a 20 minute mix of some soundtrack outages I did for a recent documentary. 
upright haines bros player piano, tape manipulation, electromagnetic sustainer pickup and transducers.

Piano Day Mix 2021

What is non-linear processing, and why does it matter? 

In this episode we dive deep into the topic with our guest Dan Worrall, and talk about: what non-linear processing is, why it can sound great and when it can sound terrible, and how to know the difference. Along the way, we also discuss 
* Is reverb non-linear ? And why it’s confusing
* How linear processing makes top-down mixing a good idea
* The difference between saturation and distortion
* …and how to use them creatively
* The difference between a perfect 5th and a power chord
* ...and how to play chords on a trombone

Full show notes on our website
http://themasteringshow.com/episode-79

The Mastering Show

The Mastering Show #79 - Dan Worrall on non-linear processing

SIG driving the Assimil8or, Valhalla verb, 1 bit for delay

Assim Fltr Vrb Delay 122923 02 Snippet

With a voice both louder and deeper than belies its small size, the laconic-yet-vociferous Yellow-breasted Chat is one of the more enigmatic songbirds of North America. Widespread across the continent, but rarely found in dense numbers, this bird skulks about in dense thickets in riparian zones and other shrubby habitats. Nesting deep in the thicket, but singing from a barely-exposed perch, Yellow-breasted Chats are more often seen than heard in late Spring and early Summer, when males produce long soliloquies in search for a mate (or sometimes two). Taxonomically confounding, Yellow-breasted Chats exist in a monophylitic clade of their own, being the sole species, virens, of the sole genus, Icteria, of the family Icteriidae. Its closest genetic cousins are the family Icteridae (New World Blackbirds and Orioles), with the two forming clade that is adjacent to the Parulidae (Wood-warblers), a family the Yellow-breasted Chat seems to share more features with (genetics notwithstanding).

Recorded on Summer Solstice, 2024, in the Okanogan region of Washington State, this particular singer was a surprise. I’d been hiking around one of my favorite campgrounds, enjoying the recent explosion of late-Spring songbirds, when I noticed a thicket that was particularly favored by local Lazuli Buntings. Nice Buntings recordings being a goal of this trip, I quickly set up a new favorite quick-set recorder: an AB pair of Oaka Instruments’ Verdi (version 1, the copper bodies) at the end of selfie sticks on screw spikes. They’re simple to place, sturdy, and very lightweight, making them great for hiking placements. I left this overnight so the Buntings could have time to sing as they saw fit.

Imagine my surprise when listening back to the recordings and found more than an hours’ worth of a Yellow-breasted Chat singing close by, as if I’d set these microphones up just for him. This clip is just a nice example, unmastered.

more info from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-breasted_Chat/

image credit:
"852 - YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (6-1-11) de anza trail north from rio rico dr, rio rico, scc, az - (3)" by Sloalan is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.

Yellow-breasted Chat Time

Ambient field recording sampler of Japanese Train Station with the Sanken CMS 7s Mid Side Stereo Microphone.

Sanken CMS 7s Japan Train Station Field Recording Sampler

Mix recorded August 13, 2024 at Cafe Aoyagi on the Alpha Recording System (ARS) 6700 rotary mixer. Designed to be played on the drive to Hodaigi Campground for Labyrinth 2024.

So - To Hodaigi 2024

For a long time I wanted to record a really surrounding, enveloping and moving wind through reed. I found the perfect conditions at the forest lakes in Karelia. This track sounds like some witches are chattering around, whispering their spells. 
Description: LAKE MARSH-near wooded shore. Summer. Morning 10 55. Wind gusts rustling, whispering, chattering scary through dry reed and leaves, Birds chirping faint. Mic surrounded by reed, facing shore
Recorded with Nevaton MC50 Quad into Zaxcom Fusion 12. Stereo Mix of Front and a bit of Rear channels.
This recording is a part of the "Northern Europe Vol. 2 Lakeside Ambiences Summer" sound effects library

Wind Through Reed Gusts Rustling Whispering Chattering Scary_ST MIX

Welcome to The Nightboat... Music for your favorite liminal states. SOME OFFERINGS FOR YOUR JOURNEY:

TItle/Artist

Summer Samba - Walter Wanderley

50 Euro To Break Boost - Skee Mask

Moving Towards The Exit - shifted

Bedtime Stories - Madonna

Fresh Is The Beat - Mantronix

Aero Dynamik - Kraftwerk

I Feel Love - Donna Summer

Who Is It? - Mantronix

Shut Up - MC900 Foot Jesus

Beat Box - Art of Noise

White Horse - Laid Back

Girl Is A Gun - Halsey

The Root - Cabaret Voltaire

Down Low - Freak Nasty

Renegade Snares Remix - Omni Trio 

Danseparc - Martha & The Muffins

Sleepless - King Crimson

Play At Your Own Risk - Planet Patrol

Sacrifice - Mötörhead

The Knowledge - Toasty

Skeng (Autechre remix) - The Bug/ Killa P./Flowdan 

Galaxy - Stephen Mallinder

Renegade Snares (Foul Play Remix) - Omni Trio

Valley of The Shadows - Original Unknown

Jungle Crack - Forest Drive West

The Gold We’re Digging - Parts & Labor

Big Electric Cat - Adrian Bellow

Careless Memories - Duran Duran

Don’t Box Me In - Petra Haden 

Don’t Box Me In - Stewart Copeland w/ Stan Ridgway 

I Hold The Mic - Meat Beat Manifesto 

MT1 t29r2 - Aphex Twin

Sharp Twisted - Yume Bitsu

Night Nurse (Kruder & DOrfmesiter remix) - Gregory Isaacs

Northfield - Inga Chavez/David Sylvian

Shadowland - David Sylvian

Shadowland Remix - David Sylvian

Coelacanth - Shriekback

- Fin -

The Nightboat Episode 001

An improvised performance, using various types of noise as original sound sources, for modular and Ciat Lonbarde Tetrax Organ. 

Patch notes: Hard to remember this one: Done a month ago, patched in 30 minutes, destroyed afterwards without notation. No sequencers used other than Pamela's Workshop for clock. I used every output on my Quantum Rainbow 2 noise module to create the percussion sounds. Lots of envelopes, LFOs, pinged filters, and a frequency shifter. The melodic repeating drone was an E350 through Clouds. Melodic elements later in the piece were from feeding several pitched voltages, and one random one, into a voltage controlled switch, and using an LFO to switch between the various pitch CV sources to drive a WMD/SSF Spectrum. Tetrax Organ "solo" was performed live into an Erbe Verb, alternating with altering the patch manually.

[IMPROV] Modular Jam w/ Noise, 2016.02.02

Scoring the new Bladerunner with a master of dramatic tension. 

For more, visit Resident Advisor: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?exchange=331

@johannjohannsson

RA Exchange

EX.331 Jóhann Jóhannson

simple experiment in looped guitar texture

Ambient Guitar Loop

Noise Jockey = Nathan Moody. Nathan is a sound designer, musician, and mastering engineer. His work has appeared in award-winning documentaries and games, as well as interactive installations, dance performances, and feature films.

[IMPROV] Modular Jam w/ Noise, 2016.02.02

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