Totally here for this. Lovely process, GREAT write up, and intriguing results.

Disquiet Junto Project 0636: Left (1 of 3)
The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio.

My idea for this first part of the trio was to create something that sounded like a single acoustic instrument, while sounding like no known instrument.

The piece was basically made with a home made version of the Vietnamese Dan Bau instrument, which I played with a bow (non traditional). I selected some recordings that sounded interesting and re-recorded those played back through a software effects chain with a resonator (physical model of a pipe) and a feedback mechanism. I played this feedback-resonator-device using a 3D midi control surface, mapping the many parameters of the physical model and feedback mechanism to the 3 of the controller by using a technique called preset morphing. Finally, I collaged several recordings together to get the final piece, trying to leave room for contributions of others — i.e. sparse arrangement, minimal stereo image, hold back on reverb.

More on the 636th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Left (1 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0636/

The Creature From Left Field (disquiet0636)

Recorded, mixed & mastered 09 Mar 2024 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

Process notes
This is my Danelectro 12-string electric guitar in four similar variations in Live 12 Suite.

Each variation is through Live's 2x12 Near On-Axis amp preset and my own channel strip, including compression, sometimes high. I quantized these pretty close to whatever grid I was using at 76 bpm, if that matters to anyone. Use them as you would like!

Variation 01 - three notes, stretched out a bit in the Texture warp mode, with one note stretched a bit more. Live's overdrive is on here at mid-high frequencies.

Variation 02 - five notes, I think I left the speed alone here. Just put it through Beat Repeat in mix mode, my second-gen deconstruction of their Deconstruct preset with some fading decay, a 12 tone octave  and almost 100% chance of glitching.

Variation 03 - sped this up, slowed it back down and re-quantized this a few times. Then I used the newer Live distortion device, Roar, and edited/adjusted their Alien Symphony preset.

Variation 04 - I left the speed alone but applied reverse and fades to this one. This one is through the Redux at 4 bits and 11.7 kHz at a modest 20% wet.

Further variations will probably work their way into a future Heatsink track when I am ready to compile my next album under that name. 

Artwork: From the LIRR or somewhere in NYC or the Upper East Side, 09 Mar 2015 

©2015,2024 Jim Lemanowicz - music distributed under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 DEED

This original version of "Four Variations for Left" was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0636: Left (1 of 3). The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio

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Four Variations for Left (disquiet0636)

A battery of sine oscillators, slowly moving out of tune. A bass drum keeping pulse. Distortion and convolution. A foundation. 
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Mound (disquiet0636)

Overlapping loops, inspired the the warmup noodlings of an orchestra. The sound source is the PolyD fed through the "Sleepwalker" patch of the Zoia.

disquiet0636 Short

This track is a slow drone using 11 different panned Logic Pro X organs. 7 play bottom C1, 2 play Aflat1, 1 plays A1, 1 plays G1. Added are arpeggiators, reverbs and other effects to give texture and pulse.

This in response to the first of this year's three part @disquiet collaborative project. More on the 636th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Left (1 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the first third of a trio — at https://disquiet.com/0636/

left 1of3 disquiet0636

sound art for disquiet0636

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marsh bones (disquiet0636)

Composed and created in Ableton 12. This was a great excuse to play around with some of the new instruments in Live 12.

There is a lot of spatial quality to the instruments. Best probably to pan the sound to the left if you like, or if extreme, take only the left side. Combining L+R to make a mono track will alter the tonal quality considerably.

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Created for the Disquiet Junto

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Image credit:
"Day 8 - Winter forest at night" by Vladimir Agafonkin
CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/80849382@N00/3347741916

2024 - 03 - 10 Night Walk - disquiet0636

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Left to Drone [Disquiet0636]

Watch out for the hairpin turns on this dusty track out back of Lone Pine.

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disquiet0636 - Mallard Drone

Key: C
BPM: 103

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Lucky Link (disquiet0636)

Live Performance by PANdemonium4 Flute Quartet on Aug 3rd, 2025. Sylvia Vance Concert Series - Church of the Master united Methodist - Westerville, Ohio, USA

Inspired by a night in Morocco's desert, 'Dust in the Wind' evokes a desert storm through a rich palette of flute techniques. Fluttering textures, breathy tones, and sharp bursts of air recreate the escalating intensity of the wind. As the storm fades, the piece gently returns to serene tranquility.

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