I took my most recent Junto submission from a few weeks ago, randomly spliced it within Ableton, then selected and mapped 6 modified samples to 6 midi controller pads. 

For each pad I rolled the dice - the number determined how many bars each pad's content would occupy in the the total composition.
I found it a very interesting way to approach structuring the sounds, it made me a bit more disciplined than I otherwise might have been.

Image credit: National Marine Sanctuaries https://flickr.com/photos/44124469278@N01/43863888325

Disquiet Junto Project 0601: Hard Six
The Assignment: Let a roll of the dice determine the relative prominence of various parts of a track.

The project was inspired in part by recent correspondence with Junto participant Robert Precht. More to come in that regard.

Step 1: Choose six brief segments of sound that you have recently recorded. Or record some new segments now. Either way, select six of them, and label them one through six.

Step 2: Roll a single die for each of the six segments chosen in Step 1.

Step 3: The result of each roll in Step 2 represents the relative presence of that given segment in a finished piece of music. Think about how the pieces might relate to each other. This idea of relative presence can mean whatever you want: frequency of appearance, relative volume, intelligibility etc.

Step 4: Record a piece of music in which the relative presence of the segments chosen in Step 1 correlate with the results from Step 2.

Eight Important Steps When Your Track Is Done:

Step 1: Include “disquiet0601” (no spaces or quotation marks) in the name of your tracks.

Step 2: If your audio-hosting platform allows for tags, be sure to also include the project tag “disquiet0601” (no spaces or quotation marks). If you’re posting on SoundCloud in particular, this is essential to subsequent location of tracks for the creation of a project playlist.

Step 3: Upload your tracks. It is helpful but not essential that you use SoundCloud to host your tracks.

Step 4: Post your track in the following discussion thread at llllllll.co 1:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0601-hard-six/

Step 5: Annotate your track with a brief explanation of your approach and process.

Step 6: If posting on social media, please consider using the hashtag #DisquietJunto so fellow participants are more likely to locate your communication.

Step 7: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

Step 8: Also join in the discussion on the Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to marc@disquiet.com for Slack inclusion.

Note: Please post one track for this weekly Junto project. If you choose to post more than one, and do so on SoundCloud, please let me know which you’d like added to the playlist. Thanks.

Kelp Forest disquiet0601

See https://disquiet.com/2023/07/06/disquiet-junto-project-0601-hard-six/

I made it difficult for myself and selected 6 unrelated eurorack improvs. And to make it even harder, the dice showed 4-3-4-2-4-2, which meant I had to use all of them a lot. I think the result is a hot mess, but at least it resembles music. And that is good enough for me.

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Vocazione / Berufung / Vocation - After a dear friend of mine who had a call. Made with ❤️ on a Synthstrom Deluge and an ASM Hydrasynth.

More on this 602nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Choice Words (The Assignment: Make a piece of music that strives to express a specific word), at: https://disquiet.com/0602/

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

Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0602-choice-words/

Vocazione (disquiet0602)

Disquiet Junto Project 0602: Choice Words
The Assignment: Make a piece of music that strives to express a specific word.

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0602-choice-words/63203/4

Step 1: Choose a word — either a favorite word, or one at random from a dictionary, a book your reading, or any such source.

Step 2: Compose a short piece of music that expresses that word as best you can. Perhaps it communicates an underlying concept, or follows the shape of the word when spoken, or utilizes it as an extremely short lyric. Come up with your own approach, which might be determined by the word, rather than imposed on the word.

I used an online random word generator and got the word: torch.
I thought of an old style wooden torch that would burn very brightly before slowly going out and tried to express that with this short track. Hope you like it! Have a good day.

Music video: https://youtu.be/Gtegb57Z67U

Torch (disquiet 0602)

release date :14/07/2023    
More on this 602nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Choice Words (The Assignment: Make a piece of music that strives to express a specific word), at: https://disquiet.com/0602/

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

Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0602-choice-words/

Grounding (disquiet0602)

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data. Shoogly = unsteady, unstable, uncertain, shaky, wobbly.

More on this 602nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Choice Words (The Assignment: Make a piece of music that strives to express a specific word), at: https://disquiet.com/0602/

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

Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0602-choice-words/

Shoogly (disquiet0602)

More on this 602nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Choice Words (The Assignment: Make a piece of music that strives to express a specific word), at: https://disquiet.com/0602/

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

Subscribe to project announcements: https://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0602-choice-words/

nawak

Disquiet - disquiet0602

Disquiet Junto Project 0602: Choice Words
The Assignment: Make a piece of music that strives to express a specific word.
More info on Disquet Junto: http://disquiet.com/0602

"Chiaroscuro", italian for "light-dark" [...] is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition.
I chose the word "chiaroscuro" as I find this contrast appropriate to my mood of this period of my life.

For this patch I recorded bass into Morphagene and then effected it with a bit of Mimeophon. Then I added a lead line made with ARP2600 clone into Norns Pedalboard with Phaser and Resonator, then plugged into a preamp and then to QPAS for further effects. 
The bass plays harmonics A-D-A (7-7-5 frets) and G-D-G (5-5-3 frets).
I used G double harmonic scale (G-Ab-B-C-D-Eb-F#) for the lead voice.

Morphagene -> Mimeophon -> Out 2
Wogglebug Int Clock out -> Mimeophon Clock In
Maths Ch. 4 (Cycle) -> Morphagene R in (Pmin option on)

Arp out(osc1 and osc2 square out +filter+ar)-> Norns Pedalboard (Phaser + Resonator) -> preamp -> QPAS smile out -> Out 1
Preamp -> mult -> QPAS, Maths Ch. 1 In
Maths Ch. 1 out -> QPAS Freq 1 in
Maths Inv out -> QPAS Q In

Chiaroscuro (disquiet0602)

ANTIDOTE - SUPER SLOWED

Colonna sonora dedicata al nuovo terrificante racconto di Michele Franco 'Viaggio verso il nulla'. Libro disponibile su Amazon:  https://www.amazon.it/Viaggio-verso-nulla-Michele-Franco-ebook/dp/B0FWV165RD?ref_=ast_author_mpb

Viaggio verso il nulla

victim

Check out my latest album at https://defaultmediatransmitter.bandcamp.com/album/transmit-simulations

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Default Media Transmitter