Disquiet Junto Project 0726: Chord of Omnis

The Assignment: Make music with a browser-based Omnichord as your sole sound source.

Step 1: In the early 1980s, an instrument called the Omnichord was introduced by Suzuki. There is now a browser-based version at onlineomnichord.com.

Step 2: Make some music using only the online Omnichord as your sound source.

Deadline: Monday, December 1, 2025, 11:59pm (that is: just before midnight) wherever you are.

Details: disquiet.com/0726

Disquiet Junto Project 0726: Chord of Omnis

In the spring of 2025, I bought the new Omnichord OM-108 and have been making music with it and my effects boxes.  So far, I’ve released an album, “Omniessence”, and I even made a one-off vinyl picture disc via Kunaki.  It’s my first vinyl record.

I have at least 20 additional Omnichord-based songs ready for future releases.  Two them are earmarked for my ad hoc soundtrack to the Oyoram pubic art installation in Des Moines.  “TimePiece” is an 800 sq ft, 162 LED panel, “clock” moving artwork, located on the side of the Fitch Building (304 15th Street), where my art studio is located.  If that kind of public art interests you, do a search for it.  My soundtrack will be broadcast via a 100mw FM mono transmitter to the nearby area, although I will distribute the soundtrack to Bandcamp and the streamers.

Because I already have an Omnichord, and I’m busy this weekend, I thought I’d skip the browser-based part of the Junto and provide a track that was recently completed:  Mr Bond’s Waltz.

“Mr Bond’s Waltz” was a 57 second section between a series of mistakes that ended up being too good to delete.  It was totally improvised and recorded live.  The Omnichord OM-108 was run through my physical effects chain of boxes:  Empress Reverb, Empress EchoSystem, and a Hologram Microcosm, and direct into a Tascam audio recorder.  Then editing in a simple audio editor.  That’s it.  

More on the 726th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chord of Omnis — The Assignment: Make music with a browser-based Omnichord as your sole sound source — at https://disquiet.com/0726/

For more about me, visit https://www.markrushton.com


Mr Bond's Waltz (disquiet0726)

Recorded, edited, mixed & mastered in 27 Nov 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa, USA.

Sample instrument & effects

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 25 Oct 2025, Grand Central Station, NYC, NY, USA

Music & art © 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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This original version of “To The Restricted Limits Of Some Regular Pursuit” was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0726: Work It The Assignment: Chord of Omnis. The Assignment: Make music with a browser-based Omnichord as your sole sound source.

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

More on the 726th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chord of Omnis — The Assignment: Make music with a browser-based Omnichord as your sole sound source — at https://disquiet.com/0726/.

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To The Restricted Limits Of Some Regular Pursuit (disquiet0726)

sound art for disquiet0726.

More on the 726th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chord of Omnis — The Assignment: Make music with a browser-based Omnichord as your sole sound source — at https://disquiet.com/0726/.

a soft OM (disquiet0726)

This is my submission to this week's Disquiet Junto assignment.

More on the 726th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chord of Omnis — The Assignment: Make music with a browser-based Omnichord as your sole sound source — at https://disquiet.com/0726/.

Omnidub [disquiet0726]

More on the 726th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chord of Omnis — The Assignment: Make music with a browser-based Omnichord as your sole sound source — at https://disquiet.com/0726/.

The Third Wave (disquiet0726)

In common with others, it seems, I encountered various problems with this website. There was a considerable time lapse between pressing the keys and the resulting sounds and the site crashed a couple of times. Then the recording software stopped working and the whole thing eventually gave up the ghost, so that I lost patience with it.  Nevertheless, I did manage to record a few short sequences. I took some of these, added various fx (detuning, delay, etc.) and combined them into this track.

More on the 726th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Chord of Omnis — The Assignment: Make music with a browser-based Omnichord as your sole sound source — at https://disquiet.com/0726/.

Omnishambles (disquiet0726)

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.

Omnishambles (disquiet0726)

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