987's Wings of Nike, and was the first composer to explore the range between synchronic and asynchronic granular synthesis in 1986's Riverrun. The real-time technique suites or emphasizes auditory streams, which, along with soundscapes, inform his aesthetic. Truax teaches both electroacoustic music and computer music and acoustic communication at Simon Fraser University. He was one of the original members of the World Soundscape Project. His students include John Oswald. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Digital Soundscapes

Islands

Sequence Of Earlier Heaven

Pacific Rim

Song of Songs

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Soundmarks of Canada

Sequence Of Earlier Heaven: Electroacoustic And Computer Music

Androgyne: Electroacoustic and Computer Music By Barry Truax

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Midwest Clinic 2000 (The 54th Annual) - United States Military Academy Band

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Cherney, Lawrence: Tongues of Angels

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Spirit Journies

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