telefunken

audiosignal for televisionset
noto, carsten nicolai, 2000

abstrakt:
telefunken is an ordinary cd production.
the cd contains 30 tracks witch combine both audio pieces as well as visual tracks
for television. the audio signal is fed directly into a television from a cd player.
the first 20 audio visual pieces are based on impulse frequencies which the television can interpret as linear structures.
the 10 consequent pieces are test frequencies of 50-8000 hz and white noise.

the telefunken audio signals utilize brightens control standards of an s-vhs video signal.
the flat images "prototype telefunken" are based on the linear proportions of these audio visual tracks.

installation:
1 cd-player
2 sony blacktriniton television
3 cable, adapter scart to s-vjs chinch
cd audio-out signal channel left chinch, connected with s-vhs video-in chinch
cd audio-out signal channel right chinch, connected with s-vhs audio-out chinch

examples of the translation: audio signal (wave form/hz) to television image:

a1 impulse wave form 050 hz  -  b1 squarewaveform 050 hz  - c1 squarewaveform 0400 hz
a2 impulse wave form 100 hz  -  b2 squarewaveform 100 hz  - c2 squarewaveform 0800 hz
a3 impulse wave form 150 hz  -  b3 squarewaveform 150 hz  - c3 squarewaveform 1600 hz
a4 impulse wave form 400 hz  -  b4 squarewaveform 400 hz  -  

this cd was produced as noto.telefunken, audio signals for a television set,
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