**Production Notes**
For this assignment, I used a free Reaktor Blocks Ensemble called „Beatrix Radio“ ([https://www.native-instruments.com/en/reaktor-community/reaktor-user-library/entry/show/9887/]). It’s an interesting sample slicer full with EQ’s, delay lines and a nice saturated reverb.
I tweaked virtual knobs for half an hour, recorded six 1-minute pieces, picked the three most interesting ones and cut them to 10 seconds.
As there’s a lot of movement in these samples and they aren’t fitting in a rhythmic scheme when put together, I added a high-pitched beep every 10 seconds. Also I added a Synclavier V Bass, because the low frequencies of the samples sounded too muddy.
Mastered in Ozone. Time to finish: 2 hours.
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** Disquiet Junto Project 0237: Combination ABCs**
The Assignment: Build a 90-second composition from three 10-second segments.
Project Steps:
Step 1: Record three 10-second sound elements. Keep in mind that they will be layered subsequently in various combinations. You might find it useful to set one or more of the elements to loop naturally after 10 seconds, but you might also enjoy the seam where a given loop begins again.
Step 2: Label the three 10-second sound elements A, B, and C.
Step 3: Create a 90-second track of the following sequence of standalone and combined elements: A, B, C, A+B, A+C, B+C, A+B+C, A+B, A.
Step 4: Your track is complete. However, you may opt to go back in and adjust transitions and add effects.
Three More Steps When the Track Is Done :
Step 1: Upload your completed track to the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud. It’s here:
https://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/
Step 2: Annotate your track with a brief explanation of your approach and process.
Step 3: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.
Background: This project is partially inspired by the recent book Dramaturgy in Motion: At Work on Dance and Movement Performance, written by Katherine Profeta. In the book, Profeta notes A/B/A as a structure for contemporary dance choreography. It’s a structure I’ve noted, as well, as being perceptible in contemporary electronic music, especially drone-based music. This project is a step toward seeing what the A/B/A structure might sound like when a third element, C, is added.
Deadline: This project was posted shortly before noon, California time, on Thursday, July 14, 2016, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, July 18, 2016.
Length: The finished track should be 90 seconds long.
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More on this 237th weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Build a 90-second composition from three 10-second segments” — at:
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