[microsound] microspace project - new file uploaded

[Visa Kuoppala <visa.kuoppala@xxxxxxxxx>]

My contribution is up:

visa tapani - s / n
http://snipurl.com/1zc76


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visa tapani - s / n (Signal to Noise)
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for microspace project



With this piece I consciously avoided the temptation to force the 
material into my "comfort zone" by running it through some randomized 
comb filter / granulator / delay / reverb / multi-effect -patch and make 
glitchy loops or ambient textures with the sounds. I was trying to 
listen carefully what the material suggested itself.

I ended up playing around with the idea of signal-to-noise ratio. The 
piece starts with noisy static sounds - transmission devices trying to 
tune in for the signal. In the beginning any "signals" are only faint 
ghost sounds behind the noise, but gradually the layers of noise get 
peeled off...

The most prominent DSP technique here is noise reduction. I made 
different versions of the material with different noise reduction 
parameters, and also versions where only the residual output - the noise 
- is kept. The second most used processing is (extreme) time stretching. 
(After all - these sonified "space sounds" are probably stretched or 
compressed in time and/or frequency domain already.) Sound morphing is 
also used twice in the piece, but almost no effects in the classic sense 
are used.

The rest is mostly very basic collage techniques with editing and volume 
& pan automation consuming most of my time. With panning, monophonic 
sounds are made to suggest many voices like a single-voice melody can 
suggest harmony.

Almost everything is based on material derived from the space sounds, 
only the opening passage uses other sound sources.

The dynamic range of the piece is quite wide, so relatively loud 
listening is recommended.

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 - Visa





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