The one instruction for this week's Disquiet Junto assignment was to use an octave leap, which is something I quite often do anyway. 

So, I just set about writing a new track without thinking too hard about the brief. I actually started with the percussion that shows up later in the track.

The root on the opening part steps down an octave before introducing the next chord in the progression.

A two-note synth part is just the minor 7 on two octaves (with a major 6 once for colour - still fits the Dorian mode but is pretty HELLO when it shows up imo).

A second synth part doubles the guitar harmonic sounds, coming in via an opening low-pass filter. That synth part has its pitch modulated by a little step sequence, so it steps up one or two octaves, and the rate at which that's happening in shifting about. That part then runs into a delay (Valhalla Delay) which as a descending octave shift in the feedback patch.

A synth bass part arrives later that is just sustained notes following the root of each chord, but an arpeggiator steps up and down an octave. Kind of like with the pitch modulation on the other synth, the tempo of the arpeggiator is being modulated by an LFO, then quantised, to make it less synth disco / Girls & Boys.

More on this 564th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Octave Lept (The Assignment: Work an octave leap — or more than one — into a piece of music) — at: https://disquiet.com/0564/

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The cover image for this project is from DALL·E 2. The prompt: “octave leap.”

[disquiet0565] Octave Leapt

Jet Jaguar - Sound 1 [disquiet0564] (Free download)

More on this 567th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Three Meters (The Assignment: Make music in 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time signatures) – at: https://disquiet.com/0567/

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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Schlemiel_disquiet0567_Schlimazel

On the way home tonight I created the three melodies in my head, one in 5/8, the next in 6/8 and the last one in 7/8. I looped them together played at the same time (133 beats per minutes) played mellotron, and added the effects after. Quite pleased with this, fairly quick experiment, the patterns reminds me of early Matt Johnson / The The, the kind of post-punk psychedelia he did in his early recordings.

This is my response to this week's Disquiet Junto Project prompt. More on this 567th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Three Meters (The Assignment: Make music in 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time signatures) — at: https://disquiet.com/0567/

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0567-three-meters/

The cover image for this project is from DALL·E 2, where “three rulers, colorful photograph” was the prompt.

5+6=7 (disquiet0567)

An exercise created in Pure Data comprising sequences of five, six & seven notes recorded simultaneously in a quasi-serialist mode

More on this 567th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Three Meters (The Assignment: Make music in 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time signatures) — at: https://disquiet.com/0567/

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0567-three-meters/

The cover image for this project is from DALL·E 2, where “three rulers, colorful photograph” was the prompt..

Five, Six & Seven (disquiet0567)

My contribution to Disquiet Junto Project 0567: Three Meters.

The Assignment: Make music in 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time signatures.

Three random samplers controlling the notes, timbres and volumes of three synths, put through some effects to mush up the sound a bit.

More on this 567th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Three Meters (The Assignment: Make music in 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time signatures) – at: https://disquiet.com/0567/

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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disquiet0567 Weaving

Disquiet hacking warning. I didn’t feel like doing something rhythm-focused, so I doubled down on Blippoo box style clocking. 

Three generative VCV voices all driven by a single chaotic clock. Each voice is assigned a clock divider (5, 6, and 7) to meet the 3 meters requirement. 

Disquiet Junto Project 0567: Three Meters
The Assignment: Make music in 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time signatures.

Thanks to Łukasz Langa (aka RPLKTR) for instigating this project.

Step 1: The week this project is published, the Disquiet Junto will be doing its 567th consecutive weekly project. Think about those digits and how they relate to each other.

Step 2: Record a piece of music that moves between — and perhaps even overlays — 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time signatures.

Learn more here: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0567-three-meters/59494

Disquiet0567 Unruly Meters

This started with a kick in 5/8, snare in 6/8 and hats in 7/8. Then bass was added in 5/8 and modular in 7/8. I used Felt Instruments' Smugi filter bank sequencing the filters in 5/8 time for the bass and 5/8 and 7/8 for the modular. Modular voice was 2HP Pluck through a Doepfer Wasp filter, sequenced and modulated using CV Toolkit. Drums are Ableton's Core 909.
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More on this 567th weekly Disquiet Junto project – Three Meters (The Assignment: Make music in 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time signatures) – at: https://disquiet.com/0567/

More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/

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all at fives, sixes and sevens (disquiet0567)

This track is part of Disquiet Junto Project #0567: Three Meters. See more at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0567-three-meters/59494.

[disquiet0567] Eight

Disquiet Junto Project 0567: Three Meters
The Assignment: Make music in 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time signatures.

Step 1: The week this project is published, the Disquiet Junto will be doing its 567th consecutive weekly project. Think about those digits and how they relate to each other.

Step 2: Record a piece of music that moves between — and perhaps even overlays — 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time signatures.

Notes: In this case I have the three parts play back to back and then overlay each other in different combinations.

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This piece runs in 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time and has some parts that change tempo while others don't.

Weeks of Songs

The Uneven Staircase [disquiet0567]

Abstract Sound Structures, Musique Concrète & Live Electronics.
Experimental abstract animation videos.
It is my aim to create and/or edit my tracks & videos using free or open-source software only.
Influences include: J.S. Bach, John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Giacinto Scelsi, Mauricio Kagel, Conlon Nancarrow, Christian Wolff, Harry Partch, Luc Ferrari, Morton Feldman, Cornelius Cardew, Bernard Parmegiani, Ana-Maria Avram, David Tudor, Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros, Renaissance Polyphony.
All my work is published under a Creative Commons licence & can be freely downloaded (as wav) or remixed.

Five, Six & Seven (disquiet0567)

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