Downloaded the original sample and converted it to 24-bit WAV.

No suitable space was available, so I placed an Android tablet ("the player") and an iPhone ('the recorder") inside an empty, cylindrical metal can that once held caramel corn (adorned with Disney characters, oddly enough-- so I can't photograph it for you), 12" wide by 18" tall (about 30x45cm). Hit play/record, then closed the cover.

This improvised 'reverberant environment' created a usable (somewhat lo-fi) sample.

Created an Audiomulch patch that read in four instances of this altered sample.  Started each sample successively, and a little over halfway through began to apply stereo delays on two of these playing samples.

Everything after the four-minute mark is the sound of the effects loops, dying.

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Disquiet Junto Project 0063: Gregorian-orian-ian

This week’s project involves the role of architectural spaces in the composition of music. It is a shared-sample project that takes a piece of Gregorian chant as its source material.

These are the steps:

Step 1: Download this OGG audio file that contains a recording of monks singing Gregorian chant at the Abbey of Sant’Antimo in Italy:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Sanantimo_gregorian.ogg

Step 2: Play back that recording loudly in a highly reverberant space and record it. Your best bet may be a bathroom.

Step 3: Create a new piece of music using the recording you just made as your primary source material. You cannot add any new source material. You can manipulate the audio recording as you please, but restrict yourself to effects that simulate echo, such as delay, reverb, and looping. You may also use the original OGG file, but only in addition to your own recording of it being played back in the reverberant space.

Background: For additional thinking on the role that architecture has played in the evolution of music, this 2010 talk by David Byrne is recommended:

http://blog.ted.com/2010/06/11/how_architectur/

Deadline: Monday, March 18, 2013, at 11:59pm wherever you are.

More on this 63th Disquiet Junto project at:
http://disquiet.com/2013/03/14/disquiet0063-gregorianorianian

More details on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

The source of this piece is a recording of monks singing Gregorian chant at the Abbey of Sant’Antimo in Italy:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sanantimo_gregorian.ogg

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