The Simultaneous Translator

"John Roach is a Brooklyn-based artist working in many media including sculpture, video, installation, internet collaboration and sound art. Willy Whip is a teacher, artist and a developer.

'The Simultaneous Translator' (SimTrans) is a Windows based audio interface that enables anyone to load audio streams and manipulate them in real time on the Internet. SimTrans makes the delays and fluctuations of the Internet visible and audible. The Internet becomes your collaborator as you create your mix, and the instability you usually try to avoid becomes a tool for creation. Distance and delay are manifest within the interface numerically and as a series of sliding heads; there is also a link to Google Earth where you can watch the dynamic flight of data travel between yourself and the audio source." -- From Turbulence