5 measures 5/8, 6 measures 6/8, 7 measures 7/8, 11 measures 5/8 against 6/8, 13 measures of 6/8 against 7/8, 12 measures 5/8 against 7/8. sprinkle guitar. all ableton plus real guitar

More on this 567th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Three Meters (The Assignment: Make music in 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time signatures) — at: https://disquiet.com/0567/

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Disquiet Odd Times, Yet   Hopeful  [disquiet0567]

This week's Disquiet Junto prompt was "0631: In a Silent Waveform". The instructions were to "take one held tone and make it dance slowly".

The title of my piece, "Dream of a Rarebit Fiend," is taken from a 1906 silent film directed by Edwin Porter. The film is seven minutes long, and is notable for its revolutionary special effects. It tells the story of a man who, upon gorging himself on Welsh rarebit (toasted cheese on bread), falls into bed with a fever dream of animated furniture, pesky imps, and a night flight above the rooftops.

I chose 554.37 Hz as my single source tone, and recorded 8 tracks of it: 5 on my St Vincent guitar with ebow, and 3 on a Roland/Studio Electronics SE-02 analog synth. These tracks were then woven together and processed with a variety of rhythm-based effects to make them dance together. Additional rhythmic elements were created for the synth tracks by manipulating knobs on the SE-02 control panel.

Underneath it all is a single unsettling kick drum. The rhythm is everywhere and nowhere, something and nothing, like a fever dream.

NOTE: Your odds of discovering a secret recipe for Welsh rarebit hidden in the audio file may be improved by listening with headphones.

You can watch a restored version of the "Dream of a Rarebits Fiend" film on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dream_of_a_Rarebit_Fiend_(Edwin_Stanton_Porter).webm

More about this week's Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/0631/

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Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (disquiet0631)

I decided to make this a slow dance of tones, working mainly with the timbre on the Buchla Easel, which provided one of the tones and the modulation "blobs" on the Terra, which provided the other. Both were tuned to the same frequency. I used Logic "Space Designer" to modulate a bit of movement but aside from the internal reverbs in both the Buchla Easel and Terra, I resisted the urge to thrown even more effects at the final mix. So, that's it. A couple of tones dancing slowly with one another, moving up to a climax and then fading away.

Disquiet0631

More on this 631st weekly Disquiet Junto project, In a Silent Waveform — The Assignment: Take one held tone and make it dance slowly — at: https://disquiet.com/0631/

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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Disquiet0631 - 1tone2rulethemall

Harmonic drone modulated by a resonant low-pass filter and ring modulators, then PaulStretched to half-speed.
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More on this 631st weekly Disquiet Junto project, In a Silent Waveform — The Assignment: Take one held tone and make it dance slowly — at: https://disquiet.com/0631/

About the Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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slow dance (disquiet0631)

little guitar line, recorded through SOMA Cosmos Pedal
Mastering/Mono down mix in Ableton

Guitar/Left1Mono(disquiet0636)

This week's Junto project has always been one of my favourites -- so I recorded the first third of what will eventually become a trio. I played it on my Tele through a simple, straightforward signal chain of Chase Bliss Mood (the main sound), fed through a Dark Star and a Polymoon to add space and variations in terms of timbre. No further editing in the DAW. 

I went for as sparse a track as I could, to provide as much space as possible for my potential collaborators. My hope is that you feel inspired by my "almost crumbling to pieces" vibe, and I look forward to hearing what you will be adding over the coming weeks for it to become a trio recording. 

More on the 636th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Left (1 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0636/

Neat Disorder (disquiet0636)

Disquiet Junto Project 0636: Left (1 of 3)
The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio.

Please note: While this project is the start of a three-part sequence that will unfold over the course of three weeks, you can participate in any or all three of those parts.

Step 1: This week’s Junto project is the first in a sequence intended to encourage and reward collaboration. You will be recording something with the understanding that it will remain unfinished for the time being. Your part will be done, but more will happen. Read on.

Step 2: The plan is for you to record a short and original piece of music using any instrumentation of your choice. Conceive the piece as something that leaves room for something else — other instruments, other people — to join in. (Keep in mind that your piece would appear panned to the left in the finished recording, after three weeks.)

Step 3: Record a short piece of music, roughly two to three minutes in length, as described in Step 2.

Step 4: This is important: be sure to make your track downloadable because it may be used by someone else in the next Disquiet Junto project, and then after that.

Tasks Upon Completion:

Label: Include “disquiet0636” (no spaces/quotes) in the name of your track.

Upload: Post your track to a public account (SoundCloud preferred but by no means required). It’s best to focus on one track, but if you post more than one, clarify which is the “main” rendition.

Share: Post your track and a description explanation at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0636-left-1-of-3/

Discuss: Listen to and comment on the other tracks.

Additional Details:

Length: The length is up to you. Two to three minutes is best.

Deadline: Monday, March 11, 2024, 11:59pm (that is: just before midnight) wherever you are.

About: Disquiet Junto F.A.Q. – Disquiet

Newsletter: https://juntoletter.disquiet.com/

License: It’s required for this sequence of projects to set your track as downloadable and allowing for attributed remixing (i.e., an attribution Creative Commons license).

Please Include When Posting Your Track:

More on the 636th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Left (1 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0636/

(Rock the) Firebells - disquiet0636

More on the 636th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Left (1 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0636/

Just Percussion Disquiet0636

Key: C
BPM: 103

More on the 636th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Left (1 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0636/

Lucky Link (disquiet0636)

For a second contribution I used the track by 33per - https://soundcloud.com/33per/firebells - and added an electronic sequence panned toward the right.

More on the 637th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Right (2 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the second third of an eventual trio — at https://disquiet.com/0637/

Great Bells of Fire - with 33per (disquiet0637)

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