
After an attempt at a rhythmic centric motif, which proved difficult to articulate as I intended, I decided to approach this melodically. This was counterintuitive to my usual process, I never construct compositions around melodic content.

I noted that conceptual motifs were legitimate, incorporating cryptography and steganography thematically could be considered a Leit Motif. I often use non-audio sources in my compositions, images, text etc. I enjoy the area where cryptography and music meet.

However my attempts at a cryptographic based composition using my usual creative processes became too elaborate and abstracted and were not articulating the motive in the fashion of the suggested techniques/criteria. 

I began again favouring simplicity for the key melodic content. Using the "French method" of enciphering text into notes, I transposed the word MOTIF into a 5 note melody (F,A,F,B,F) I made 6 iterations of this melody over six (stereo) channels looping at varying resolutions (1/2 notes, 1/4 notes etc) then experimented with harmonising these phrases with each other, using different variations of a similar synth patch and panning the channels. I imported a screenshot of the sequence (see left) into audacity and then exported it as a wav file, loaded into a sampler again playing the same sequence and experimented with some settings, automation and effects to create some glitchy percussive layers as a means of creating new timbral elements that were emergent from the chosen motif.

I then experimented with longer note durations using this melody, which  formed the main section you hear at 1:34.

I resisted adding the drums to this section for a while, trying other ideas to compliment this phrase, but in the end conceded and added the basic halftime pattern you hear in the track to carry the melody along.

Being a fairly unenergetic phrase, I used a faster plucked melody for the focus of the next section, syncopating the drums to match the rhythm.

The 5 note melody created some interesting polyrhythms when played simultaneously by different instruments at varying speeds. I let the interplay of these looped phrases govern some of the composition, inserting different edits of the phrase into sections of the track and altering some of the patterns by reversing the sequence and altering the loop length.

I used an automated filter and delay on one of channels to turn one of the unnecessary melodic layers into a rhythmic layer that alternates between halftime and double time to mediate the rest of the elements, giving slower melodic sections a sense of pace to keep the track engaging.

I created a pad for the largest note resolution sequence, as this made the most sense and allowed that sequence to be layered over all other elements.

I used most of the suggested techniques in the composition of this track, key techniques were: Repetition, Rhythmic variation, Spatial variation / diffusion, Fragmentation (To a certain extent), Retrograde (Some phrasing was mirrored to create new rhythms/harmonies) & Textural variation (most instrument channels remain static
though the variation in texture occurs across the the instruments used)

Techniques that were not explored deeply were Displacement and Inversion. This was most likely due to the focus on creating a coherent composition from the initial elements , both of these techniques are largely for subversion (for the listener and the composer)

TECH + PROCESS MOTIVE PIECE

Audio Interpretation of a written/spoken piece. 
Sound design in MaxMSP & live9, Composed in live9.

TEXT / VISUAL TASK (15%)

Composed from Field Recordings, Makeshift Wavetable Synths using Sampler and Acapellas, Reaktor, Various Effects, Modulated Saturation, Filters.

Dysthymia

videolink: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW4jGVXg2uU

Project 1: Sound & Vision Exercise (15%) + Reflection (10%) Due week 4 (August 12)

Create a work which explores audiovisual relationships in an interesting way.

Select a video work from the shared folder on the SD computer to score/SD.

Reflection:

Selected this piece as it matched my sound palette best. Big reeses and granular with glitchy distortions interrupting the movement in the darkness. First attempt at scoring a piece, discovered the process is even more akin to painting than my usual compositional process. Cherry picking events in the piece as points to build around filling the detail outwardly between points. Rewarding definitely. 90% of the source material created from my own sound library. I used some kicks from a pack while sketching that worked instantly, so I rolled with them. If the project required me to use strictly my own sample library I could have synthesised these sounds pretty easily. Same goes for the 2 field recordings I used from a pack. I could have gone to the kitchen with my h4N if needed.

I used Ableton 9 to compose, using 37 channels of audio, a single reverb send/return, barely any compression or insert effects, filtering or EQ. I relied primarily on the more effective tools of volume, panning and layered arrangement. I find working using the approach infintely more effective with this many channels of audio. To create some of the movement in the later section I layered a fast LFO on a bandpass filter unsynced to tempo, I set the rate by altering it while watching the video. I definitely could have achieved a cleaner tighter mix with more diligence - but I really wanted to avoid mix purgatory for this task and move quickly through the process.

While mixing I had some of the tonal non foley elements solo'd and found taking all of the foley out of the mix actually really compelling. I could have built on this and taken this piece in an entirely different direction, this more subtle tone would have also been entirely suitable. This "less is more" mentality would have made this ~24 second piece feel more like a short film than a drum and bass/videogame trailer. More expression is required for a more subtle approach, though I thoroughly enjoyed the engineering aspect of building foley for abstract forms.

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VART3489 - Score and Sound Design Project 1

Produced with Charles Teitelbaum for Animation and Interactive Media student at RMIT University Melbourne.

Autogenic - Game Menu Loop [Assessment Piece RMIT]

Released via Weird Dance Music :: May 10 2015
Free/Donation: http://weirddancemusic.bandcamp.com/album/weird-dance-music-compilation-volume-1

Welcome to both the first release and first installment of the WDM Compilation series! 

A compendium of musical selections that explore the sonic circumference of music that makes you simultaneously want to shake your jelly and stroke your chin. The compilation is by no means to be enjoyed as a complex venture into experimentalism, nor to be dismissed as vacuous repetitive EDM but hopefully will lend more exposure to the wonderful space in the middle where one can be thoughtful enough to consider fine detail but not too posh to get up and boogey. 

It's a pay what you want affair so if your'e skint then get down on that shiz for nought. If you are loaded to the max and can afford to lay down some skrill, the contributing artists would be very much obliged.

released 10 May 2015 

lysdexic - bld37x [WDM]

Download this entire album here: http://label.idmforums.com/download/idmf030/

Anodyne Industries returns to the IDMf Netlabel to release a very special remix ep, "Make Your Body A Darker Weapon".

Hailing from Oakland California, Anodyne Industries (Aaron King) has carved out a signature sound of deep thinking technical breaks and bass. The remix of "Make It Darker" adds an entirely new level of Drum and Bass Ferocity to the original while the "Body Weapon" remix delves into deeper and more abstract territory.

This release features remixes from the two winners of the recent Anodyne Industries & IDMf Netlabel remix contest. IG88 effortlessly provides yet another stunning work of IDM with his melodic rendition of "Make It Darker", and Lysdexic rolled up his sleeves and produced an outstanding over-the-top dubstep remix of "Body Weapon".

As a final bonus, Anodyne Industries has also included his single, "After the Storm", a spacious and technical dubstep track.

Tracklisting

01 Make It Darker (Anodyne Industries Darker Remix)
02 Body Weapon (Anodyne Industries Tech Remix)
03 Body Weapon (Lysdexic Remix)
04 Make It Darker (IG88 Remix)
05 After The Storm
06 Make It Darker (Original Mix)
07 Body Weapon (Original Mix)

For more information on Anodyne Industries please visit him at:
http://anodyneindustries.net
http://www.facebook.com/AnodyneIndustries
AnodyneIndustries
Aaron(at)anodyneindustries.net

Credits

Project organizing by Aaron King, Christopher Lombardo, Ben Walthew
Art by Aaron King
Mastering by Audible Oddities
Mastering for "Make It Darker (Original Mix)", "Body Weapon (Original Mix) & "After The Storm" by Rainy Days Studios

A Creative Commons Project.

label.idmforums.com
Released by: IDMf Netlabel
Release/catalogue number: IDMf030
Release date: Sep 13, 2011 

Anodyne Industries - Body Weapon (Lysdexic Remix)

WHO SPIKED THE PUNS? - New Australian comedy podcast chatting about film. The format is simple. Every week they watch two movies, tenuously linked by a bad pun, and put them in a conversational blender. 

Really enjoy doing this work, pls contact if you would like an intro beat for your podcast.

Check out the guys here:
http://whospikedthepuns.com/
https://www.facebook.com/whospikedthepuns/

Who Spiked The Puns Podcast [intro beat by lysdexic]

Studio mix of GYRE composition performed at Melbourne Town Grand Organ 18th October 2016

GYRE :: An exploration of cycles and patterns, order and chaos.
Thomas Pentland (Projection Mapped Visuals)
Jay Curtis (Composition)

Dis-Organ-Eyes'd Concert 18.10.16
Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ 


A composition I made for a giant 77 year old pipe organ with MIDI capability. Accompaniment using FM synths and exponential decay patterns.

GYRE [Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ Performance]

From VA - Shikomizue EP [Humanworkshop]

composed from recordings of datasettes, image to audio software, reaktor patches, various saturation and filters.


Ersatz Neologist

lysdexic - thec_la [TSR] Free Download: https://t-s-r.bandcamp.com/album/nanoloop-minimalism

recorded in one pass nanoloop (ios) 15.11.17

a compilation dedicated to long-form, minimalist nanoloop compositions. The response was amazing, resulting in a 15-track, 6-hour (!!) compilation. The styles ended up being a LOT more abstract than expected, with a lot of ambient, glitch and noise tracks, so this compilation is less about chip bangerz and more about pushing nanoloop to make interesting sounds. Have a listen!

Tracklist is as follows:

1. tMt - mellom 10:52
2. Pulselooper - monotask 16:19
3. 0F.digital - 0F.nsub 56:02
4. Dot.AY - Digoxin Toxicity 11:06
5. Lysdexic - thec_la 18:30
6. Scanian Wolf - Secret Modem Dial-Up Delight 10:06
7. Trent Hawkins - Magic Realm 10:08
8. DJ Hollow Life - Slow Wubby J 26:14
9. Teledildonix - Give In To Play 01:05:02
10. Infradead - Stage Seven Unmitigated Force 19:09
11. Environmental Sound Collapse - Disintegrated 33:59
12. Tom Foolery and the Family Jewellery - nanoloop lomg 45:16
13. ModernChair - alnlgugtque 12:05
14. Amsler Grid - Venlafaxine 18:24

nanoloop minimalism

lysdexic - thec_la [TSR :: Free Download]

melodic IDM track created entirely using Nanoloop Mobile on iOS.

Part of the Nanoloop Mobile Compilation :: curated by Gesceap

https://gesceap.bandcamp.com/album/nanoloop-mobile-compilation

Nanoloop Mobile Compilation is a Non-Profit album of Various Artists who make music using Nanoloop on Android and iOS devices. It is a showcase of different genres of music from across the globe. 

Styles vary from IDM, techno, ambient, and more. 

All proceeds will be donated to wikipedia.org 

Artist Links 
sylcmyk : www.sylcmyk.xyz 
Mo Kilby : sturob.com/mokilby 
Liegeois : soundcloud.com/liegeois 
Lysdexic : lysdexic.com 
Ouchie Hour : sympathykeyroom.com 
Vaag : vaag.myportfolio.com 
i my me mine : imymemine-jp.wixsite.com/imymemine 
Graustufen : 8trx.ch 
Gesceap : gesceap.github.io

released May 28, 2019

Aubade [nanoloop mobile compilation]

Forthcoming track from the new Sixbux Productions "Family Slab" Compilation

Thylaminorex

Here's a quick demo composition i made with the Mechanical Molecules Sample Pack.

The 'Mechanical Molecules SD' Sample Pack is a hand-picked selection of 126 meticulously constructed & heavily mangled; royalty-free, original sound-design samples by Melbourne glitch artist Desiseq. This unique collection of idiosyncratic sounds was spawned from a live gestural sound design experiment; utilizing a simple 4/4 kick pattern in conjunction with live processing, automation & granular synthesis generating textures akin to circuitry malfunction, robotic gibberish, cartoon sfx, static electricity, water, bubbles, modular pulses and warped field-recordings of ambient spaces. 

Coming soon to Beaport Sounds

Desiseq - Mechanical Molecules Sound Design SFX Library (Demo Composition)

Stream/Buy Link: http://smarturl.it/lysdexic

Zek Duci Phylaxis is an arbitrary yet intricate exploration of sound design with self imposed limitations.

Both artists set themselves the task of creating each track only from a series of foley recordings Lysdexic had made.

Restrictions were placed on instruments that could be utilised, primarily Samplers / audio processing and Wavetables made only from the original foley.

The result is two relatively contrasting tracks, rich with texture and nuance but both revealing a surprising level of semblance to traditional electronic timbres & form found in contemporary electronic bass music.

If your curiosity runs deeper you can download the original sounds here and hear them before their mutilation.
Raw sounds have been truncated and loosely categorised but otherwise untouched.
smarturl.it/Lysdexic_Soundpack
credits
released February 26, 2020

Artwork by Sosa
www.instagram.com/sosasoundanddesign/
Mastering by Rob Small
robsmallmastering.com

Zek Duci Phylaxis

Zek Pyxidia Shcul [Zek Duci Phylaxis EP :: WDM 2020]

nord micro mod, bent roland tr626, gakken sx150, yamaha dx200, m-audio triggerfinger, korg nano controllers, modified ratshack reverb, rex50 ghetto verb, bent casio sk1 (deceased), nintendo DS, sony discman, wordpad.

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