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'''Barry Truax''' (born 1947) is a Canadian [[composer]] who specializes in [[real-time computing|real-time]] implementations of [[granular synthesis]], often of [[sampling (music)|sampled]] sounds, and [[soundscape]]s.<ref name="Paynter">{{cite book|title=Companion to Contemporary Musical Thought|editor-last=Paynter|editor-first=John|editor-link=John Paynter (composer)|publisher=Routledge|year=1992|isbn=9780415086950|chapter=Electroacoustic music and the soundscape: the inner and the outer world|author=Barry Truax|pages=374–398}}</ref> He developed the first ever implementation of real-time granular synthesis,{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} in 1986, the first to use a sample as the source of a granular composition in 1987's ''Wings of Nike'',{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} and was the first composer to explore the range between synchronic and asynchronic granular synthesis in 1986's ''Riverrun''.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} The real-time technique emphasizes [[auditory stream]]s, which, along with soundscapes, inform his aesthetic.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
'''Barry Truax''' (born 1947) is a Canadian [[composer]] who specializes in [[real-time computing|real-time]] implementations of [[granular synthesis]], often of [[sampling (music)|sampled]] sounds, and [[soundscape]]s.<ref name="Paynter">{{cite book|title=Companion to Contemporary Musical Thought|editor-last=Paynter|editor-first=John|editor-link=John Paynter (composer)|publisher=Routledge|year=1992|isbn=9780415086950|chapter=Electroacoustic music and the soundscape: the inner and the outer world|author=Barry Truax|pages=374–398}}</ref>


He is credited with developing the first ever implementation of real-time granular synthesis in 1986, with being the first composer to explore the range between synchronic and asynchronic granular synthesis in ''Riverrun'' (1986), and being the first to use a sample as the source of a granular<ref>{{Cite web |title=Granular Synthesis |url=https://www.sfu.ca/~truax/gran.html |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.sfu.ca}}</ref> composition in ''Wings of Nike'' (1987).<ref>{{Cite web |title=WINGS OF NIKE |url=https://www.sfu.ca/~truax/nike.html |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.sfu.ca}}</ref>
Truax is now professor emeritus of [[Simon Fraser University]], where he taught both [[electroacoustic music]] and acoustic communication . He was one of the original members of the [[World Soundscape Project]]. His students include composers [[Jean Piché]], [[David Monacchi]], [[Michael Vincent (composer)|Michael Vincent]], [[Paul Dolden]], [[Susan Frykberg]], [[Charles Wilkinson (director)|Charles Wilkinson]], and [[John Oswald (composer)|John Oswald]].{{citation needed|date=January 2021|reason=WP articles for these composers do not all mention Truax.}}

Truax is Professor Emeritus of [[Simon Fraser University]], where he taught both [[electroacoustic music]] and acoustic communication. He was one of the original members of the [[World Soundscape Project]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bios |url=https://www.sfu.ca/~truax/bios.html |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.sfu.ca}}</ref>


==Selected compositions==
==Selected compositions==
* ''The Blind Man'' (1979)
* ''The Blind Man'' (1979)
* ''Riverrun'' (1986, [[Wergo]] WER 2017-50)
* ''Riverrun'' (1986, [[Wergo]] WER 2017–50)
* ''Wings of Nike'' (1987, Cambridge Street Records CSR CD-9401 and ''[[Perspectives of New Music]]'' CD PNM 28)
* ''Wings of Nike'' (1987, Cambridge Street Records CSR CD-9401 and ''[[Perspectives of New Music]]'' CD PNM 28)
* ''Tongues of Angels'' (1988, Centrediscs CMC CD-4793)
* ''Tongues of Angels'' (1988, Centrediscs CMC CD-4793)
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*[https://www.sfu.ca/~truax/barry.html Interview with Truax by Toru Iwatake (online version), accessed 4 February 2010] Print version: ''[[Computer Music Journal]]'', 18(3), 1994, 17–24.
*[https://www.sfu.ca/~truax/barry.html Interview with Truax by Toru Iwatake (online version). Accessed 4 February 2010] Print version: ''[[Computer Music Journal]]'', 18(3), 1994, pp.&nbsp;17–24.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110707181510/http://asymmetrymusicmagazine.com/interviews/barry-truax/ Interview] ''Asymmetry Music Magazine'', accessed 4 February 2010
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110707181510/http://asymmetrymusicmagazine.com/interviews/barry-truax/ Interview] ''Asymmetry Music Magazine''. Accessed 4 February 2010.


==External links==
==External links==
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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.[1]

He is credited with developing the first ever implementation of real-time granular synthesis in 1986, with being the first composer to explore the range between synchronic and asynchronic granular synthesis in Riverrun (1986), and being the first to use a sample as the source of a granular[2] composition in Wings of Nike (1987).[3]

Truax is Professor Emeritus of Simon Fraser University, where he taught both electroacoustic music and acoustic communication. He was one of the original members of the World Soundscape Project.[4]

Selected compositions

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  • The Blind Man (1979)
  • Riverrun (1986, Wergo WER 2017–50)
  • Wings of Nike (1987, Cambridge Street Records CSR CD-9401 and Perspectives of New Music CD PNM 28)
  • Tongues of Angels (1988, Centrediscs CMC CD-4793)
  • Beauty and the Beast (1989, Cambridge Street Records CSR-CD 9601)
  • Pacific (1990, Cambridge Street Records CSR CD-9101)
  • Pacific Fanfare (1996)
  • Wings of Fire for female cellist and two digital soundtracks including the Joy Kirstin poem "Wings of Fire" read by Ellie Epp (1996)
  • Androgyne, Mon Amour for amplified male double bass player and two digital soundtracks including text from Tennessee Williams' 1977 book of the same title read by Douglas Huffman (1997)

References

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  1. ^ Barry Truax (1992). "Electroacoustic music and the soundscape: the inner and the outer world". In Paynter, John (ed.). Companion to Contemporary Musical Thought. Routledge. pp. 374–398. ISBN 9780415086950.
  2. ^ "Granular Synthesis". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  3. ^ "WINGS OF NIKE". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Bios". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

Further reading

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