gwozdziec, track 3

here are the 19 samples:

By Gmaleson
pen_hitting_bottle.wav

By smallsushi
breathehope – kitchen – 07.wav

By Matias.Reccius
snareD17.wav

By DOCSURREAL
massive_1.aif

By stackpool
river otter or weasel 2006-09-17.mp3

By absreports
timestamp.aiff

By MShades
Daihikaku Senkoji bell.mp3

By mw_1984
OceanGeorgetownm Penang.MP3

By Meutecee
Trumpethit04.wav

By rotcav
Fort-Myers-Beach.mp3

By huubjeroen
noise#01.aif

By dirkbag
soundeffectgoingup2.mp3

By Guitarz1970
OctoRhythm.mp3

By Scylla
rain.thunder.crickets-01.wav

By moffittmusic
indoor pooltime at summer camp.wav

By gussyrikh
Orangator-x.mp3

By tezzza
Cupsmash.wav

By Sumanguru Gyra Jones
Wade Laughing.wav

By lofabred
snare hit c.wav

i’m realizing that i could be saving the remixes i’m making of these samples, but i’m not.  but i’m sort of doing that vaguely intentionally to keep the random/one-time-only sort of thing going on for this project.

and here’s my quote:

i’m stripping that to the bare essence and calling this one “detachment”.

with this, there were so many samples that i grouped them together by a very loose criteria of subject matter/source.  there were several ambient noise samples which i used as the main component, linking them together and beginning and ending with the sound of the ocean.  i had several moderately “percussive” samples which i hacked to create a sort of drum looping thing.  and then there were several synthesized noises which i tweaked even more and layered to create textured drones.  it was early (or late, depending on your perspective) and i was going on very little sleep so i’m not really able to attach a value to this one.  i think i like it.  i think it tells a story, and i think there’s a zen feeling to the progression of natural sounds and human noises bookended by water.  this one i actually saved the percussion track separately.  which, by the way, when this is all done, i’m going to have a zip file with all the source materials so that will be in there.

with that, here’s the latest track.  upon re-listening, i think i do like it.

also, as a side note, i downloaded analogX’s vocoder software, which i played with a long time ago and several computer incarnations ago for another project.  i’m not sure how it will be used here, but i decided it would be a fun tool to play with.