**Production Notes**
This assignment was the perfect excuse to give in to my gear acquisition syndrome: I bought the Buddha Machine Collection 1-5. I really love these boxes, have experimented with them for years now and was always keen to get them sampled properly (at least, thats my excuse for buying them).
Imported three of the samples that sat together nicely, treated them accordingly to the assignment (see below).
Some slight mastering added, exported, uploaded, tagged them and went back to playing Fallout 4 (Maaaybeeee…)
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**Disquiet Junto Project 0206: Three Switches**
Compose a track with a trio of through-lines that repeatedly alternate relative prominence.
Note: It is generally helpful to read through all the steps before starting the first step.
Step 1: This week’s project involves a single piece of music with three separate simultaneous parts. Each of those three parts should run for the full length of the piece. The parts should individually be relatively consistent throughout.
Step 2: The one change that should occur is that every few beats, two of the three parts should be pushed to the background and the one remaining part should be prominent in the foreground. These relative positions should alternate every two seconds to four seconds or so for the full length of the piece.
Step 3: For the final few seconds, the three lines should be heard at equal (foreground, not background) volume for the first and only time in the piece.
Step 4: Upload your completed track from Step 3 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 10, 2015, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, December 14, 2015.
Length: The length is up to you, though between one and three minutes seems appropriate.
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More on this 206th weekly Disquiet Junto project (“Compose a track with a trio of through-lines that repeatedly alternate relative prominence”) at:
http://disquiet.com/2015/12/10/disquiet0206-threeswitches/
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https://flic.kr/p/2YdqLK
