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Week-07 UserGuidePDF

By Stefano D'Alessio on February 16, 2014 7:57 pm

UserGuidePDF is a track composed of really singular sound, in fact it is entirely made of audio created by the translation of a PDF file in to sound.
The PDF has 919 pages, it contains text, images and web links. The translation of the PDF in to audio, generated a relatively long and rich sound file, this file has then been cut and layered creating the piece.
The track has been entirely created in two days (14-15 February 2014).
PDF to audio conversion made in Audacity, sound processing and composition made in Logic.

February 18, 2014 7:46 am

Mr Mort

hmmm i really liked this one. Made me jump out of my seat infact. Sounds are visceral and jump out. And really works well when compared to the quiet parts.

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February 18, 2014 12:57 pm

rdomain

Well that worked pretty bloody well!

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February 19, 2014 3:09 pm

RawTicks

Very interesting sound generating method. Even more interesting results!

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March 31, 2014 7:02 pm

tatecarson

Can you explain how you did this conversion? I'd like to try this. Did you just open the pdf with audacity and listen to the errors?

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March 31, 2014 9:06 pm

Stefano D'Alessio

It is a trick that a friend of mine showed me... actually it would be nice if i mention him: Enrico Zago (http://enricozago.hotglue.me)
from audacity you open the file as RAW then there are some settings to try out...
for the rest i selected certain parts and composed them...

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