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Interlude I (Deep Sleep)

By fc on July 6, 2014 11:42 pm

You've beaten the insomnia? Now for some deep sleep. Direct continuation from the last couple of pieces.

Max MSP for sine waves, composed in Ableton Live.

Voice from ubu, Marcel Duchamp: http://www.ubu.com/sound/duchamp.html

Deep… and VERY,VERY high… makes me dizzy smile

Great use of the voice.

ARGH so painful. ;.;

the vocals were cool though.

Jim Wood wrote:

Deep… and VERY,VERY high… makes me dizzy smile

Great use of the voice.

Hah, it really has no effect like that on me at all. Interesting how two of you have had some… adverse reactions to high frequencies. Vocoded voice!


johnfn wrote:

ARGH so painful. ;.;

the vocals were cool though.

Really? Painful? That's interesting. Maybe it's a volume thing?

Duchamp was pretty cool.

Liking the vocals. High frequencies were a ear piercer in some speakers... And my cats almost get completely crazy smile

laguna wrote:

Liking the vocals. High frequencies were a ear piercer in some speakers... And my cats almost get completely crazy smile

Yeah, interesting. I did it with just crappy earplugs, and played it again through some average stereo speakers. The effect (particularly with panning and difference tones) is quite surreal. Hidden gems!

Woah.  When those tines change my ears go funny!!!

reminds me of my tinnitus, one of the reasons why I get insomnia. ow.

paul raygun wrote:

Woah.  When those tines change my ears go funny!!!


Interesting!

george bowles wrote:

reminds me of my tinnitus, one of the reasons why I get insomnia. ow.


Sorry about that. You'll have to resort to my Insomnia tracks. smile

Reminds me a bit of Ikeda's Matrix recording.  The top end is a killer but when they shift, it's very effective!

rdomain wrote:

Reminds me a bit of Ikeda's Matrix recording.  The top end is a killer but when they shift, it's very effective!


I take that as a big compliment. I need to get my hands on some of Ikeda's work; what I've seen and heard is utterly phenomenal.

Yes, he's pretty amazing.  His installations are sick!!  I'm trying to get some similar stylings to what he does digitally on the modular.  Will be sweet!

rdomain wrote:

Yes, he's pretty amazing.  His installations are sick!!  I'm trying to get some similar stylings to what he does digitally on the modular.  Will be sweet!


Yeah, he definitely has his thing and it's a great thing. I find his sine-like sounds really interesting, because they just don't quite sound like pure sine tones. I can't figure 'em out.

I need a new brain now.  This one has Swiss cheese holes drilled into it.


Edmund Snyder wrote:

I need a new brain now.  This one has Swiss cheese holes drilled into it.


It's okay, it's just an interlude. Think of the bigger picture! ;P

Ipaghost wrote:


Ah, Power Ranges! I think I just discovered their only weakness.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

didn't somebody say music is just tickling nerve endings? sounds about right to me, especially here! i like the similarity of the high frequencies to physiological sounds, as others have pointed out. yes, they're slightly uncomfortable, but i agree, they're very effective and kind of uncharted territory (for a reason, apparently).

Wow, the high frequencies are borderline painful on my headphones, but contribute to a very unusual and interesting listening experience. (Just listened to it again on my living room speakers, and it's a great track even without that almost painful physical sensation.)

colorful grey wrote:

didn't somebody say music is just tickling nerve endings? sounds about right to me, especially here! i like the similarity of the high frequencies to physiological sounds, as others have pointed out. yes, they're slightly uncomfortable, but i agree, they're very effective and kind of uncharted territory (for a reason, apparently).


All sound is really tickling nerve endings, no?
Just wait, I am going to do an infra/super sonic piece, just for the hell of it. smile


Plantrain wrote:

Wow, the high frequencies are borderline painful on my headphones, but contribute to a very unusual and interesting listening experience. (Just listened to it again on my living room speakers, and it's a great track even without that almost painful physical sensation.)


There's something lovely about visceral sonic experiences, I find.

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