In the preparatory research for developing the soundscape for the immersive installation Constellations Of Us I have been considering the writings of Carl Sagan. Emma, as principal artist for the project, had already compiled extracts from the book Cosmos for example: ‘ Science has revealed to us a universe so ancient and so vast that human affairs seem at first sight to be of little consequence.’ Carl Sagan was an American astronomer and science writer. He achieved widespread public notoriety...

There's always a lot of noise on Bandcamp Friday as so many independent musicians and bands listed on the platform seek to promote their music. Bandcamp describe themselves as an online record store and music community where passionate fans discover, connect with, and directly support the artists they love. On Bandcamp Friday the company waives all of their revenue share and pass the funds directly to artists & labels - benefitting independent musicians and composers like myself. Most wor...

I have been making a few structural changes to the navigation functions of the website. A new search function has been added. The ability to move forwards and backwards between news postings has been added. Redundant pages have been archived. I am working on content categories :-) Any constructive feedback is always welcome. ...

Envelop4Live is a set of tools developed in Max for managing ambisonics within Ableton Live. I have been using these tools within the sound design and composition for the soundscape that I have produced for Constellations of Us. https://envelop.us/page/tools These tools are useful for developing immersive sound with 16 channel ambisonics. Ambisonics are a full 360 degree sound field construct and are speaker layout independent. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambisonics for further detail. ...

Sitting listening to my immersive soundscape playing through a 6 channel setup 5.1 surround sound. Hopefully I will have developed this enough for a 12 channel set up using a 7.1.4 surround system. Feels very calming, with a gentle waves motion and generative modular sounds sweeping throughout, moving on to a more sombre section evoking whale song and creaking sea ice. Some earlier composition notes: Visual starscape controlled by time and will evolve according to natural constellations behav...

Yay, my first Wordpress Blog subscriber. Thank you Graham Dunning - see http://grahamdunning.com/ It's easy to subscribe with your e-mail address. There is no need to register with Wordpress. There is something very satisfying about going back to a good old website and saying no to corporate internet takeover. ...

I've reset my website at taylornuttall.com As part of drive to move away from Facebook, the intention is to regularly update things via a more traditional website and blog instead and share the website directly on other non Meta owned platforms. I have an account on both Mastodon and Bluesky where there is a lot more useful activity than I'm finding on Facebook. https://mastodon.scot/@digitaylor https://bsky.app/profile/digitaylor.bsky.social Instagram still serves a useful purpose, so for...

Lightwaves project is nearing completion. Due to be featured as part of Lightwaves Salford from Thursday 4th December to Sunday 7th December. Opening times from 4pm to 10pm. It’s been a big learning curve understanding immersive audio and using the Envelop4Live tools in Ableton Live. We’re using a 7.1.4 surround sound setup and a Dante audio interface. ...

Test first blog post. Ok limited to plain text. What about URL’s? https://www.soundcloud.com/taylornuttall This is a link to my work published on SoundCloud, enjoy! So, they work! More to come soon. ...