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Re: [microsound] I N S E C T M U S I C



Philip Sherburne wrote:
> 
> For those in the Bay Area, I just tracked this down at Amoeba Berkeley,
> where there appears to be one copy left in the racks ($20).
> 
> As a *very* early impression, some of the sounds are indeed pretty
> astonishing, and the sequencing/programming as well; my only
> disappointment is the use of what sound like synthesizer presets
> combined with the insect samples.  It was made in 1986, though, so I
> guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Actually, I think it's all insect sound-originated, & that the things
that sound like synth are instances where a given insect sound was
looped & pitch-shifted (so, not so much a synthesizer preset as a
recognizable Fairlight artifact) ...

-- 
Jim Flannery
newgrange@xxxxxxx