BETTER OFF TED

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

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 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/

Marc Weidenbaum’s “deeper and deeper and…” except taken from SoundCloud Speaks - 001 - Disquiet/Marc Weidenbaum by SoundCloud Community Team

More details on the Disquiet Junto at: Disquiet Junto

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