I made a single track out of all the samples, an easy task thanks to Audacity. Probably should have balanced them then, but I was too lazy. This track was multi-tracked; all were repeatedly “ambiented” using plugins, 2 being pitched down a tone as well. Another was put through a subtle reverb. A bit tricky as I hadn’t balanced the samples and had to go in and manually reduce peaks on all tracks using Audacity’s Envelope Tool.
The track was also improvised on in Audiobulb’s ambient, then doubled and overlaid on the 2nd half of the mix with one reverbed. This produced some strange moments which don’t sound vocal at all. Which is why I like it!
Track image is pinched from the Wikipedia image of the cover of James Lane Allen’s 1897 book and modified.
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The Assignment: Make music from 100+ vocal samples of held syllables by members of the Disquiet Junto.
Step 1: Welcome to a large, asynchronous, distributed choir. The Dischoir consists of 113 samples of held syllables by over 50 participants in the Disquiet Junto. You can access the files at the following URL. Note that a few of them deviate from the initial instructions:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pkuvmzwcdz6dx27/AACUsNclLLqToLp-OJWVkaQXa?dl=0
Step 2: Create a piece of choral music from the provided samples. You are encouraged to make music that feels “human,” that feels like it is simply a lot of people singing at once. However, of course, the end result is up to you; you can and should mix, mash, and create as you please.
More on this 419th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Dischoir / The Assignment: Make music from 100+ vocal samples of held syllables by members of the Disquiet Junto — at:
https://disquiet.com/0419/
Join the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/
