Lots of loud noise going on with the refurbishment of the condo I live in, so thought I would haul out the horn and honk along. Been away for a couple of weeks working on a 50th anniversary restaging of David Tudor's Rainforest IV in Kingston…
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…
Not at all what it seems. Sounds were created by putting a small dynamic mic onto a little battery-powered amp to create feedback. This was then modulated by playing extremely high notes on a clarinet (using lower teeth to adjust reed pressure…
Haha! Decided to check Google translate to see if Fakawi existed in any language, as I'd just made it up for the title. Turns out it's a Maori word for state; not sure what meaning of that but like that it could mean the state of the weather.
Comments on trawnajim's stuff
Pretty dang cool
Wow... Big WOW 😳
Just great...
Just great 👍.. 🛸🚀🗿👾🔫🎮🪄🥇▫️
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 Kavin’s 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.
Comments made by trawnajim
Not deleted, Bill, still have the original file. Might post it in a minute.
Thanks for doing that, Jim. Really liking the way it turned out.
Very nice, but all too brief. Reminds me of the short pieces on Eno's Another Green World album.
Haha! Decided to check Google translate to see if Fakawi existed in any language, as I'd just made it up for the title. Turns out it's a Maori word for state; not sure what meaning of that but like that it could mean the state of the weather.
A sumptuous sonic stew. Thanks!!