The Assignment: Using a speech-to-text tool, turn a field recording into instructions for a composition.

Written with ChatGPT to stay on topic :)

Hello everyone,

I trust you're all well. This week's assignment brought forth a truly original challenge. Regrettably, my attempts to fulfill it fell short. Despite trying out a couple of speech-to-text software applications, including subscribing to some, none proved capable of deciphering the speech within the field recordings I provided. In a rather bizarre turn of events, one of the apps glitched while processing the sound of church bells, resulting in the peculiar transcription captured in the attached image.

Undeterred by this setback, I decided to channel this odd occurrence into the heart of my creative process for the week's piece of music. Additionally, my explorations led me to a newfound fascination with an app discovered during my research: https://ttsfree.com/ and https://tuna.voicemod.net/.

In crafting my musical composition, I employed the familiar tools of FL Studio and the captivating Arturia instruments. As the week draws to a close, I extend my well-wishes to all for a restful and enjoyable weekend ahead.

Best regards,
noksidam

We Could Spend An Hour (disquiet0608)

Space Out disquiet0616

For this project I used a recording of a walk in the lovely Swiss mountain village of Ernen. You can hear lots of cow bells, children and a stroller. I cut several parts out of the recording that have wind shear, I then pitched them down and looped them, gradually focusing more on the windy parts. Also I added a Glockenspiel arpeggio. Drawing is based on a mural in Ernen.

More on this 632nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Shear Wind — The Assignment: Make the most of the disturbance within a field recording — at: https://disquiet.com/0632/

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Disquiet0632 - Ernen

During the late 90s to early 00s, I had taken piano lessons. One of the pieces I played were the Three Fantastic Dances by Dimity Shostakovich. This is a recording of the Waltz – Andantino, C major (it took me months to learn and some MIDI note editing to get there).

I used a bluetooth speaker, wrapped it in a muff, put a big cushion over it as if I were to choke it and recorded that. This instantly removed all higher frequencies. Everything below 1200 Hz is from the muffled recording with some Unfiltered Audio SpecOps treatment. The higher frequencies are from the original recording, with al little help from Unfiltered Audio Silo. In the mastering chain, there's a speaker simulation, which bandpasses the frequencies again to give it a nice, cheap feeling. 
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Disquiet Junto Project 0634: Bust a Move
The Assignment: Record a piece of music on top of a muffled recording of a piece of classical music.

Step 1: Locate a public domain recording of a piece of classical music, perhaps at archive.org.

Step 2: In some manner, muffle the original until it sounds like it is being heard from underground or through a thick wall. Perhaps run it through a low-pass filter. Or actually record it through a thick wall.

Step 3: Listen closely to what remains of the recording after Step 2.

Step 4: Record a piece of music on top of the audio that resulted from Step 2, leaving that foundation audible to some degree.

Tasks Upon Completion:

Label: Include “disquiet0634” (no spaces/quotes) in the name of your track.

Upload: Post your track to a public account (SoundCloud preferred but by no means required). It’s best to focus on one track, but if you post more than one, clarify which is the “main” rendition.

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Discuss: Listen to and comment on the other tracks.

Additional Details:

Length: The length is up to you. Optimally, it will be exactly the same length as the source audio.

Deadline: Monday, February 26, 2024, 11:59pm (that is: just before midnight) wherever you are.

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More on the 634th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Bust a Move — The Assignment: Record a piece of music on top of a muffled recording of a piece of classical music — at https://disquiet.com/0634/

Mufftakovich [disquiet0634]

In Part 2 of 3, I started with an amazing organ drone created by Leon Clowes (https://soundcloud.com/leonclowes/left-1of3-disquiet0636) in the left channel. 

I added slide steel guitar, live vocal samples, and sound effects to create a tense dramatic backdrop for whatever happens in the third round of this Disquiet Junto!

More about Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/0637

Recorded at NOSIGNAL Multimedia Labs, The Shambles, Chicago USA.

Disquiet Junto

It's Just Ringing (with Leon Clowes) (disquiet0637)

Disquiet Junto Project 0637: Right (2 of 3)
The Assignment: Record the second third of an eventual trio.

Please see discussion thread at https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0637-right-2-of-3/66483

More on the 637th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Right (2 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the second third of an eventual trio — at https://disquiet.com/0637/

Epochs (2 of 3) (disquiet0637) w/Tristan Louth-Robins

For the second third of what will become a trio, I improvised over the neat track: https://soundcloud.com/encym/neat_disorder_disquiet0636?si=b9ddc52764ed4a2aa016f867b517e4fc&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing by @encym

The right side was made with a meaty and glassy combo instrument using Pigments and Falcon. 
Following the approach of the original track on the left, I made a sparse arrangement, with plenty of air and spectrum for future collaborators.

More on the 637th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Right (2 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the second third of an eventual trio — at https://disquiet.com/0637/

encym & undermulden - Picks & String 2 of 3 (disquiet0637)

So many choices and such great pieces! My finally decided on alanblip's "leftydrone" which I thought would go well with a conversation that I recorded from a shortwave radio. I removed the static and duplicated a few key phrases, but otherwise left it as is, aside from a bit of reverb and a few contributions from Meng Qi's beguiling Wing Pinger.

Disquiet0637

Went with 337is Left, https://soundcloud.com/337is/left-1-of-3-disquiet0636?si=3a5cc8a664ec480bb174f374a8933cab&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
took my SOMA "Terra" and added the right take

Spring24(disquiet0637)

Added a second line of (acoustic) guitar to Marc Eisenschink’s track “Guitar/Left1Mono”, helped by Monome Norns RPLS.

Left track by @randomshuffle

More on the 637th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Right (2 of 3) — The Assignment: Record the second third of an eventual trio — at https://disquiet.com/0637/

Disquiet0637 - Guitar Talk (with Marc Eisenschink)

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Laboratory for Contemporary Electronic Experimental Music [LCEEM] 


rec.name : " Water Caustics Sonification Aleatoric Music 2 "




credit: doepfer a100system ,ipad9,crave,pure data

date: 09-05-2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYlvXofXXSo

Example: Cosmic structures in the background radiation of the universe, or on a galaxy scale the so-called cluster structure.
There are zones of emptiness (void) and zones full of star clusters (clusters) randomly but homogeneously distributed, that is, all galaxies
white similar composition of emptiness and fullness.

Disturbances in the system and different refraction of light in so-called diacaustics in the swimming pool. Light play on the bottom of the pool.
The disturbance is caused by wind, which creates waves, the waves break on the edge of the pool and so wave crests are created
Wave troughs. The light is always distorted like a moving magnifying glass. On the way through the water it is refracted and this creates a
moving play of light (diacaustics).

Summary:

Disturbances in the dynamics of a system are transformed and, depending on the available possibilities, amplified or eliminated.
Analogous to this, interference of waves (constructive interference | destructive interference). The final total depends on the interaction between two states.

Epochs (2 of 3) (disquiet0637) w/Tristan Louth-Robins

Torsten Goerke

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