This was my 2nd attempt at the assignment, originally I'd sat in my utility room with the tumble drier on but it didn't work out.
I took the iPad up into the local woods and loaded an audiobus patch with fieldscaper and flux loaded. I recorded a minute clip and then loaded it into fields caper and tweaked the playback. I began to turn up the fx mix in flux and this was the result, all done live and in 1 take. It's rough and not really a piece of music as such, more a noise remix of pigeons cooing.
I went a bit overboard with the fx but I reckon you can still hear the birdsong. The small tan smudge in the photo is my dog, trying to figure out why his owner is stopping and jabbing at a tablet whilst pulling faces. Luckily there were no other witnesses.
Disquiet Junto Project 0208: In Situ
Record a composition in place using only the sounds around you.
Step 1: The goal of this project is to make a composition in a short period of time, just one single sitting, from start to finish. You’ll only use the tools you have on hand (a laptop, an iPad, an OP-1, what have you). And you’ll only use sounds that you record on site. The first step is choose a time and place, preferably not at home or work, though those are certainly OK, too.
Step 2: At the appointed time, go to the place where you will make the composition. Sit for awhile and listen. Make some short source-audio recordings, preferably while remaining seated. Use only those recordings – snippets of room ambience, of overheard chatter, and so forth – as the raw material for your composition. Transform the sounds as you see fit, but do retain some recognizability. For example, if you record on a bus, then the finished track should retain something unique to the sound of a bus.
Step 3: Bonus round: use a photo of your setup/location as the image associated with your recording.
Step 4: Upload your completed track to the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.
Step 5: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.
Deadline: This project was posted in the early afternoon, California time, on Thursday, December 24, 2015, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, December 28, 2015.
Length: The length is up to you, though between one and three minutes seems appropriate.
Upload: Please when posting your track on SoundCloud, only upload one track for this project, and be sure to include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto. Photos, video, and lists of equipment are always appreciated.
Title/Tag: When adding your track to the Disquiet Junto group on Soundcloud.com, please in the title to your track include the term “disquiet0208-insitu.” Also use “disquiet0208-insitu” as a tag for your track.
Download: It is preferable that your track is set as downloadable, and that it allows for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution).
Linking: When posting the track, please be sure to include this information:
More on this 208th weekly Disquiet Junto project (“Record a composition in place using only the sounds around you”) at:
http://disquiet.com/2015/12/24/disquiet0208-insitu/
More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/junto/
Join the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/
Subscribe to project announcements here:
http://tinyletter.com/disquiet
Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:
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Image associated with this project by David Kidd, used thanks to a Creative Commons license. Note: modification and commercial use aren’t allowed, and attribution is required:
https://flic.kr/p/c3mizb
