#42

I really like the way the sample has been used musically yet remained musical. I had something like this in mind for mine, but I ended up leaving it too late and had to rush. In any case, this is really nice work.

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#43

I’m really impressed with how tonal you kept this while retaining the timbre and character of ice. I kept hoping some more elements would join the ice sounds. I’d very much like to see this worked into a more extended track.

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#44

i’ve only missed one of these - i was computerless for a few months - & i do quite delight in this tradition; thanks Marc, as ever.

I took the opportunity to listen back to my previous submissions - they have been in something like conversation i think; i have tried to make each new one a kind of commentary on the previous years… After listening to last year’s reletively un-filtered, though aggressively edited piece, i got to thinking that i should make something totally anonymised/transformed, ideally unrecognisible. I started in a similar place and made a thing i like quite a lot - a spliced, chaotic, busy thing. I then took tiny sections of that and put 'em through multiple granular delays, trying to keep the sound * clean * - unfiltered/effected, kept at actual pitch - even as it’s blurred, abstracted. I then layered these sections up into this protracted drone thing; i kind of fear the intermediate steps are * better *, but, well, it’s nine o’clock on Monday night & i’ve got a deadline to hit, y’know?

Thanks again Marc - these projects have been a delight these past nine years. ^______^

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#45

Love the way this track builds, from those rising flourishes through to the harmonious chorus.

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#46

@chalkwalk thank you for listening and also for your feedback. I am planning to use this recording in a multichannel sound art piece I am exhibiting next month at Portland State University. It will be joined by other sounds. I will post more information about it soon and include instructions on how to experience this piece once I get it all finished. It’s fun to have these exercises because it is helping me create additional material for my projects using an approach I may not otherwise try.

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#47

Hi all, I did the very first ice Junto project so I thought I’d jump back in with this one.

I sampled ice in a cup with Koala on iOS (iPhone 6s), manipulated it in there and then took it to Audioshare. Title is a Vonnegut reference and the photo is a details of a drawing I did.

Thanks to MW and all the juntonauts. I’ve been listening for years and years.

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#48

I did it! Finally put something together in time for the deadline. I recorded a few ice cubes dropping into a mason jar and then swirling around. Every sound except the kick drum came from the sample, all processed within the elektron model:samples. I applied some compression and mastering to level things out. It was a fun way to dive into the new machine, while also challenging myself to try out a new genre. I’ve been listening to Burial lately, and I’m realizing that future garage (if you will) is a genre that really resonates with me. I think my 2020 goal is going to be producing an EP inspired by the likes of Burial, with some ambient interludes thrown in for fun. Anyway, thanks for listening.

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#49

Fun way to break the ice of the New Year.

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#50

Started with a binaural recording of ice jostling in a glass, glass moving around the mic. Imported recording into SoundBow app and manipulated visually by dragging ‘bow’ strings around the visual field while small balls race around and define which parts of my recording will play…

P.S. if anyone is having same issue I was with not having a share/embed button in soundcloud try disabling your ADBLOCK extension. Share didn’t show up as option until I disabled my adblock extension.

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#51

didnt feel like recording ice, thought i’d use last years sample, but then decided to use last years track: iec

had 4 versions of the track in iris 2 starting from different positions, playing at a much lower frequency and through vinyl and ozone 8 elements too

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#52

Happy New Year to all!

A continuation/progression from last year - an imperfect, but hopefully enjoyable minimal extended mix, created and recorded as one live take in Borderlands Granular. All sounds originate from six short samples taken from the previous two years’ ice challenges.

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#54

I really liked the combination of a soft pad against the choppy texture of the ice samples. I’m also impressed with how you managed to keep enough motion and change for it not to become boring (despite being almost 13 minutes long). Anyway: very nicely done.

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#55

Thank you! I’ve been using Borderlands a lot in my live setups this past year, and it feels like I’m getting more fluent and fluid in it as I go. Pre-setting up varied areas of granular processing, so that I can weave them in and out and layer them on the fly, helped create that sense of motion, I think. I’m glad you enjoyed it - happy that came across!

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