Mash-up of Coelocanth's "Fool's Errand" with a recording I'd made some time ago attempting to recreate a part of Steve Reich's "It's Gonna Rain". It was necessary to slow the tempo Coelocanth's track ever so slightly to even out the length, but…
Another track from the same Gakken/SMM/RFX system as the previous one. Also submitted to Sound-In, but this time "Conducting Ourselves" 23/2 - 2/3/2023.
wow. this is like those electric insects settings on my supernova II ,.. I don't remember the setting was in either the E set of 128 presets or the F set of presets It will take time to go back there and find that . I know I have played with that setting too and altered it lots I hope I did not loose the original setting by saving the new settings with the changes.. mmmm I guess I can go into my preset library on the desktop and find it --- probably easier then searching the synthesizer for the electric insect settings.. they did not call the setting electric insects but something similar.. thanks for making this --- really great loving this.
Voice into EHX Voice Box on Unison/Whistle setting, into EHX Stereo Memory Man. Submitted to Sound-In "Within and Without the Loop (of Time)" for 8-15/12/2022.
Thanks, Jeff! Yeah EHX are fond of throwing unexpected little quirks into their devices it seems. Not sure exactly how this one works, but it can really do some great unexpected things.
Voice into EHX Voice Box on Unison/Whistle setting, into EHX Stereo Memory Man. Submitted to Sound-In "Within and Without the Loop (of Time)" for 8-15/12/2022.
Field recording modified by using the entire recording as a template for noise reduction. The remaining sound was surprisingly melodic, and includes birdsong (mourning dove and sparrows most prominent), passing light aircraft, emergency siren…
Two different small-size guitars; one a "proper" electric with microtonal frets in the top half of the fingerboard, the other a toy but with metal strings tuned to the same scale as an egg slicer. Two different recordings of each, all through…
Two different small-size guitars; one a "proper" electric with microtonal frets in the top half of the fingerboard, the other a toy but with metal strings tuned to the same scale as an egg slicer. Two different recordings of each, all through…
An accidental message, which was mostly illegible to begin with, made more so with the aid of Audacity effects. Submitted to Sound-In "What Does Thinking Sound Like?" for 6-13/10/2022.
The sound of the glass stopper for a bottle of gin, struck and rubbed against the neck of the bottle. Submitted to Sound-In "What Does Happiness Sound Like?" for 22-29-09-2022.
Sound source is the processor in my MacBook Pro, picked up using a device constructed in a workshop led by my friend Rob Cruickshank a few years ago (which also included the making of contact mics using piezo elements). Original recording was…
Recording of getting into the car and starting up, with various sections of the procedure undergoing radical changes. Submitted to Sound-In "In a Car..." for 8-15/8/2022.
Taken from an old archival tape reel - probably mid-'90s - it took me a while to figure out what I had done here. Written on the tape box was the word "Slowbird", and it eventually dawned on me that the obvious theremin part was dubbed onto a…
More Roland SE-02 through EHX Stereo Memory Man. Entirely by chance knob-twiddling, this lovely sound emerged that often resembles bells, and so I titled it aftera method of playing popular in English churches - though it probably doesn't resemble…
this is fun sounds --- I get these sounds from digital delay settings I would tweak and the various ends of the time values for the delays -- so intense -- I usually do these types of delays with the feedback thru my vocoder inputs on the supernova --- this stuff is just great--- :)
Voice into EHX Voice Box on Unison/Whistle setting, into EHX Stereo Memory Man. Submitted to Sound-In "Within and Without the Loop (of Time)" for 8-15/12/2022.
Thanks, Jeff! Yeah EHX are fond of throwing unexpected little quirks into their devices it seems. Not sure exactly how this one works, but it can really do some great unexpected things.
Title inspired by the symmetrical nature of the piece. The original recording was the sound of striking various parts of a gourd bowl (a round bowl-like thing made by cutting the bottom from a dried gourd of some sort - I don't know, it was given…
From a little 4" reel of tape, this is the first attempt I made at using a Time Lag Accumulator set-up, where the tape is strung between two machines (in this case a Tandberg 3341X and a cheap Sears portable), with the initial sound recorded on…
From a little 4" reel of tape, this is the first attempt I made at using a Time Lag Accumulator set-up, where the tape is strung between two machines (in this case a Tandberg 3341X and a cheap Sears portable), with the initial sound recorded on…
Thanks, Bill. I obviously thought enough of it at the time to be a keeper, and have probably listened to it a few times since, but found even more to appreciate this time around. A week later, I recorded this with the same set-up: https://jamesbailey1.bandcamp.com/track/seeking-a-suitable-donor
Clarinet played into an empty tube that formerly held a bottle of Scotch, which may have had some unconscious influence on the rough melodic form. Picked up by two contact mics into a Zoom H4n recorder. Submitted to Sound-In for 26/2-4/3/2021.
This started out life as a single mono track created on a Gakken SX-150 Mk II, which was then duplicated and echo applied to each individual track in Audacity; 0.015 seconds left, 0.016 seconds right. The two were then run through all sorts of…
John (February 21, 1911 โ September 30, 2055) was an American pretzel salesman. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated pretzel, "Double Garlic…
Thanks, Bill, but as you've probably noticed, with my style of playing a perfect - or eve proper - embouchure is not all that critical. Either that or my horn is very forgiving. Since I'm not trying to play particular notes or melodies, anything that doesn't quite work as intended merely becomes part of the piece in a different way.
Took a walk up to the local creek to try playing with some late-night bullfrogs (about 10pm). Kept to just playing short bursts, as arhythmically as possible. Submitted to Sound-in for 10-13/7/2019.
I should add that this piece has also been uploaded to aporee.org if you want to see the exact location. radio aporee ::: maps - Taylor Creek Park, East York, ON, Canada
Comments on trawnajim's stuff
Wow... Big WOW ๐ณ
Just great...
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excellent Kazoo :)
very nice. --- :)
this is a great great mash!! yeah is cool mix like that --
wow. this is like those electric insects settings on my supernova II ,.. I don't remember the setting was in either the E set of 128 presets or the F set of presets It will take time to go back there and find that . I know I have played with that setting too and altered it lots I hope I did not loose the original setting by saving the new settings with the changes.. mmmm I guess I can go into my preset library on the desktop and find it --- probably easier then searching the synthesizer for the electric insect settings.. they did not call the setting electric insects but something similar.. thanks for making this --- really great loving this.
Thanks, Jeff! Yeah EHX are fond of throwing unexpected little quirks into their devices it seems. Not sure exactly how this one works, but it can really do some great unexpected things.
I can see the tea kettle chugging along the rails. Nice. I do believe it's the first time I've noticed "whistle" as an effects setting.
the reversing of the sounds at the end is just the best- yeah-
nice
Very compelling.
cool
Poltergeist and a strange similarity to feel of Kavinโs desert birds Jim.
cool just so wild it is ---
neat
wow --- intense noises so powerful and great-
this is great --- just fantastic car ride--- to crazy ===
excellent swamp material I like this.
this is fun sounds --- I get these sounds from digital delay settings I would tweak and the various ends of the time values for the delays -- so intense -- I usually do these types of delays with the feedback thru my vocoder inputs on the supernova --- this stuff is just great--- :)
Comments made by trawnajim
Nice gradual evolution of the timbre, Jim.
A drifty, dreamy piece. Nice work, Jeff!!
Wow! Lots of nice things happening in there!
Sure sounds like a load of fun being had!!
Thanks, Jeff! Yeah EHX are fond of throwing unexpected little quirks into their devices it seems. Not sure exactly how this one works, but it can really do some great unexpected things.
Nice one, Jeff! Appropriate for the upcoming "festivities", it has a rather spooky edge.
Nice one, Jim! Definitely got a jazzy undertone going on.
Thanks, Bill. The main reason for giving details of production is so that I can remember what I did later on!
Close enough to the original to be faithful, yet with enough difference to have its own personality. Superbly played!
Thanks, Jeff!!
Thanks, Bill. I obviously thought enough of it at the time to be a keeper, and have probably listened to it a few times since, but found even more to appreciate this time around. A week later, I recorded this with the same set-up: https://jamesbailey1.bandcamp.com/track/seeking-a-suitable-donor
Thanks! Experimental is my main thing. This is about as close as I get to an actual "tune".
I actually have another one, but it isn't working properly. Have to get it fixed someday.
Lotsa nice twists in that pretzel!!
Sounds like something I might've done with my fretless, back in the old tape days. Lovely!!
Thanks, Bill, but as you've probably noticed, with my style of playing a perfect - or eve proper - embouchure is not all that critical. Either that or my horn is very forgiving. Since I'm not trying to play particular notes or melodies, anything that doesn't quite work as intended merely becomes part of the piece in a different way.
Ha ha!
:D
Ha ha, yes of course! Wasn't thinking of that at the time, but it is appropriate.
I should add that this piece has also been uploaded to aporee.org if you want to see the exact location. radio aporee ::: maps - Taylor Creek Park, East York, ON, Canada