When first thinking about this project I had two ideas. One was to use Photosounder to make an ambient piece that was identical forwards and backwards, maybe using the image with this weeks challenge as part of it. The other was to write a simple melody that would sound good forwards and backwards. Taking "Never odd or even" as a palindrome would mean that the spaces between the letters (or notes) don't have to be the same, which gives some space for creative interpretation of the melody.
In the end I used both ideas.
Working in LogicX on a piano I composed a melody that I liked both forward and backwards, which I then recorded. I then used Sculpture, Chomaphone2 and ES1 to layer up a sound and tweaked the timing of the melody to work better with the new sounds. Then needing an ambience to place this melody in I opened the building image in Photosounds and played with the settings until it was kinda in tune with the melody and in time with the whole piece then added that in. Little bit of mixing and that's it.
More on this 252nd weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Sonic Palindrome: Make music that sounds the same backwards and forwards” — at:
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Photo by Ian McKenzie, used creatively to form part of my cover image, thanks to a Creative Commons license:
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