My entry for Disquiet Junto 178. In this project, we were presented with a field recording of bells in Berlin, and directed to "[r]ework the source audio in a manner that reinforces the melodic component of the bells. Beyond that sole instruction, the choices are up to you."
Process:
1. take a 56-second excerpt from the source file (156s - 212s)
2. apply fade-in and fade out
3. stretch the track to four times its original length (using the Paulstretch effect in Audacity)
4. using Csound, convolve the track against an impulse response file made in an empty nuclear reactor hall (see below for details)
5. repeat step 4 four more times (five times in all)
6 convert to FLAC, add tags, upload
No additional sounds were added.
The impulse response I used is from the CC-licensed Open Acoustic Impulse Response (Open AIR) Library, specifically the "R1 Nuclear Reactor Hall" IR, made in empty hall of the first nuclear reactor in Stockholm. Link: http://www.openairlib.net/auralizationdb/content/r1-nuclear-reactor-hall
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More on this 178th Disquiet Junto project — “Emphasize the bells in an urban field recording” — at:
http://disquiet.com/2015/05/28/disquiet0178-sepulchrabells/
Source audio by Michael Raphael, aka Sepulchra, who runs the sound-library firm at rabbitearsaudio.com. Audio used with Raphael’s permission. Track originally posted at:
https://soundcloud.com/sepulchra/150526-marienkirche
More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/junto/
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