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The source material for this piece was initially captured on my GE 'mini' cassette recorder. I recorded a few short phrases of acoustic guitar, then transferred the tape recordings to Ableton Live. Typically, when I transfer from cassette, I manipulate the playback mechanism while it's recording, creating variable speeds, distortion, and similar effects that are difficult to emulate digitally. Once in Ableton Live, I cut the acoustic phrases into smaller clips and loaded them into a simple sampler so I could play them back on the keyboard at variable pitches. The final composition involves a number of digital effects, including reverb and delay.
Download 'Little Phantom Children' (192 kbps MP3 / 6.87 MB / 5:00)
'Noise4' is one of seven pieces created for my 'Noise Says No' hypertext essay project. Each of those seven pieces used a different hardware / software chain to produce noise. 'Noise4' began with a cassette recording of piano which was then sampled by an Ensoniq EPS keyboard. The sample was then recorded into Ableton Live, using the Native Instruments Spektral Delay and TAL-Tube VST plug-ins.
PLEASE NOTE: The title is accurately descriptive, so adjust your speakers accordingly.
Download 'Noise4' (MP3 / 5.19 MB / 2:28)
This piece was created for our first semester MATX production lab. Our assigned project was to record a classmate telling a story and manipulate the audio in a way that would emphasize that story in some way. I used three recorders to capture the same story: my iBook's internal microphone, a GE portable cassette recorder, and a high-quality digital recorder. I wanted to emphasize the 'subjectivity' of the listening device; each recorder captures in a different way due to its inherent audio quality, spatial location, etc. I also noticed that Necole spent more time introducing her story than actually telling it, so I decided to focus on the framing of the story versus the actual content. The result is an audio piece about the process of telling a story, rather than the story itself, exacerbated by the limitations of the recording device.
Download 'Necole's Story' (192 kbps MP3 / 2.42 MB / 1:45)