This is my first time participating in a Disquiet Junto project. I've been lurking on the mailing list and forum since December, but haven't had enough time to participate yet (or, at least, I told myself I didn't have enough time to participate). I've been mentally preparing to join in starting with project 600, but when I saw this week's assignment—to get started on a plan by getting over getting started—how could I let it pass by again?

Nonetheless, I put it off all weekend, and had to do it quickly Monday night. To save some setup time, I created this entirely with plug-ins in Ableton Live—something I haven't done in a while—along with a field recording of the morning here in the suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. I used it as an opportunity to explore the Arturia MiniLab 3 controller I recently bought, and the V Collection software that pairs so well with it.

More on this 597th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Goal Line (The Assignment: Get started on a plan by getting over getting started), at: https://disquiet.com/0597/

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Each Day Begins Anew [disquiet0597]

Happy Drone Day 2024 to those who celebrate.

I recorded this using an OP-1 field while staying at a farm house in the Adelaide Hills. All production, mixing, and mastering was done on the OP-1 field. Volume normalisation, trimming, and fades were done using audio editing software prior to uploading.

The four layers are:

1. Bass made with the stock "Metal Mat" sample through the excellent Terminal effect.
2. Pad made with the String engine and Phone effect.
3. Interesting sounding radio noise recorded from the built-in receiver.
4. A field recording made outside the house with the OP-1 field built-in mic. It was cold and dark, and there was very little natural sound. I mostly picked up a low hum of road noise from a distant highway. There was an outdoor light on a sensitive motion detector, set to turn off after about ten seconds of stillness. The lights made a loud click when they turned on and off. I decided to play with this by sitting still until they clicked off, and then waving my arms to turn them on again.

The parts were recorded onto the Porta 4-Track tape mode. Then, the mix is run through the Mother reverb and master Drive to bring out the noise.

I enabled downloads and a very permissive Creative Commons license, so feel free to incorporate this into your own creations. I'd love to hear the results.

Photo by Simon Berger on Unsplash 
https://unsplash.com/photos/grayscale-photo-of-trees-and-pathway-rydQVdwcgUQ

Tim Marcus Moore

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