More on this 106th Disquiet Junto project (“Treat the weather as a graphically notated score”) at:

http://disquiet.com/2014/01/09/disquiet0106-sonarvortex/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/?p=16588

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto Project 0106: Sonar Vortex

JohnAlighieri

After reading this weeks Junto, I knew right away what I wanted to do...I recently got hold of "punch hole music boxes" (thanks Masaya for sharing a link that turned me to these wunderinstruments) Music boxes that play the music from holes you punch into a card...(Hope it makes sense) I traced the image, I got from the weather site, onto a card - inverted and retrograded it to get 4 variation all together ...recorded the music box twice - once in the intended direction and once reversed. Went out into my garden and recorded the sound of the weather around 1PM - it' pretty windy as you can hear. Kept it simple eq'ed and mastered a little to finish it - ohh btw theres some delay/reverb on the musicbox....

Disquiet Junto Project 0106: Sonar Vortex

This week’s project is about graphic notation. We’ll find the music inherent in weather patterns. The procedure is as follows:

Step 1: Go to the website WeatherSpark.com. Enter the city/town where you live.

Step 2: Find the weather for January 10, 2014. (Depending on when you do the project, this will either be a prediction or a matter of historical record.)

Step 3: This weather website has many viewing options, but the default is to just see the temperature, and you should only see the temperature for this project. The image should roughly resemble the one associated with this post (if not visible, see image at disquiet.com). The chart depicts the weather altering over the course of the day, and has it shown in various bands, with the actual/predicted temperature as a black line, and historical highs, lows, averages, and other data depicted in more subtle shades. For additional information about reading the weather chart, visit this URL: http://goo.gl/3fRGwW. Make a screenshot of the day’s weather chart of your area, and trim it to just show that one day. Be sure to associate that image with your track, so the listener can view it.

Step 4: Produce an original track in which the weather chart is read from left to right as a musical score. Perhaps you’ll assign a different instrument or tone to each band or line. Perhaps you’ll align pitches with temperatures. Perhaps you’ll set the pace based on the time of day.

Deadline: Monday, January 13, 2014, at 11:59pm wherever you are.

Length: Your finished work should be between 2 and 4 minutes in length.

Information: Please when posting your track on SoundCloud, include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto.

Title/Tag: When adding your track to the Disquiet Junto group on Soundcloud.com, please include the term “disquiet0106-sonarvortex” in the title of your track, and as a tag for your track.

Download: It is preferable that your track is set as downloadable, and that it allows for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution).

Linking: When posting the track, be sure to include this information:

More on this 106th Disquiet Junto project (“Treat the weather as a graphically notated score”) at:

http://disquiet.com/2014/01/09/disquiet0106-sonarvortex/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/?p=16588

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

“disquiet0106-sonarvortex” Musicbox and Stormy Weather

I recorded this track on Jan,10, after taking elements from my garden (some birds, some wind, some grass). I used one processed guitar and tried to play live to follow the graphical draw of my city weather map. It was firstly recorded on my old cassette rec, then on to my reel to reel ... and quickly mastered ... in digital ...


Disquiet Junto Project 0106: Sonar Vortex
This week’s project is about graphic notation. We’ll find the music inherent in weather patterns. The procedure is as follows:
Step 1: Go to the website WeatherSpark.com. Enter the city/town where you live.
Step 2: Find the weather for January 10, 2014. (Depending on when you do the project, this will either be a prediction or a matter of historical record.)
Step 3: This weather website has many viewing options, but the default is to just see the temperature, and you should only see the temperature for this project. The image should roughly resemble the one associated with this post (if not visible, see image at disquiet.com). The chart depicts the weather altering over the course of the day, and has it shown in various bands, with the actual/predicted temperature as a black line, and historical highs, lows, averages, and other data depicted in more subtle shades. For additional information about reading the weather chart, visit this URL: http://goo.gl/3fRGwW. Make a screenshot of the day’s weather chart of your area, and trim it to just show that one day. Be sure to associate that image with your track, so the listener can view it.
Step 4: Produce an original track in which the weather chart is read from left to right as a musical score. Perhaps you’ll assign a different instrument or tone to each band or line. Perhaps you’ll align pitches with temperatures. Perhaps you’ll set the pace based on the time of day.
Deadline: Monday, January 13, 2014, at 11:59pm wherever you are.
Length: Your finished work should be between 2 and 4 minutes in length.
Information: Please when posting your track on SoundCloud, include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto.
Title/Tag: When adding your track to the Disquiet Junto group on Soundcloud.com, please include the term “disquiet0106-sonarvortex” in the title of your track, and as a tag for your track.
Download: It is preferable that your track is set as downloadable, and that it allows for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution).
Linking: When posting the track, be sure to include this information:
More on this 106th Disquiet Junto project (“Treat the weather as a graphically notated score”) at:
http://disquiet.com/2014/01/09/disquiet0106-sonarvortex/
More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/?p=16588
Join the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/


LINEAR BELLS - Jan10 - disquiet0106-sonarvortex

**Production Notes**

The weather was nice today in Munich, Germany. Much too warm for a winters day. Sunny. It made me want to go outside. When the Disquiet Challenge came in, I got my data from Weatherspark.com and tried to make sense of the "score". (You find a clipping at http://www.artinvaders.com/transfer/disquiet106.png)

- As a day is pretty much a manifestation of time, I made some simple beats, which represent the ticking of a clock in quarters of an hour. 

- I defined most of the temperature lines as pitch. Played the notes was played with Reaktors Gaugear (a very pretty beast this is).  

- Added some bass (there was a line starting in the middle of the piece). 

- I also had three sunny hours in the middle of the piece and three clouds later, which were made woth different bell like sounds from Operator. 

Production time: about 3 hours. Honestly, it’s more a sketch than a song. And it‘s too dense. And a bit too short. As always. 


* * *

**Disquiet Junto Project 0106: Sonar Vortex**

This week’s project is about graphic notation. We’ll find the music inherent in weather patterns. The procedure is as follows:

Step 1: Go to the website WeatherSpark.com. Enter the city/town where you live.

Step 2: Find the weather for January 10, 2014. (Depending on when you do the project, this will either be a prediction or a matter of historical record.)

Step 3: This weather website has many viewing options, but the default is to just see the temperature, and you should only see the temperature for this project. The image should roughly resemble the one associated with this post (if not visible, see image at disquiet.com). The chart depicts the weather altering over the course of the day, and has it shown in various bands, with the actual/predicted temperature as a black line, and historical highs, lows, averages, and other data depicted in more subtle shades. For additional information about reading the weather chart, visit this URL: http://goo.gl/3fRGwW. Make a screenshot of the day’s weather chart of your area, and trim it to just show that one day. Be sure to associate that image with your track, so the listener can view it.

Step 4: Produce an original track in which the weather chart is read from left to right as a musical score. Perhaps you’ll assign a different instrument or tone to each band or line. Perhaps you’ll align pitches with temperatures. Perhaps you’ll set the pace based on the time of day.

(...)

More on this 106th Disquiet Junto project (“Treat the weather as a graphically notated score”) at:

http://disquiet.com/2014/01/09/disquiet0106-sonarvortex/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/?p=16588

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

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Pretty Day [disquiet0106-sonarvortex]

My first Disquiet Junto submission for 2014 (and my first one in far too long). This project has us take a visualization of the weather in one's local area, and use it as a graphical score.

My process:
- Use the Awesome Screenshot extension in Google Chrome to clip the image from the WeatherSpark site.
- Open the image in GIMP. Transform it by inverting the colors and posterizing.
- Imported the image to Virtual ANS, a program that can convert image into sound. Tweaked the ANS parameters until I was satisfied with the result, and exported it as a WAV file.
- Imported the sound into Audacity. Added a little silence to the end, applied some EQ to boost the bass, applied a simulated plate reverb, adjusted the amplitude, and exported as an MP3.

Additional notes:
- I decided to prepare the image before submitting it to Virtual ANS because it would allow the graphical elements to emerge more starkly.
- There is an artifact at the end the track resulting from the ANS process; I decided to keep it as it seems to work as a coda.
- The weather data came from the Silver Ranch Airpark in Jaffrey, NH, US, which is one of the weather stations closest to Peterborough, NH (where I live).
- The Flickr set shows the original captured image and the altered image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/seidel/sets/72157639652552553/
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More on this 106th Disquiet Junto project (“Treat the weather as a graphically notated score”) at:

http://disquiet.com/2014/01/09/disquiet0106-sonarvortex/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/?p=16588

Join the Disquiet Junto at:

http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

0110 [disquiet0106-sonarvortex]

Temperature (F) and time midnight to midnight, January 10
44-midnight, 42-3am, 39-7am, 41-11am, 45-2pm, 44-5pm, 43-10pm, 45-midnight	(not used)
Timeline of values: midnight, 3am, 7am, 11am, 2pm, 5pm, 10pm, midnight
44-44-44-42-42-42-42-39-39-39-39-41-41-41-45-45-45-44-44-44-44-44-43-43-45
Gematriatric reduction of the values: 
44=8, 42=6, 39=12=3,41=5,45=9,44=8,43=7
Timeline of reduction values: 
8-8-8-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-7-7
Note conversion hash table A1,B2,C3,D4,E5,F6,G7,A8,B9
Timeline of reduction values converted to notes: 
A-A-A-F-F-F-F-C-C-C-C-E-E-E-G-G-G-B-B-B-A-A-A-A-A-G-G
440, 349.23, 261.63, 329.63, 246.94, 440, 392
9,12,12,9,9,15,6
Phase of timeline acceleration: 3-4-4-3-3-5-2
Note conversion hash table A1,B2,C3,D4,E5,F6,G7,A8,B9
Phase of timeline acceleration converted to notes: 
C-D-D-C-C-E-B
261.63, 293.66, 261.63, 329.66, 246.94
Notes of timeline acceleration in octave containing C below middle C:
Generate tones:
3 seconds per hour for the hourly value = 72 seconds. 
3 seconds per interval phase. 84 seconds. 
Compress tempo of phase track to play in 72 seconds.
Select all, copy/paste, x3.
Generated in Audacity.

binarpha[disquiet0106-sonarvortex]

Binaural samples of my ambisonic immersive masters project at UdK Berlin, performed in June, 2023. Use headphones for binaural effect.

The synthesized sounds are the product of an ambisonic buffer/wavetable synthesis method developed for this project. The other sounds are field recordings from Berlin. The complete work is 14 minutes, and involves 24 channels of audio playback. -Sean Regan

Nowhereville Samples Binaural Mix

PROCESS

Single notes in the key of C, staggered and stacked to move through different chords. "Attack" was eliminated using a combination of my trusted E-bow fed through an EHX POG2 with its attack setting jacked all the way up for max swell. Tape Delay, Phaser, Reverb added for space travel (or ocean travel as the case may be here).

RIG

Fabien (Peekamoose Custom Guitars M2), EHX POG2, Small Sound / Big Sound Sparkle Motion, tc electronic flashback delay, EQD Grand Orbiter, EQD Afterneath, Strymon blueSky, Line6 POD-XT (Vox AC-30 emulation), RECORDING DAW: Sony Acid 7.0 (Win 8.1), MASTERING DAW: Harrison Mixbus 2.5 (Mac OS 10.7.5)


PROJECT

Create a dense stack of attack-free tonal material from one audio source.

Step 1: Choose an instrument that can create extended tones.

Step 2: Record a short loop of a single held tone on that instrument. Use a volume pedal or other tool to eliminate the attack at the start of the tone.

Step 3: Create many more such loops, all with the same instrument, and layer them atop the original loop.

Step 4: Record a document of these layered loops lasting approximately 1 minute.

Step 5: Upload your completed track to the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.

Step 6: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

------------------------------------------------
More on this 189th Disquiet Junto project (“Create a dense stack of attack-free tonal material from one audio source”) at:
http://disquiet.com/2015/08/13/disquiet0189-tonelayer/

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

Join the Disquiet Junto at:
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Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:
http://disquiet.com/forums/

c swells [disquiet0189-tonelayer]

Swells [disquiet 0189:tone layer]
this track is an entry to disquiet Junto Project 0189 - to create a dense stack of attack-free tonal material from one audio source.
I used tuning forks over guitar pick up  ( yes i did this once before) through eq pedal and line 6 looper. Each improvised take was recored to minidisc...and then into computer and layered up 6 times...or so.... until I liked it  and hit the right concentration of tones. 
More on this 189th Disquiet Junto project (“Create a dense stack of attack-free tonal material from one audio source”) at:
disquiet.com/2015/08/13/disquiet0189-tonelayer/
More on the Disquiet Junto at:
disquiet.com/junto/
Join the Disquiet Junto at:
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Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:
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Swells [disquiet 0189:tone layer]

Live ambient Dj set recorded on Dec. 21st, (Winter Solstice)in Seattle, Washington. Enjoy! 

Winternal 2015- Michael Manahan

A slightly unmorning Saturday morning set from Solstice 2017, a T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi annual event in the mountains outside of Asheville, NC, USA

Iliuchina - Man With a Harmonica (Remix)
Menog - Ask the Universe feat. Alienn
Iliuchina - Imagination vs Hallucination
Iliuchina - You Drive Me Crazy
Revolution 9 & Amara - Scolopendra
Alien Project - Crystall Skulls (Mad Maxx Remix)
Menog & Iliuchina - Ilusion Of Reality
Mad Monkey - Sensations & Perceptions
Menog - 5 Stages feat. Iliuchina
Menog & Mad Maxx - Halloween Candy
Mad Maxx - Monster (Skyfall Remix)
Ectima & Phaxe - Crystal Zombie (Skyfall Remix)
Juno Reactor - Pistolero (Sub6 Remix)
Prana - Alien Pets (Ananda Shake Remix)
Loud - Dustortion (Skyfall Remix)
Astral Projection - Let There Be Light (Ananda Shake Remix)

xb at Solstice 2017 (Morning)

Rock Your Baby

Recorded on a Tascam DP24SD using the Novation Circuit and Arturia Minibrute 2, with the help of several modules (notably Dreadbox Nostalgia and Earthquaker Afterneath for the delay and reverb on the Minibrute 2).

Darkened Sepulchre

Ambient/industrial improvisational looping using Chapman Stick, theremin, basses, and constructed objects and effects. Sound effects and sound design. Phonography, field recording.

My 33 1/3 series book about the Aphex Twin album <i>Selected Ambient Works Volume II</i> was published in 2014. The book was one of the top 5 bestselling titles for the calendar year, and in 2015 was ranked by Pitchfork as one of the "33 best" of the 100-plus books in the 33 1/3 series. It has subsequently been translated into Japanese (2019) and Spanish (2018)

Since 2012 I have moderated the Disquiet Junto group, which began on SoundCloud. More at disquiet.com/junto. 

I've written for Nature, Pitchfork, The Wire, Down Beat, Boing Boing, NewMusicBox, Red Bull Music Academy, Art Practical, the website of The Atlantic, and many other publications. 

I've exhibited sound art at galleries in Los Angeles (Crewest), Manhattan (apex art), and Dubai (DUTAC), and I had a audio-visual installation at the San Jose Museum of Art as part of its 45th anniversary.

And since 1996 I've run the website Disquiet.com about the intersection of sound, art, and technology.

binarpha[disquiet0106-sonarvortex]

steveburnett

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