More on this 401st weekly Disquiet Junto project — Noise Pacing / Use background noise as a beat, as a rhythm — at:

https://disquiet.com/0401/

This project is the third and final of a series being done in collaboration with Musikfestival Bern, which runs in Switzerland from September 11 – 15, 2019. The source audio was provided by the Tobias Reber. More details at:

https://www.musikfestivalbern.ch/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0401-noise-pacing/

There’s also on a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Disquiet Junto Project 0401: Noise Pacing

More on this 367th weekly Disquiet Junto project (Trio Initiate / The Assignment: Record the first third of an eventual trio) at:

https://disquiet.com/0367/

Study exploring a new, long-term modular patch.

disquiet 0367 – [Trio Initiate] Monosynth Study

Ahh the joy's of modular synthesis! @lcalytrix laid down this excellent generative exploration of sound using several modules in a "Krell patch". According to learningmodular.com: "Recreating this patch is a challenge many modular musicians like to tackle. It is based on the 1959 movie Forbidden Planet, in a segment where they supposedly play the music of the ancient Krell race. In general terms, each note has a random pitch, envelope, and duration."

To add contrast to this, I added some more sonic explorations using a single module, the enigmatic "Interstellar Radio" by Schlappi Engineering. https://schlappiengineering.com/products/interstellar-radio/ I ran into Eric Schlappi at a Modular Nights concert in Seattle and he told me he discovered after releasing it that if you patch the error out into the signal in of the module, all kinds of crazy things will happen. He was right. All sounds on the right channel came from this patch with no other external control. The only other thing I did was run it through a mixer to control the volume.

The manual for the Interstellar Radio tells you to plug this module in and "Converse with infinite space". Sounds like something aliens would do.

The Krell Conversing with Infinite Space [disquiet0368]

I selected the jam by Alanza (left channel, https://soundcloud.com/aalanzaa/disquiet-0367-trio-initiate-monosynth-study) and Calytrix (right channel, https://soundcloud.com/lcalytrix/a-study-in-euclidean-dynamics) and added my track to the center to create this asynchronous trio. I continued the frenzied pace of the duet with an arpeggiated Z3TA+2 program in sync with the rhythm of the other two tracks. I performed some of the modulations in real time, others I added afterwards.

Thanks Alanza and Calytrix for the starting point!

Trio Alzacalymor

Trio Alzacalymor - Disquiet0369

This track is part of the Disquiet Junto Project #0369. The objective of this step of the project is to choose the combined track of another participant and add the third (and possibly final) part of musical composition.

I based my contribution on Calytrix's track, posted here:
https://soundcloud.com/lcalytrix/a-study-in-euclidean-dynamics?in=disquiet/sets/disquiet-junto-project-0368

The original part was created by Aalanzzaa, posted here:
https://soundcloud.com/aalanzaa/disquiet-0367-trio-initiate-monosynth-study

More information on this project can be found here:
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0369-final-solo/19305

Euclidian Monosynth Party (Disquiet0369)

First real jam with the Analog Rytm.  Also features Korg monologue, Dreadbox Abyss and Ieaskul F. Mobenthey modular.

dys-tracks #2

black dingus - capybara diaries #1

Crew Called Self - Expanding Limitations - PATCHABLE - 0001

Created for New York Modular Society Patchable-0001

The three modules used for this patch are Maths, QPAS & Mimeophon.  Not other modules, effects or post processing was done.

Patch Notes:
The basic idea is Maths channel 4 clocks the Mimeophon and output goes to QPAS level and Freq 1 so the audio and delay are synced.  I am using Maths ch1 as a VCO into the QPAS. I also mult the Mimeophon output into Maths ch 3 to control feedback going into Freq 2 on QPAS. There was an awful lot of knob turning and button pushing happening in the patch.  

This is the main patch, but does not cover everything.
- Maths ch 4 in cycle, slow
- Maths EOC out to Mimeophon clock in
- Maths ch 1 in cycle, fast (audio rate)
- Maths ch 1 out > QPAS left in 
- QPAS stereo lowpass out to Mimeophon
- Mimeophon right output to Maths ch 3
- Maths ch 3 output to QPAS Freq 2

Mimqpaaths-PATCHABLE-0001

Sample and Hold from Behringer Neutron into A, B, Control, Drive and Resonance on Vult Freak Module (used onboard attenuverters) into iPad for Eventide effects.

I cycled through all of the filter models on the Freak as well as each of the modes of the filter (hp, lp, notch, band, etc.) trying to find little sweet spots. I think I found some!

Tim PATCHABLE-0001

I utilized a clip from some Fajitas a server was running to another table that I captured. I then looped the clip and added Roland 808 drum sequencing. I then used the ROLI to add in additional tones. I added some bass and compression to the Fajitas.
I'm hungry now.
More on this 401st weekly Disquiet Junto project — Noise Pacing / Use background noise as a beat, as a rhythm — at:

https://disquiet.com/0401/

This project is the third and final of a series being done in collaboration with Musikfestival Bern, which runs in Switzerland from September 11 – 15, 2019. The source audio was provided by the Tobias Reber. More details at:

https://www.musikfestivalbern.ch/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Fajita Wolf Disquiet401

Fajita Wolf disquiet0401 (want me)

I made a bunch of drum loops to explain to my music theory class what polyrhythm is. Then I read about this Junto project and thought, hmm, making a beat out of noise, let's use them for this too! I vocoded the loops using a straight noise carrier and used an LFO to automate the vocoder's release parameter. I used Follow Actions to randomly sequence the loops, and then edited that sequence for better flow and musicality. In order of entrance, the polyrhythms are 4-vs-3, 5-vs-4, pentuplet swing, septuplet swing, and 11-vs-5.

More on this 401st weekly Disquiet Junto project — Noise Pacing / Use background noise as a beat, as a rhythm — at:

https://disquiet.com/0401/

This project is the third and final of a series being done in collaboration with Musikfestival Bern, which runs in Switzerland from September 11 – 15, 2019. The source audio was provided by the Tobias Reber. More details at:

https://www.musikfestivalbern.ch/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0401-noise-pacing/

There’s also on a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Polyrhythmic Noise Grooves (disquiet0401)

I used my earlier track (Disquiet Junto 399 which was a previous Rauschen based track), it became a remixed version of it but processed with more noise elements, into various drumracks and rhytmic effects to create a track with more a tempo and rhythmic structure. I added little samples of melody - not quite the "something melodic atop it" that was requested but just enough to give as hint that melody might appear somewhere! 

Disquiet Junto Project 0401: Noise Pacing
The Assignment: Use background noise as a beat, as a rhythm.

This project is the third and final of a series being done in collaboration with Musikfestival Bern, which will be held in Switzerland from September 11 through 15. For this reason, a German translation is provided below. We are working at the invitation of Tobias Reber, an early Junto participant, who is in charge of the educational activities of the festival. Select recordings resulting from these three Disquiet Junto projects will be played publicly as part of the Rauschlabor Schützenmatte (musikfestivalbern.ch) or broadcast on the festival’s radio show, Radio Antenne (radioantenne.ch). If you don’t want your recording to be used in this way, please note so wherever you post it.

Step 1: Familiarize yourself with the German word “rauschen,” the theme for this year’s festival. Understand that “rauschen” is noise in the sense of white noise, waterfall noise, background noise, static, wind in trees, rain, etc. The blurred, diffuse, continuous kind of noise, not short individual non-tonal sounds.

Step 2: You are going to make music in which one or more “rauschen” noise(s) will be used as the beat or rhythm for a track. Record and listen back to such “rauschen.”

Step 3: Select one or more noise elements from Step 2.

Step 4: Create a track using the elements from Step 3 as beats or rhythmic material, and then layer something melodic atop it.

the blurred, diffuse, continuous [disquiet0401]

release date: 06 _09_2019   
More on this 401st weekly Disquiet Junto project — Noise Pacing / Use background noise as a beat, as a rhythm — at:

https://disquiet.com/0401/

This project is the third and final of a series being done in collaboration with Musikfestival Bern, which runs in Switzerland from September 11 – 15, 2019. The source audio was provided by the Tobias Reber. More details at:

https://www.musikfestivalbern.ch/ 1

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0401-noise-pacing/ 1

There’s also on a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Magnetic Traffic(disquiet0401)

I'm not much for sampling, so I tried to use various noise colors to accomplish the prompt. I decided to use every color of noise from Sapel for at least 1 rhythmic element, and tried to do something at least a little unusual for each one.
Pink noise into Ripples with a bit of resonance, and random duration envelopes modulating FM and amplitude made the bass drum.
Blue noise into Aperture, with a narrow width, frequency at max, and some resonance and feedback made the right panned noise voice.  The frequency was modulated with an inverted envelope.
White noise into Optomix then into the left side of Chronoblob with time at minimum made the karplus like sound panned left.
The swell was red noise into Prism, in high pass mode with resonance, time, and comb at 12 o'clock, into Chronoblob's right channel, with a moderate time setting, then into Erbe-Verb.
And lastly for noise based elements, the glitchy tom/snare thing was Pink noise into Sprott, set to almost self resonate, went into the Addac 601 input 2 for some shaping. More pink noise was mixed in through input 1 of the 601 to get some of the fuzz back.
The bassline was not based on noise. It was the Dannysound EN219 into QPAS. With some FM and SR modulation. 
Euclidean Circles and Marbles provided triggers, and Arpitecht provided pitch.

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More on this 401st weekly Disquiet Junto project — Noise Pacing / Use background noise as a beat, as a rhythm — at:

https://disquiet.com/0401/ 3

This project is the third and final of a series being done in collaboration with Musikfestival Bern, which runs in Switzerland from September 11 – 15, 2019. The source audio was provided by the Tobias Reber. More details at:

https://www.musikfestivalbern.ch/ 1

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co 2:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0401-noise-pacing/ 4

There’s also on a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Static Ocean Pulling at Your Feet - disquiet0401

My 33 1/3 series book about the Aphex Twin album <i>Selected Ambient Works Volume II</i> was published in 2014. The book was one of the top 5 bestselling titles for the calendar year, and in 2015 was ranked by Pitchfork as one of the "33 best" of the 100-plus books in the 33 1/3 series. It has subsequently been translated into Japanese (2019) and Spanish (2018)

Since 2012 I have moderated the Disquiet Junto group, which began on SoundCloud. More at disquiet.com/junto. 

I've written for Nature, Pitchfork, The Wire, Down Beat, Boing Boing, NewMusicBox, Red Bull Music Academy, Art Practical, the website of The Atlantic, and many other publications. 

I've exhibited sound art at galleries in Los Angeles (Crewest), Manhattan (apex art), and Dubai (DUTAC), and I had a audio-visual installation at the San Jose Museum of Art as part of its 45th anniversary.

And since 1996 I've run the website Disquiet.com about the intersection of sound, art, and technology.

Static Ocean Pulling at Your Feet - disquiet0401

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