Heimdall

Bandcamp

The last 2/3 of a live set performed at Oil Club, Shenzhen, China. The event was a (belated) launch party for Guangzhou Underground's ambient compilation "Thanks for Stopping By," on which I have one track. Thanks to Simon Bishop for organizing and to Oil Club for as-always excellent technical support.

Process Prototype @ Hypnagogia, Oil Club, Shenzhen

This track was built from a single synth in Supercollider. I used the Dust UGen to ping a 2 pole resonant filter, applied a long-ish ASR envelope then randomly sequenced the notes as well as several other parameters in a Pbind and let it rip.

disquiet0505 - Geiger Counter Piece

Crashandburn Rough

The New Flesh (Sample)

"Devil may care my dear...there's nobody home...no feeling to spare here...And I've shed all my worldly skin...baptized, I'm drowning in these regrets, all that could have beens... I'm past the point of my wits end, my heart is dead."

Through A Glass...Darkly (DEMO)

Say it ain't sunshine

Say it ain't sunshine (disquiet0435)

There are 4 audio loops cut out of some improvisations recorded while Judith was testing her new amplified viola setup. Speeds were modified to get everything into a unified pitch-space. The loops come in at different times and overlap in different ways over time.

Starting it off, and continuing underneath the 4 loops, you'll hear some snippets from a public domain "documentary" called Heat and Temperature by Coronet Films.

Submitted to the Disquiet Junto #0435: Woodshed Report

More on this 435th weekly Disquiet Junto project at:
https://disquiet.com/0435/

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

Heat, by The Land (disquiet0435)

Current Assignment:
Disquiet Junto Project 0062: Life of Sine

This week’s project involves making music from the basic building block of sound: the sine wave.

You will compose and record a piece of music using just three different sine waves, and nothing else — well, nothing else in terms of source material, but the waves can, after the piece has gotten underway, be transformed by any means you choose.

These are the steps:

Step 1: Devise which three sine waves you will employ. They should be different from each other in some evident way.

Step 2: The track should open with just one of the sine waves.

Step 3: Add the second sine wave at 5 seconds.

Step 4: Add the third sine wave at 10 seconds.

Step 4: Only at 15 seconds should you begin to in any way manipulate any of the source waves.

Frequencies Used: 125Hz, 237Hz, 1012Hz

My Process:
Coding up something quickly in Supercollider on lunch break and did final adjustments at home.  I decided to see how much I could get out of the sound of just the three sines without any effects.  The click is created by purposely cutting the waveform at non-zero crossings.  Every other sound is made from adding or multiplying the three sines.

Source Code:
/*NOTE: I have not bothered to clean this code up after writing it.  Don't take it as a good example ;) */

(
fork{
	var pat = ();

	SynthDef(\addOfSine, {
		|
		out = 0, gate = 1, amp = 1, doneHandlerLength = 10,
		freq0 = 125, phase0 = 0, amp0 = 1, attack0 = 0.1, decay0 = 0.1, sustain0 = 0.5, release0 = 0.3, pan0 = 0,
		freq1 = 237, phase1 = 0, amp1 = 1, attack1 = 0.1, decay1 = 0.1, sustain1 = 0.5, release1 = 0.3, pan1 = 0,
		freq2 = 1012, phase2 = 0, amp2 = 1, attack2 = 0.1, decay2 = 0.1, sustain2 = 0.5, release2 = 0.3, pan2 = 0
		|
		var doneHandler = Linen.kr(gate, 0, 1, doneHandlerLength, doneAction:5); //This guy is just here to handle the doneAction
		var sine = [//Div by 3 to avoid clipping
			Pan2.ar(SinOsc.ar(freq0, phase0 * 2pi, amp0) * EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(attack0, decay0, sustain0, release0), gate), pan0) / 3,
			Pan2.ar(SinOsc.ar(freq1, phase0 * 2pi, amp1) * EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(attack1, decay1, sustain1, release1), gate), pan1) / 3,
			Pan2.ar(SinOsc.ar(freq2, phase0 * 2pi, amp2) * EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(attack2, decay2, sustain2, release2), gate), pan2) / 3,
		];
		var output = (sine[0] + sine[1] + sine[2]) * amp;
		Out.ar(out, output);
	}).add;

	SynthDef(\mulOfSine, {
		|
		out = 0, gate = 1, amp = 1, doneHandlerLength = 10,
		freq0 = 125, phase0 = 0, amp0 = 1, attack0 = 0.1, decay0 = 0.1, sustain0 = 0.5, release0 = 0.3, pan0 = 0,
		freq1 = 237, phase1 = 0, amp1 = 1, attack1 = 0.1, decay1 = 0.1, sustain1 = 0.5, release1 = 0.3, pan1 = 0,
		freq2 = 1012, phase2 = 0, amp2 = 1, attack2 = 0.1, decay2 = 0.1, sustain2 = 0.5, release2 = 0.3, pan2 = 0
		|
		var doneHandler = Linen.kr(gate, 0, 1, doneHandlerLength, doneAction:5); //This guy is just here to handle the doneAction
		var sine = [
			Pan2.ar(SinOsc.ar(freq0, phase0 * 2pi, amp0) * EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(attack0, decay0, sustain0, release0), gate), pan0),
			Pan2.ar(SinOsc.ar(freq1, phase0 * 2pi, amp1) * EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(attack1, decay1, sustain1, release1), gate), pan1),
			Pan2.ar(SinOsc.ar(freq2, phase0 * 2pi, amp2) * EnvGen.ar(Env.adsr(attack2, decay2, sustain2, release2), gate), pan2),
		];
		var output = sine[0] * sine[1] * sine[2] * amp;
		Out.ar(out, output);
	}).add;

	s.sync;

	pat.intro =
	Pseq([
		Pbind(*[
			instrument: \addOfSine,
			amp: 1,
			dur: Pn(5, 1),
			sustain: 4,
			amp0: 1, attack0: 4, decay0: 0, sustain0: 1, release0: 1,
			amp1: 0,
			amp2: 0
		]),
		Pbind(*[
			instrument: \addOfSine,
			amp: 1,
			dur: Pn(5, 1),
			sustain: 4,
			amp0: 1, attack0: 4, decay0: 0, sustain0: 1, release0: 1,
			amp1: 1, attack1: 4, decay1: 0, sustain1: 1, release1: 1,
			amp2: 0
		]),
		Pbind(*[
			instrument: \addOfSine,
			amp: 1,
			dur: Pn(5, 1),
			sustain: 4,
			amp0: 1, attack0: 4, decay0: 0, sustain0: 1, release0: 1,
			amp1: 1, attack1: 4, decay1: 0, sustain1: 1, release1: 1,
			amp2: 1, attack2: 4, decay2: 0, sustain2: 1, release2: 1,
		]),
	]);

	pat.intro2 =
	Pseq([
		Pbind(*[
			instrument: \addOfSine,
			amp: 1,
			dur: Pn(12.8 / 3, 1),
			sustain: 4,
			amp0: 1, attack0: 4, decay0: 0, sustain0: 1, release0: 1,
			amp1: 0,
			amp2: 0
		]),
		Pbind(*[
			instrument: \addOfSine,
			amp: 1,
			dur: Pn(12.8 / 3, 1),
			sustain: 4,
			amp0: 0,
			amp1: 1, attack1: 4, decay1: 0, sustain1: 1, release1: 1,
			amp2: 0
		]),
		Pbind(*[
			instrument: \addOfSine,
			amp: 1,
			dur: Pn(12.8 / 3, 1),
			sustain: 4,
			amp0: 0,
			amp1: 0,
			amp2: 1, attack2: 4, decay2: 0, sustain2: 1, release2: 1,
		]),
	]);

	pat.p0 = Pbind(*[
		instrument: \addOfSine,
		amp: 1,
		dur: Pseq([0.1], 16),
		sustain: Pkey(\dur),
		doneHandlerLength: 1,
		phase0: Pseq([0.2, 0, 0, 0], inf), amp0: 1, attack0: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, pan0: Pseq([-0.5, 0.5], inf),
		phase1: 0, amp1: 0, attack1: 0.1, release1: 0,
		phase2: 0, amp2: 0, attack2: 0,
	]);

	pat.p1 = Pbind(*[
		instrument: \addOfSine,
		amp: 1,
		dur: Pseq([0.1], 16),
		sustain: Pkey(\dur),
		doneHandlerLength: 3,
		phase0: Pseq([0.2, 0, 0, 0], inf), amp0: 1, attack0: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, pan0: Pseq([-1, 1], inf),
		phase1: Pseq([0.2, 0.2, 0, 0], inf), amp1: Pseq([1,0,0], inf), attack1: 0.01, release1: 0.001, pan1: Pseq([1, 1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0], inf),
		amp2: 0, phase2: 0, attack2: 0,
	]);

	pat.p2 = Pbind(*[
		instrument: \addOfSine,
		amp: 1,
		dur: Pseq([0.1], 16),
		sustain: Pkey(\dur),
		doneHandlerLength: 3,
		phase0: Pseq([0.2, 0, 0, 0], inf), amp0: 1, attack0: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, pan0: Pseq([-0.5, 0.5], inf),
		phase1: 0, amp1: 0, attack1: 0.01, release1: 0.001, pan1: Pseq([1, 1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0], inf),
		phase2: Pwhite(), amp2: 0.7, attack2: 0.001, release2: 0.001, decay2: Pseq([0.3, 0.1, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01], inf), sustain2: 0, pan2: Pseq([-1, 0, 1], inf)
	]);

	pat.p3 = Pbind(*[
		instrument: \addOfSine,
		amp: 1,
		dur: Pseq([0.1], 16),
		sustain: Pkey(\dur),
		doneHandlerLength: 3,
		phase0: Pseq([0.2, 0, 0, 0], inf), amp0: 1, attack0: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, pan0: Pseq([-1, 1], inf),
		phase1: Pseq([0.2, 0.2, 0, 0], inf), amp1: Pseq([1,0,0], inf), attack1: 0.01, release1: 0.001, pan1: Pseq([1, 1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0], inf),
		phase2: Pwhite(), amp2: 0.7, attack2: 0.01, release2: 0.01, decay2: Pseq([0.3, 0.1, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01], inf), sustain2: 0, pan2: Pseq([-1, 0, 1], inf)
	]);

	pat.p4 = Pbind(*[
		instrument: \addOfSine,
		amp: 1,
		dur: Pseq([0.17], 16),
		sustain: Pkey(\dur),
		doneHandlerLength: 0.4,
		phase0: Pseq([0.2, 0, 0, 0], inf), amp0: 1, attack0: 0, decay0: 0, pan0: Pseq([-1, 1], inf),
		phase1: Pseq([0.2, 0.2, 0, 0], inf), amp1: Pseq([1,0,0], inf), attack1: 0, release1: 0, pan1: Pseq([1, 1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0], inf),
		phase2: Pwhite(), amp2: 0.7, attack2: 0.17, release2: 0, decay2: Pseq([0.3, 0.1, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01], inf), sustain2: 0, pan2: Pseq([-1, 0, 1], inf)
	]);

	pat.p5 = Pbind(*[
		instrument: \addOfSine,
		amp: Pseq([Pn(1,64), Pn(0, 64)], 4),
		dur: 0.05,
		sustain: Pkey(\dur),
		doneHandlerLength: 0.4,
		phase0: 0, amp0: 0.25, attack0: 0.05, decay0: 0.001, sustain0: 0, release0: 0.001, pan0: Pseq([-1, 1], inf),
		phase1: 0, amp1: 0.25, attack1: 0.05, decay0: 0.001, sustain0: 0, release0: 0.001, pan1: Pseq([1, 1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0], inf),
		phase2: 0, amp2: 0.25, attack2: 0.05, decay0: 0.001, sustain0: 0, release0: 0.001, pan2: Pseq([-1, 0, 1], inf)
	]);

	pat.p6 = Pbind(*[
		instrument: \addOfSine,
		amp: Pseq([Pn(1,64), Pn(0, 64)], 8),
		dur: 0.025,
		sustain: Pkey(\dur),
		doneHandlerLength: 1,
		phase0: 0.5, amp0: 0.2, attack0: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, sustain0: 0, release0: 0.001, pan0: Pseq([-1, 1], inf),
		phase1: 0.5, amp1: 0.2, attack1: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, sustain0: 0, release0: 0.001, pan1: Pseq([1, 1, -1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0], inf),
		phase2: 0.5, amp2: 0.2, attack2: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, sustain0: 0, release0: 0.001, pan2: Pseq([-1, 0, 1], inf)
	]);

	pat.hold = Pbind(*[
		instrument: \mulOfSine,
		amp: 3,
		dur: Pn(0.2, 64),
		sustain: Pseq([Pkey(\dur), Pkey(\dur) / 2, Pkey(\dur), Pkey(\dur) / 4]),
		amp0: Pseq([1,0.5,0.3,0.5], inf), attack0: 0.001, decay0: 0.001, pan0: 0, release0: 0.001,
		amp1: Pseq([1,0.5,0.7], inf), attack1: 0.001, decay1: 0.001, pan1: 0, release1: 0.001,
		amp2: Pseq([1,0.5,0.7,1,0.7], inf), attack2: 0.001, decay2: 0.001, pan2: 0, release2: 0.001
	]);



	//Sequence
	Pseq([
		pat.intro,
		Pseq([Pn(pat.p0, 4), Pn(pat.p1, 4)], 2),
		Pseq([Pn(pat.p2, 4), Pn(pat.p3, 4)], 2),
		Pn(pat.hold, 1),
		Ppar([Pn(pat.hold, 2), Pseq([Pn(pat.p0, 4), Pn(pat.p1, 4)], 2)]),
		Ppar([pat.p5, Pn(pat.hold, 2), Pseq([Pn(pat.p2, 4), Pn(pat.p3, 4)], 2)]),
		Ppar([pat.p5, pat.p6, Pn(pat.hold, 2), Pseq([Pn(pat.p0, 4), Pn(pat.p1, 4)], 2)]),
		Ppar([pat.p5, pat.p6, pat.intro, Pn(pat.hold, 1)]),
	]).play
}
)



A Map To Everything [disquiet0062-lifeofsine]

The last straw(uncle sham)

This project was a collaboration between myself and Jon Siemasko (Schemawound) for the Oct 29th-Nov2 Disquiet Junto.
This track takes the listener on a journey from outside a solar system, past large planetary bodies, asteroid fields, and cosmic debris in search of a Goldilocks Zone.  The Goldilocks Zone found briefly (around the 4:20 mark), but the journey takes an unfortunate turn as the listener is pulled in to the star.

DAW: Bitwig
Mostly NI and Bitwig VSTs
Jon's Modular Rig used for drones, percussion, analog arpeggio, sound fx, etc.


More on this 461st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Goldilocks Zone (The Assignment: Navigate a sonic space between the hospitable and the inhospitable), at:

https://disquiet.com/0461/ 2

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Hunting Goldilocks

HuntingGoldilocks (disquiet0461)

Schemawound is a solo electronic project of J.Siemasko. Free from the constraints of genre Schemawound is free to evolve and change with every release. 