After sharing our first prototype with classmates at ITP and the Museum at Eldridge Street leadership team, we tweaked our design to incorporate some of their suggestions. In general, we worked to make a clearer connection between the congregant’s voices and the visual landmarks on … Read More →
Category Archives: Programmatic Audio
StoryWalks at Eldridge Street ~ Audio Engine Research
I met with Hans-Christoph Steiner last Tuesday to explore software solutions that might power the StoryWalks mobile app. Hans is teaching this semester’s Programmatic Audio course and has expertise in Pure Data (PD), a programming environment for audio and video processing. Pure Data is a … Read More →
StoryWalks at Eldridge Street ~ User Testing
This semester, in collaboration with Anna Pinkas and Amy Stein Milford, Deputy Director of the Museum at Eldridge Street, I’ve been designing a site-specific audio experience and interactive mobile application that will infuse the Eldridge Street Synagogue with the voices of past congregants, revealing its … Read More →

Programmatic Audio Final ~ iPad talks to PD via OSC
I joined Hans-Christoph Steiner’s Programmatic Audio class, in part, to learn how to talk to programmers. Since coming to ITP I’ve felt flummoxed by code, maybe because I see how powerful it is. I understand certain principles but when it comes to executing my own … Read More →