Personal Projects
Samuel Hollywood-Summers has a specific interest in adaptive and interactive audio. Outside of his professional role as an Audio Designer at Dambuster Studios, he also explores wider game development in solo personal projects and collaborations. Current projects include Bedroom Producer, a songwriting simulator designed to make music writing accessible to those without formal training in theory or an instrument, and Emotional Response, a piece of generative music that reacts to the facial expressions of the audience.
Emotional Response
A piece of interactive Generative Music. Facial recognition software interprets the facial expressions of the audience. The nature of the music reacts to the emotions being expressed.
Supported in the R&D phase by the South West Creative Technology Network.
Bedroom Producer
If you can make a choice, you can make music.
A songwriting simulator, allowing the player to create a finished song from scratch, all without the need to play an instrument or know music theory. Write your masterpiece from your bedroom.
Shortlisted for round 4 of BBC New Creatives: Interactive in the South West
