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Sound and Pattern in Analog Neural Networks

That's the documentation of the workshop “Sound and Pattern in Analog Neural Networks” at the University of the Art, Sound Studies and Sonic Art, 6th to 9th Mai 2019 given by Wolfgang Spahn.

During the workshop we build and developed our own neuron synthesizer. Based on Pop Neurons and on some boards of the analog computer Confetti five synthesizers were build, each with an individual sound and interface. The core of the final installation/instrument was a neuron sequencer to control them all.
All together a neuron network with around 30 neurons was created to generate structured sound and pattern in an organic way.


Performance with 5 Neuron Synthesizer

The seek and search for different sounds, noises, tones and tunes in an neuron network.
with Clara Badulescu, Elizabeth Davis, Sebastian de la Luz, Francisco Petrucci, Federica Sosta.

full audio recording:


The Neuron Synthesizer

Based on two, three or four Pop Neuron each participant developed and documented an own version of the neuron synthesizer. Each synthesizer had an unique sound and an individual interface. At the same time all of them could be connected and controlled by the neuron sequencer. So two different ways to play the neuron synthesizer were possible, as a sound source as a part of the neural network or as a solo performance instrument.


Clara Badulescu


Elizabeth Davis


Sebastian de la Luz


Francisco Petrucci


Federica Sosta