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Disquiet Junto Project 0463: Making the Gradient

Submission for Disquiet Junto Project 0463: Making the Gradient - https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0463-making-the-gradient/38228

*Gear*

* Ableton Live 10 Standard
* Magix SOUND FORGE Audio Studio Pro 13 (mastering)
* Native Instruments KOMPLETE KONTROL S61 (input)
* Novation Launchpad MK2

*Instruments*

* Native Instruments Super 8 - Terror
** Arturia Rev PLATE-140 - Bright Small Room
** Native Instruments Driver - Detuned (custom automation)
** Native Instruments Vari Comp - Kick (custom automation)
* Voltage Modular - Syncing Stutter
** Output Portal - Rhythm Choke
** Native Instruments Raum - Yellow Memories
* Native Instruments Massive - Long Island PWM
** Native Instruments Guitar Rig 6 - Jittery Octave
* "Slow HeartBeat", sidechained to CH1
* Native Instruments - Damage - PERC Dumpster
** Native Instruments Repika - Classic Ping Pong

*Attribution*

* "Slow HeartBeat", Recorded by Mike Koenig, is licensed CC Attribution 3.0

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released 13.11.2020

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breath   (disquiet0463)

The stairs are very old and steep. The only way down is slowly and with respect. A gradient that's hundreds of years old...

More on this 463rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Making the Gradient (The Assignment: Make a piece of music inspired by the concept of a gradient), at:

https://disquiet.com/0463/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

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The Old Stairs (disquiet0463)

A single increasing voltage, taking the length of this track to reach its maximum value, is sent around various destinations in my modular system, resulting in this drone. One chord voice, accompanied by ambience from old field recording made earlier today, and a direct feed from my Tascam set just outside the room. Headphones recommended.

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More on this 463rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Making the Gradient (The Assignment: Make a piece of music inspired by the concept of a gradient), at:

https://disquiet.com/0463/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

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disquiet0463 - positive gradient

Gradients are all around us in the form of airflow. As we move about at different speeds, refractive variations caused by density gradients distort our sense of light and sound. Higher velocity means more distortion, or at least a more visualized shift among images that remain in focus. 

(Refraction is also why many of us have trouble seeing as we get older. Next time you stub your toe squinting to locate your eyeglasses, blame the gradients. Shaking your fist in the air at fandom fluid densities is entirely optional).

In 1864, German physicist Augst Toepler invented Schlieren photography as a way to visualize airflow current. Putting it simply, rays of light change when patches of air at varying densities are forced to pass through each other. Placing a concave mirror with a long focal distance helps to illuminate these shifts, which can be photographed using a knife edge or razor blade in front of a camera lens.

For this strange piece, Suss Müsik attempted to recreate a Z-type Schlieren setup with a guitar, two looping pedals, and a pitch-shifting delay pad. The original concept was to cut off one set of loops (the “lamp”) while “refracting” another set of loops (the “mirror”) with various sawtooth/reverb effects. The results didn’t quite hit that mark, but there remains some auditory evidence of densities splitting in motion and later converging. 

The piece is titled Schlieren and was recorded live to 8-track. The image is a Schlieren photograph of shock waves produced by an in-flight T-38 Talon, the world’s first supersonic jet trainer.

Image credit = NASA & US Air Force: J.T. Heineck /  Ed Schairer / Maj. Jonathan Orso / Maj. Jeremy Vanderhal, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

More on this 463rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Making the Gradient (The Assignment: Make a piece of music inspired by the concept of a gradient), at:

https://disquiet.com/0463/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

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