Diego Stocco Personal RSS Feed http://www.behance.net/DiegoStocco Diego Stocco, Photosonography When we take pictures the sound keeps flowing around us. The idea behind Photosonography is to capture a short sound "image" along with the picture. Both are taken at the same location, without any additional audio/visual post processing. Does the sound affect your perception of the picture? Diego is also exploring another idea, called Imaginary Sound. The concept is to record short imaginative sounds of objects and places, recorded live without any additional post processing. In this case though there's no picture, so it's your imagination that has to fill the space. You can connect on Twitter for updates: http://twitter.com/DiegoStocco or at Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/diegostocco http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Photosonography-UPDATED/159116 Diego Stocco, Photosonography When we take pictures the sound keeps flowing around us. The idea behind Photosonography is to capture a short sound "image" along with the picture. Both are taken at the same location, without any additional audio/visual post processing. Does the sound affect your perception of the picture? Diego is also exploring another idea, called Imaginary Sound. The concept is to record short imaginative sounds of objects and places, recorded live without any additional post processing. In this case though there's no picture, so it's your imagination that has to fill the space. You can connect on Twitter for updates: http://twitter.com/DiegoStocco or at Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/diegostocco http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Photosonography-UPDATED/159116 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:49:36 -0600 This is a photographic report of 'The Burning Piano' session. I set a piano on fire and recorded sounds of exploding strings, single notes and various other noises. These sounds are part of the Core Library of the Power Synth Omnisphere®. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Diego-Stocco--The-Burning-Piano/131439 This is a photographic report of 'The Burning Piano' session. I set a piano on fire and recorded sounds of exploding strings, single notes and various other noises. These sounds are part of the Core Library of the Power Synth Omnisphere®. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Diego-Stocco--The-Burning-Piano/131439 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:50:08 -0500 Few weeks ago Diego Stocco visited a luthier looking for instruments parts, he had an idea in mind for an instrument he wanted to build. His curiosity was to hear the sound of violin, viola and cello strings amplified through the body of a double bass. He came up with a quadruple-neck experimental "something" that he thought to call Experibass. To play it he used cello and double bass bows, a little device he built with fishing line and hose clamps, a paintbrush, a fork, spoons, a kick drum pedal and a drum stick. Diego thanks luthier John Wu for providing him the parts, even though he warned him that he was probably going to create a "monster". http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Experibass/312989 Few weeks ago Diego Stocco visited a luthier looking for instruments parts, he had an idea in mind for an instrument he wanted to build. His curiosity was to hear the sound of violin, viola and cello strings amplified through the body of a double bass. He came up with a quadruple-neck experimental "something" that he thought to call Experibass. To play it he used cello and double bass bows, a little device he built with fishing line and hose clamps, a paintbrush, a fork, spoons, a kick drum pedal and a drum stick. Diego thanks luthier John Wu for providing him the parts, even though he warned him that he was probably going to create a "monster". http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Experibass/312989 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:41:25 -0500 Diego Stocco created a composition called "Music from a Tree" by playing sounds out of a tree. In the garden of his house there's a tree with lots of randomly grown twigs. It looks odd and nice at the same time. One day he asked himself if he could create a piece of music with it. To tune the tree Diego picked a fundamental note and tuned the twigs by trimming them with a pencil sharpener. Diego used two Røde NT6 and a NTG-2 as microphones, combined with a customized stethoscope. Diego recorded the tracks live on a Pro Tools LE system. He didn't use any synthesizer or sampler to create or modify the sounds. All the sounds come from playing the tree, by bowing the twigs, shaking the leaves, playing rhythms on the cortex and so on. This track is available as a high-quality download from Diego's Bandcamp page: http://diegostocco.bandcamp.com/track/music-from-a-tree http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Music-from-a-Tree/263872 Diego Stocco created a composition called "Music from a Tree" by playing sounds out of a tree. In the garden of his house there's a tree with lots of randomly grown twigs. It looks odd and nice at the same time. One day he asked himself if he could create a piece of music with it. To tune the tree Diego picked a fundamental note and tuned the twigs by trimming them with a pencil sharpener. Diego used two Røde NT6 and a NTG-2 as microphones, combined with a customized stethoscope. Diego recorded the tracks live on a Pro Tools LE system. He didn't use any synthesizer or sampler to create or modify the sounds. All the sounds come from playing the tree, by bowing the twigs, shaking the leaves, playing rhythms on the cortex and so on. This track is available as a high-quality download from Diego's Bandcamp page: http://diegostocco.bandcamp.com/track/music-from-a-tree http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Music-from-a-Tree/263872 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:06:49 -0500 Diego Stocco created a composition by sound designing the noise and tones of sand. The entire track is created only out of sand tones. No additional sounds or waveforms. Diego Stocco emphasized the inner notes of the sand grains and mapped them on a sampler as a series of instruments. All the grooves are played live with various techniques, including taping two piezo transducer to my fingers. Diego Stocco would like to dedicate this work to Mike Oldfield. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Music-from-Sand/171792 Diego Stocco created a composition by sound designing the noise and tones of sand. The entire track is created only out of sand tones. No additional sounds or waveforms. Diego Stocco emphasized the inner notes of the sand grains and mapped them on a sampler as a series of instruments. All the grooves are played live with various techniques, including taping two piezo transducer to my fingers. Diego Stocco would like to dedicate this work to Mike Oldfield. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Music-from-Sand/171792 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:24:57 -0600 Sound designer and composer Diego Stocco created the User interface Sounds for Deep Green, a beautiful and elegant Chess application for Apple iPhone and iPod touch created by Joachim Bondo of Cocoa Stuff. Diego created a rich set of sounds by using an actual Chess board, an old watch, a vintage desk, bells, an instrument from 1899 called Harp-o-Chord and other small mechanical tools. The game uses an intelligent system that randomizes the noises of the pieces moved on the board, allowing a sound experience similar to the real game. Cocoa Stuff website: Diego Stocco website: http://www.diegostocco.com http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Deep-Green-UIS-Sound-Design/209220 Sound designer and composer Diego Stocco created the User interface Sounds for Deep Green, a beautiful and elegant Chess application for Apple iPhone and iPod touch created by Joachim Bondo of Cocoa Stuff. Diego created a rich set of sounds by using an actual Chess board, an old watch, a vintage desk, bells, an instrument from 1899 called Harp-o-Chord and other small mechanical tools. The game uses an intelligent system that randomizes the noises of the pieces moved on the board, allowing a sound experience similar to the real game. Cocoa Stuff website: Diego Stocco website: http://www.diegostocco.com http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Deep-Green-UIS-Sound-Design/209220 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:04:54 -0500 The Conduit is one of the most highly anticipated Wii games of 2009. Developed by High Voltage Software and published by SEGA. Diego Stocco composed the score of The Conduit. For the soundtrack of "The Conduit" Composer Diego Stocco created a large amount of ambiences, tonal distortions, massive drums and percussions by using various unusual acoustic and electronic instruments. In some cases, also for the orchestral sounds Diego experimented with signal processing to alter their original color and character. Here's a video, details about the instruments and pictures where you can see some of the instruments Diego Stocco assembled and played. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/The-Conduit-Shaping-the-Soundtrack/226926 The Conduit is one of the most highly anticipated Wii games of 2009. Developed by High Voltage Software and published by SEGA. Diego Stocco composed the score of The Conduit. For the soundtrack of "The Conduit" Composer Diego Stocco created a large amount of ambiences, tonal distortions, massive drums and percussions by using various unusual acoustic and electronic instruments. In some cases, also for the orchestral sounds Diego experimented with signal processing to alter their original color and character. Here's a video, details about the instruments and pictures where you can see some of the instruments Diego Stocco assembled and played. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/The-Conduit-Shaping-the-Soundtrack/226926 Mon, 18 May 2009 18:09:29 -0500 An overview of some of my sound design experiments. Each composition is created just with the sounds coming from those objects, instruments and noises. These instruments are part of the Core Library of the Power Synth Omnisphere®. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Diego-Stocco--Experimental-Sound-Design-Overview/129969 An overview of some of my sound design experiments. Each composition is created just with the sounds coming from those objects, instruments and noises. These instruments are part of the Core Library of the Power Synth Omnisphere®. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Diego-Stocco--Experimental-Sound-Design-Overview/129969 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:18:13 -0500 Diego Stocco, Uno in più Soundtrack. This is the soundtrack for a short movie I did some time ago. The movie was about a difficult choice that a couple had to made. I decided to post these tracks because I created them with the same piano that later I used for the Burning Piano session. Several people asked me why I burned that piano, and the reason it's very simple. It was impossible to keep it tuned and many hammers and keys were damaged. As an old piano its life was over and destined to die covered in dust, but sampled as the Burning Piano in a certain way it's still alive and it's now part of a software instrument that many people play and make music with it. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Uno-in-PiA-(One-More)-Soundtrack/157975 Diego Stocco, Uno in più Soundtrack. This is the soundtrack for a short movie I did some time ago. The movie was about a difficult choice that a couple had to made. I decided to post these tracks because I created them with the same piano that later I used for the Burning Piano session. Several people asked me why I burned that piano, and the reason it's very simple. It was impossible to keep it tuned and many hammers and keys were damaged. As an old piano its life was over and destined to die covered in dust, but sampled as the Burning Piano in a certain way it's still alive and it's now part of a software instrument that many people play and make music with it. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Uno-in-PiA-(One-More)-Soundtrack/157975 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:14:55 -0600 Music From a Stapler is a composition entirely created by sound designing the noise made by a little spring inside a stapler. Sampled with a custom technique as a multi-velocity instrument. Sampled for the Core Library of the Power Synth Omnisphere®. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Music-From-a-Stapler/140956 Music From a Stapler is a composition entirely created by sound designing the noise made by a little spring inside a stapler. Sampled with a custom technique as a multi-velocity instrument. Sampled for the Core Library of the Power Synth Omnisphere®. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Music-From-a-Stapler/140956 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:56:42 -0500