Filed under: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Adobe Audition, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape | Tags: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Adobe Audition, Ambient, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape
Here’s the final Sonic Scultpure of April, 2008:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 17. April V [1 min 19 sec, 1.21mb mp3]
This was done rather quickly and easily in Adobe Audition. I took an old electronica track of mine, copied the very ending of the track (which kind of floats out with some ambient, higher tones), and pasted it into a new track. I rounded out the edges and slowed it down.
Next, I copied the segment (which now was about 30 seconds long) and pasted it again, repeating the segment. Then I reversed the second incidence of the segment. Next I pasted that same segment into a seperate file and stretched it (only changing the length, not the pitch) to twice its original length. I then reversed the right speaker output, copied the entire stereo image, and pasted it back into the track with the two segments mirrored linearally.
This took about 5 minutes to compose. Recycling sounds can work out quite well on occasion.
Thoughts?
Antiquichrome || Ryan Rapsys
Deep explorations into microsound electronic ambience.
Filed under: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Adobe Audition, Album, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, CD, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, EQ, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, Improvisation, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Static | Tags: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Adobe Audition, Album, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, CD, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Electronica, EQ, Experimental, Improvisation, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Static
Here’s the fourth Sonic Scultpure of April, 2008:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 16. April IV [2 min 0 sec, 1.83mb mp3]
This composition was created quite simply. I tuned my TV Tuner on my computer to a station that did not have much of a signal (staic with occasional blurps of voices, etc.). I recorded this sound into Adobe Audition for about 10 minutes, then I sped it up and began sculpting it. I gradually eliminated some of the harshness of the clip by gradually doing more noise reduction as well as adding reverb to smooth the sounds out toward the end.
Thoughts?
Antiquichrome || Ryan Rapsys
Deep explorations into microsound electronic ambience.
Filed under: Abstract, Adobe Audition, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, EQ, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Experimental, Filter, Frequency, Hz, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Resample, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Spectrum | Tags: Abstract, Adobe Audition, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Electroacoustic, Electronic, EQ, Experimental, Filter, Frequency, Hz, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Resample, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Spectrum
Here’s the second Sonic Scultpure of April, 2008:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 15. April III [1 min 20 sec, 1.23mb mp3]
This composition was created quite easily actually. Of course, it will be kind of difficult to describe the processes involved, since this really was a true sonic sculpture. The source material was just a single pitch of a rather complex synth patch (with many overtones, etc. – quite common on most keyboards).
Next I gradually started to break down the overtones – exposing certain ones at certain times and others at other times. This was done through a process of Noise Reduction (in Adobe Audition) along with a variety of reverb, stretching, resampling, EQing, etc. – basically pulling and compressing the sound like a hunk of clay (truely sculpting it). Finally, I arrived at the final mp3. Thoughts?
Filed under: Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, CD, Classical, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, IDM, Mp3, Music, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Static, Surreal | Tags: Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, CD, Classical, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental, IDM, Mp3, Music, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Static, Surreal
Antiquichrome is now available from CDBaby.com – here is a basic description:
Deep explorations into microsound electronic ambience. Free-form glitches, bleeps and distortions for the open-minded listener.
If you like Karlheinz Stockhausen, Steve Roach, Biosphere, or any other type of experimental ambient electronics, you will certainly enjoy some of the sounds, textures and timbres in this album. This CD is available both as a physical CD and as a digital download. Get more information and listen to samples from the album here.
Filed under: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Crickets, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Experimental, Mp3, Music, Music Structure, Nature, Night, Organic, Railroad, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Train, Tricks | Tags: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Crickets, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Experimental, Mp3, Music, Music Structure, Nature, Night, Organic, Railroad, Sonar, Sound, Sound Effects, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Train, Tricks
Here’s the second Sonic Scultpure of April, 2008:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 14. April II [0 min 59 sec, 0.94mb mp3]
So as you may notice, this sculpture is rather short. I really just wanted to hone in on a particular mood. The source material primarily consisted of a recording I had done outside my home several years ago late at night. The short ambient loop has crickets chirping and what sounds like a distant horn. The horn is coming from a train several miles away passing through in the night. I looped this little piece and gradually introduced a contrasting element–a higher-pitched clicking sound. This was derived from rocks and pebbles glancing off of metal that I had recorded some years ago. These were put together using Sonar Producer.
Enjoy, and certainly feel free to comment…
Filed under: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, EQ, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Experimental, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Sonar, Sound, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Static | Tags: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Ambient, Art, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electroacoustic, Electronic, EQ, Experimental, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Sonar, Sound, Sound Sculpture, Soundscape, Static
Here’s the first Sonic Scultpure of April, 2008:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 13. April I [1 min 23 sec, 1.27mb mp3]
For this work, I only utilized sounds I could create out of a recording of a refrigerator kicking on. The hits come out of the sound of the refrigerator turning on, while the melodic lines are transposed chunks of the refrigerator’s hum. I mainly used Sonar Producer to manipulate the sounds, using various forms of delay, reverb, eqing and compression (on individual tracks). I was very pleased with the resulting sounds…thoughts?
Filed under: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures, Abstract, Adobe Audition, Ambient, Art, Audio Mulch, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, EQ, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Electronica, Experimental | Tags: Adobe Audition, Ambient, Art, Audio Mulch, Avant-garde, Classical, Composition, Concrete, Contemporary Classical, Electroacoustic, Electronic, Electronica, EQ, Experimental, Improvisation, MIDI, Mp3, Music, Music Composition, Music Structure, Resample, Sonar, Sound, Sound Sculpture, Soundfonts, Soundscape, Static
If you don’t know what these are, read this: 2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures
Here are all the Sonic Scultpures for the first quarter of the year 2008:
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 1. January I [2 min 9 sec, 2.1mb mp3] [info]
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 2. January II [9 min 57 sec, 9.1mb mp3] [info]
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 3. January III [1 min 57 sec, 1.79mb mp3] [info]
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 4. January IV [2 min 0 sec, 1.83mb mp3] [info]
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 5. February I [1 min 36 sec, 1.47mb mp3] [info]
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 6. February II [2 min 14 sec, 2.05mb mp3] [info]
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 7. February III [2 min 40 sec, 2.45mb mp3] [info]
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 8. March I [1 min 25 sec, 1.31mb mp3] [info]
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 9. March II [1 min 38 sec, 1.50mb mp3] [info]
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 10. March III [1 min 39 sec, 1.51mb mp3] [info]
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 11. March IV [1 min 3 sec, 0.99mb mp3] [info]
2008: 53 Sonic Sculptures – 12. March V [1 min 39 sec, 1.52mb mp3] [info]
