BETTER OFF TED

Apr 24

[video]

Apr 23

Disquiet Junto #16: Back/Foreground [disquiet0016-backforeground]

The 16th assignment in the Junto series. 

2 tracks digitally manipulated in Logic Pro. 
Each exported and individually run through the modular. 
Imported both new files into the Logic environment and layered against the originals.

Sandpaper sample by HerbertBoland at: http://www.freesound.org/people/HerbertBoland/sounds/28541
Dice sample by Robinhood76 at: http://www.freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/60857
More details on the Disquiet Junto at: http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto

32.

Beer in a colorful can. Bionic Lester demo video. Not a bad birthday.

I watched a nice rip of Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows and ate flour-less chocolate cakes with my lady, who made dinner tonight. Finished up my Junto submission this morning and spent some time patching the modular. Worked out some nice sounding playable patches with the Hertz Donut and Pressure Points. I’m going to need a few more of each.

Apr 22

Flags at half mast.

Flags at half mast.

[video]

Apr 18

Disquiet Junto #15: RGB Interact [disquiet0015-rgbinteract]


Piston Honda.

Length:
1 track recorded.
Cut 60 seconds of audio out of recording, discarded the rest.
Assigned to track 1.
Copied new region to next track (2).
Cut at 54s.
Discarded remaining 6s.
Copied this region to next track (3).
Cut at 45s.
Discarded remaining 9s.
Tracks 2 and 3 each stretched to reach a length of 60s.

Fades:
Track 1 fades in after 6000ms.
Equal power crossfade set to 6000ms.
Track 2 fades in after 5400ms.
Equal power crossfade set to 5400ms.
Track 2 fades in after 4500ms.
Equal power crossfade set to 4500ms.

Arrangement:
Track 1 plays region 1, 3, 2.
Track 2 plays region 2, 3, 1.
Track 3 plays region 3, 1, 2.

A bumper an a pair of shoes.

A bumper an a pair of shoes.

Apr 16

Work feet.

Work feet.

Smoke.

Smoke.

Disquiet Junto #14: Sonic Narrative [disquiet0014-oumupo]

A sonic interperataion of an excerpt from Matt Madden’s single-page comic:


Harvestman Modular, 5by5’s “The Critical Path” excerpt.

Background: Matt Madden’s single-page comic is the template for a book he created titled 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style. In the book, Madden told that same story 99 different ways, each in a different comic-book style. For example, he told it as a superhero comic, he told it as a manga, he told it as experienced from upstairs, and he told it as if it were overheard at a bar. Madden did this in homage to the French writer Raymond Queneau’s own Exercises in Style, which is a key text of the literary movement known as Oulipo. Oulipo approaches the act of writing with intentional constraints, and the movement’s approach to creativity was a strong influence on the development of the Disquiet Junto. Oubapo is the name of the comics version of Oulipo. What we’re up to is the musical version: Oumupo

More on Matt Madden and his book 99 Ways to Tell a Story at:
http://mattmadden.com/
http://exercisesinstyle.com/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Apr 15

RIP.

RIP.

Capitol.

Capitol.

Apr 13

Bubble.

Bubble.

551 days later.

551 days later.