always wondered why audition had a text to speech feature so it was good to find a purpose for it. i experimented with commas and full stops and that to get a rhythm - didnt want to cheat by adding/removing silence.. added a load of chorus to make more musical and stereofied.. then ruined the rhythm with a sliding pitch effect but that bass sounded cool at the start so pulled that into audacity made a little melody.. then more pitch shifting and stretching for the mid/high end drone
warning- my partner thought she was 'going schizophrenic' listening to this and had to leave the room..
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https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0290-text-to-beat/
Disquiet Junto Project 0290: Text-to-Beat
Use computer-generated speech as the rhythmic foundation for a track.

Step 1: This week we’re going to build a track around text-to-speech, the results of a computer-generated voice speaking. In past text-to-speech we’ve used pre-existing text as the source. In this case we’re going to build the text to order. Keep this in mind.

boom, tiss. disquiet0290

Disquiet Junto Project 0291: Lantern Effect
Make music that suggests the way a paper lantern filters light.
https://llllllll.co/t/make-music-that-sounds-like-a-lantern-junto-0291/
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i was playing piano to destress and wasnt planning on using this but when i plugged it into the fx it seemed to fit well.

i used the crystal reverb effect in ableton as it's really bright and airy. i was thinking of wave particle duality, that quantum slit experiment, light refraction 

i was trying to make that low end less muddy for a bit but then realized it fit with a sense of being claustrophobic inside a lantern

light plume refraction <disquiet0291>

i immediately thought of the opening theme of six feet under. the sudden shift between dark and light in the music - weirdly, i remember there being an eclipse in the opening credits but watching again there isn't (reality eclipsing memory).

my track didnt turn out how i anticipated. the music is cloudier and obscured, not as sharp or sudden. i used an older track, 'in aura', played through a synth with reverse delay and other guitar fx
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Disquiet Junto Project 0292: Eclipse Music
In coordination with St. Louis Art Hack Day, make some solar-inspired tunes.
https://llllllll.co/t/make-music-for-a-solar-eclipse-disquiet-junto-0292/

Step 1: There’s a solar eclipse coming to the United States on August 21. This is the first full solar eclipse in the U.S. in a long time, since June 8, 1918. The next such eclipse in the U.S. won’t be until August 12, 2045. Ponder the eclipse, and that time frame. Take note that this project is being done in coordination with the upcoming Art Hack Day in St. Louis. If you’re in the area, consider joining in in person. If you’re not (true for the vast majority of Junto participants), your resulting Junto music from this project will be played as part of the St. Louis art showing on August 19. (And certainly you can opt out of that last bit, if you’d like.) Major thanks to Tyler Mathews and Jon Phillips for encouraging this project. Details here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-hack-day-st-louis-eclipse-tickets-35500853007

Step 2: Think about the constituent elements in (the various facets of) an eclipse, what it means in terms of sensory experience — in cultures ancient and contemporary.

shadowed 🌑disquiet0292🌑

https://www.ambientonline.org/forum/ambient/ao-challenges/78357-one-sample-dare-51
track made just from this sample: https://soundcloud.com/lotka_volterra/voce0014-black-cats-lunch


in audition i applied 7 voice chorus and lots of convolution reverb to the whole sample
in audacity i paulstretched the sample to about 8 minutes long, there was a nice tonal element in the middle which i isolated
in ableton i made a chain of protoplasm > izotope vinyl > six string ambience > podfarm2 (sine chorus - analog delay mod - echo platter - reverb) 
in protoplasm i loaded the isolated sample at 3 different octaves and improvised live using my mouse on an onscreen keyboard while my partner tried to talk to me
recorded the track in audacity then normalized it. tried to hide the bad playing with some preverb (reversed the track, applied reverb, reversed again)
pulled the track back into audition. declipped and declicked. duplicated the track - convolution reverb in one. mastering and guitar fuzz in the other. crossfaded to the latter.

moth to flame

something natural emerging from something virtual
love as a response to fear and hate

convolution / distortion fading into chorus / mastering / natural hiss

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0293-emerge-immerse/8838
Disquiet Junto Project 0293: Emerge/Immerse
Make music for Paige Dansinger’s Palmyra 3D/VR images, paying tribute to the late Bassel Khartabil.

Step 1: This is the first of two consecutive projects we’re undertaking, following the news of Bassel Khartabil’s death. (If you’re new to the Junto, Bassel was an open-source coder who did a lot of work in CGI before being imprisoned in Syria. Word of his execution just recently became public.) Paige Dansinger is making VR drawings in Tilt Brush inspired by Bassel’s Palmyra CGI work, drawing from her own interest in making a better world. For this project we’re going to make sound, in Bassel’s honor, to accompany her 3D work. View Paige’s pieces at:

http://www.newpalmyra.org/projects/junto-emerge-immerse/

Step 2: Think about the sort of sound that might accompany, contribute to, or otherwise be a component part of a VR experience. Now, record a short piece of music, up to two minutes, that is about something emerging — something being brought to life, or coming out of a cave, or otherwise coming into being.

RIP Bassel

immergence .:|disquiet0293|:. #newpalmyra

sepia noise / distant melody
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              a sepia wash
as dawn is smothered by fog
    and gums retain night
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http://www.naviarrecords.com/2017/08/09/naviarhaiku188-a-sepia-wash/
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The author of the week is Jason Richardson, the main curator of the exhibition Crossing Streams which Naviar is co-curating: he’s currently writing a haiku each day this year, and this week’s poem is one of them.

Jason has been living in the Western Riverina region of NSW since 2009 and worked as curator at a community-run museum and with Landcare among others.

“I think it’s really important to give everyone the chance to engage with making art, rather than playing the role of audience.“ (Jason)

Seven days to make music inspired by Jason’s poem and participate in the Haiku challenge and the Crossing Stream exhibition. More info at http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

 

Deadline: 16th August 2017

Haiku & Picture by Jason Richardson http://bassling.blogspot.co.uk

sepia fog (naviarhaiku188)

Disquiet Junto Project 0294: Offline Status
Pay tribute to the late Bassel Khartabil by turning his spoken words into music.
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0294-offline-status/8904

pulled the sample into protoplasm at different octaves then ran that through loop alienizer, ambience 0.1, podfarm2 with some delays, analog chorus, rotary drum + horn. 
used the rhythmic start and gradually had the speech coming in so that it would sound kinda natural when it comes in clean at the end

didnt use any other sounds.

o k (disquiet0294)

melodica, bamboo flute, ukelele samples

swaying / floating / rippling
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http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Haiku by Susan Carey Killham http://www.westrivarts.com.au/the-people-test/

Picture by Jason Richardson http://bassling.blogspot.co.uk

Verdant Edge <Naviarhaiku189>

ran part 1 through the mangle 
then the fx chain: ddly - podfarm2 - neutrino
podfarm 2 had line 6 agro, sine chorus, reverse delay and echo platter loaded
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joint project for naviar records and disquiet junto
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Disquiet Junto Project 0295: Disregard Echoes
Make music inspired by a haiku, reflecting on Australian history.
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0295-disregard-echoes/

This week’s project is a collaboration with Naviar Records and Western Riverina Arts, spearheaded by longtime Junto participant Jason Richardson. The results will contribute to an exhibition in the town of Narrandera during October that incorporates haiku describing local scenes.

Step 1: Consider the following haiku:

Poisoned Waterhole:
Violent disregard echoes.
Keenly felt today.
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http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku



Haiku by Peita Vincent https://www.frankandearnest.com.au/our-story

Picture by Jason Richardson http://bassling.blogspot.co.uk

poison echoes pt 2 (Naviarhaiku190)

i used last week's naviar track as a synth pad. 
ran this through izotope vinyl and six string ambience
mastered in audition

joint project for naviar records and disquiet junto
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Disquiet Junto Project 0295: Disregard Echoes
Make music inspired by a haiku, reflecting on Australian history.
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0295-disregard-echoes/

This week’s project is a collaboration with Naviar Records and Western Riverina Arts, spearheaded by longtime Junto participant Jason Richardson. The results will contribute to an exhibition in the town of Narrandera during October that incorporates haiku describing local scenes.

Step 1: Consider the following haiku:

Poisoned Waterhole:
Violent disregard echoes.
Keenly felt today.
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http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku



Haiku by Peita Vincent https://www.frankandearnest.com.au/our-story

Picture by Jason Richardson http://bassling.blogspot.co.uk

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