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WeeklyBeats.com / Music / fc's music / Part 3 (Rapid Eye Movement)
Part 3 of my ongoing work. This features the voice of Robert Ashley, talking about his career. Robert Ashley passed away earlier this year.
Voice from: http://www.ubu.com/sound/ashley.html
All done in Live/Max4Live. More sine waves. Beware. Let it fill your listening space. Step back.
Audio works licensed by author under:
CC Attribution Noncommercial No Derivative Works (BY-NC-ND)
Ashleyesque. The voice chop is sublime. You're really trying to kill what's left of my hearing with those sine waves, aren't you?
Ashleyesque. The voice chop is sublime. You're really trying to kill what's left of my hearing with those sine waves, aren't you?
Thanks Jim. Not trying to kill your hearing! It's quite interesting how people have a… fairly strong response to frequencies above about 2.5kHz, despite our faculties extending to at least 20kHz. Obviously the higher frequencies have higher energy, but people don't often talk about the impact of low frequencies (which require much higher energy to achieve the same volume). Fascinating.
I think it's because that's the frequency range most human speech is in (Darth Vader excluded), so we'd be most sensitive to sounds in that area.
I think it's because that's the frequency range most human speech is in (Darth Vader excluded), so we'd be most sensitive to sounds in that area.
As far as I'm aware, sensitivity doesn't change across the frequencies (though happy to be corrected); the role certain frequencies play in our spatialisation of the world certainly varies, though.
I really like the clicks and vocal edits. Are the clicks a byproduct of non-zero edits on the vocal sample or are they a separate entity? Great tone interplay later too. The frequencies were friendlier on my ears compared to last week. 
I really like the clicks and vocal edits. Are the clicks a byproduct of non-zero edits on the vocal sample or are they a separate entity? Great tone interplay later too. The frequencies were friendlier on my ears compared to last week.
Thanks man.
The clicks are the click~ object in Max/M4L, triggered by note-on input. So they are controlled in this case by MIDI, I was trying to modulate their pitch but that didn't work in the timeframe I was willing to commit.
I'd love to hear if anyone puts it through some serious subs, because there is a B-2 in there somewhere, which is pretty low.
Ok cool. Yeah I was referring to that low tone as it affects the way you hear the upper frequency drone. Kind of a sidechaining effect. I'm on my studio monitors so I can hear it but I'm sure a big PA would fill the room!
Ok cool. Yeah I was referring to that low tone as it affects the way you hear the upper frequency drone. Kind of a sidechaining effect. I'm on my studio monitors so I can hear it but I'm sure a big PA would fill the room!
Yes! And the effect is more pronounced the more space you allow the piece to fill!
True dat. B-2 has some length to travel to fill it's role! Oh, and I forgot to post my silly gif title reference. 
Hahaha, when I was naming it I kept abbreviating to REM, and thinking of exactly that!
Solid. I have a couple of books here about pediatric sleep 'n such, and this makes a fabulous soundtrack. No but seriously, I love the landscape of clicks, voice fragments, and tones - very visceral. You paint well.
Solid. I have a couple of books here about pediatric sleep 'n such, and this makes a fabulous soundtrack. No but seriously, I love the landscape of clicks, voice fragments, and tones - very visceral. You paint well.
I find the painting analogy interesting. It's not the first time it's been made in relation to my work, so I thank you.
Wonderful sounds, thanks!
No, thank you!
Excellent track all the way through, it feels like it develops very naturally. Well done!
Excellent track all the way through, it feels like it develops very naturally. Well done!
Cheers!
This project is awesome. Each one is very unique and interesting
This was interesting. The high frequencies didn't hurt much. Of course my hearing is dead above about 14K. Sometimes I have fun at home playing a 15K tone loudly to drive my wife and kids nuts while I can't hear it at all. Too much work around loud aircraft and industrial machinery in my past.
