#62

I really enjoyed the horror vibe you got out of this. It has enough movement and variation to not feel stale and doesn’t feel like it relies purely on the reverb for character. Nice work!

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#63

By far, this must be my most favorite Junto assignment, since I joined in August 2013. Being provided with 100+ original vocal samples is something else!

So, I made a loop of every voice, with extra ‘empty space’, each with different length, then playing them together to see what happens. Mixed and tuned it. One extra layer of the mix transposed up 1 octave. I used all the samples

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#64

Hey, thanks for taking the time to comment - really do appreciate it.

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#65

Hi all

My first contribution since 2014.

All provided samples where (possible) used in a generative setup inside Ableton Live affecting sample played, pitch and sample offset.

The samples where played random and was sent through GRM Evolution, Decapitator (controlled by a M4L envelope follower) and Valhalla Vintage Verb.

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#66

i did a junto!

choose the samples i liked, dumped them in to tidal cycles, minimal processing

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#67

My first Disquiet Junto! Thanks, this was fun. I think I used 95 of the samples–everything that didn’t sound like it already had some processing on it (more or less). I arranged all the samples visually in Audacity with an idea of total contour, then shifted some things around after listening. Added some reverb, exported, reversed the whole thing, layered that with the original, panned both, put another version panned in the middle.

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#68

Hello Everyone,

Here’s my composition for Dischoir. I used 4 samples from what Adlez contributed. I experimented with shifting the frequency of the samples then layering them and stretching them out. The results are interesting and atmospheric. There is no other instrumentation accompanying it.

I’ve been keeping my compositions sparce because I plan to use them as components for a larger composition I am working on. More info on that soon.

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#69

this is so nice to listen to :relieved:

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#70

I really liked the result here. It feels very deliberate despite the randomness. If I were doing this project again I would definitely build more of a multi sample with different voices (maybe velocity switched as well as per register) to find some more variations.

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#71

I really like the relatively minimal approach you took here. You have enough tone and texture to keep things interesting but keep it light and airy. Really nicely done!

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#72

cool sounds :slightly_smiling_face:

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#74

This is really gorgeous, @ZeroMeaning.

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#75

I started off pitch shifting and Paul Stretching three of the samples till I got a drone on an F Chord which was the basis. I wanted to incorporate Dies Ire so I played a loosely practiced version of that in samplr and stretched, looped, and reversed a copy. To finish things off I added a recording from Borderlands Granular synth to give the track a bit more motion.

IIRC I used samples: Bassling, Baconpaul, Abalone, and Blunderspubllik

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#76

My process in composing the track was as follows:
1 Sort by male/female voices, keep female only
2 Sort by singer for light processing by voice
3 Sort by pitch, high to low
4 Arrange into chords
5 Compose percussion to accompany each chord

A few further notes:

  • A small amount of obvious processing on some voices was done in order to give a sense that this was not entirely a live choir.
  • This piece was inspired by some of Kenneth Kirschner’s compositions, especially “September 25, 2010.”
  • The Percussion Swarm sample library from Spitfire Audio was used for much of the percussion, being a recent acquisition of mine.
  • The piece was composed in the Best Western Hollywood Hills Hotel in Los Angeles (long story how I ended up there) and mixed in Portland.
  • By coincidence, the way the 35 different voice samples were arranged in Ableton formed a roughly palindromic pattern.
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#77

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#78

Thanks to all who gave their voices.

I sampled some randomly off my laptop into the Koala app on my iPhone. Later, while waiting for children who were at a rehearsal for a musical, I worked on this. Ambient, I did some reversing and pitch shifting, all in Koala. Then into AUM and added a little tape delay with K7D.

Alone is a dark parking lot in a car, using the bluetooth connection to use the car stereo as speakers. People were all around me then, or at least their voices.

Thanks again, and thanks MW.

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#79

I started by selecting nine samples to use in 24 chords of three notes each, arranged according to the (9,3,2) block design on page 204 of Tom Johnson’s Other Harmony. At the time, I wasn’t concerned with pitch or consonance and set the samples to loop in Numerology’s sample kit so they could play for extended durations.

I wasn’t finding these long chords compelling, so I went the other direction and shortened them to play in repetitive pulses. I added a drum beat, then chose another of the dischoir samples to play over the entire piece, altering its pitch using Michael Norris’s Spectral Pitch Shift and using Spectral DroneMaker as an effect. I used Sandman Pro on the vocal chord & drum tracks, aiming for a glitchy/creepy effect.

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#80

My first disquiet in 5 years!
I’m just learning to use my software sampler. I think I ended up using 4 or 5 of the samples, initially I intended to use many more. It was nice hearing everyone’s voices.

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#81

My effort was a quick one using @TheTechnobear 's recent adaptation of Katja Vetter’s ‘slicejockey’ for ORAC. I think I just used @baconpaul 's ‘daughter’ samples. Lovely vocal texture :slight_smile: Sounds almost like a trumpet pitched down.

soundcloud blurb:
Made using orac for Organelle and Ableton Live.
orac modules used:
slicer by @thetechnobear (based on Katja Vetter’s slicejockey)
reverberation by @ëlectrafa

In Ableton:
Soundtoys Filterfreak VST doing some envelope following filter movements.
Valhalla Plate VST for some extra reverb sprinkles.

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#82

I actually do sing in a real choir. I can´t let this opportunity pass without posting a link to our song “Bye Biodiversity”. We recently recorded this and will actually sing this today on a congress on ""Conservation of Biodiversity on Land“ here in Berlin.

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