to the point of almost destroying it as an excuse to produce a rich acoustic
transformations you can impose to sound, even of milliseconds, can make a huge perceptual difference to an audience and that is why I’m so interested in experimenting with sound moving through space.
experience of a new sound. I also use synthesis. With synthesis I like to work with pure tones with a very basic frequencies, and then add partials or harmonics and finally adding an envelopment of intensity. This final stage of transformation is all about how each harmonic and each partial of the sound behaves through time and how its morphology is related to its intensity. My problem with electronic sound is when people try to imitate sounds. It is possible, you can have synthesized cellos, pianos, and etcetera but in my case I would never ever use them. I always prefer to use a real cello, a real piano. I understand that when it comes to a full orchestra, and you don’t have money to pay for it, may be worth it but in general I don’t use electronic sound to substitute an already rich acoustic instrument.
Felipe Zuniga: What kind of strategies and processes you prefer to use when you are developing a piece? Pablo García-Valenzuela: Since I came from the electro acoustic tradition I basically sample sound. I prefer “to catch” the richness and complexity of sound instead of having to build it from scratch, as you would do with synthesis. I record any sound basically, everything is a good excuse to sample! I do lot’s of thing with sound. Sometimes I like to preserve the identity of the sound partially to present it incomplete to the audience. I also like to transform sound, but keeping in it a way that you can still recognize beats of it. Finally, l also enjoy to transform an original sound
Felipe Zuniga: What kind of sound you are trying to create or present in your compositions? Pablo García-Valenzuela: My work has a lot to do with the abstract experience of sound (I believe the sounds of a flute or a piano are in the end an abstract experiences). Nevertheless I think it would be limiting, it would be non-sense, not to
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