#52

It is! I put together a piece for an earlier one (the permutation one, A-B-AB… etc), but was unhappy with the results so I never published it.

Since I’ve been doing a lot of finger-picking exercises lately, the idea of a chord theme really fit well with me, so I thought I’d jump in

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#53

The playlist is now live. By my accounting, 41 participants so far on SoundCloud alone:

If I’ve left your track out, lemme know.

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#54

Points for that alone :slight_smile:

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#55

Hi everyone. Thanks for organizing this. Also a big thanks to moduS ponY for interviewing marc on caliper music in the first place. I wouldn’t have know about this awesome project otherwise.

Here’s my contribution:
https://soundcloud.com/theblankholidays/3_chords_disquiet0300

It’s a G Major chord played on a classical guitar, toy piano and balalaika at 120 , 119.99 and 119.98 strums per minute, respectively. Recorded on a Yeti USB microphone and mixed with reason limited.
There are 6 tracks total:
-Three tracks contain added reverb.
-Three tracks steadily increase in volume until distorted, additional distortion is added to the guitar track.

hope you like it!

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#56

my first disquiet submission; in an attempt to stretch myself musically and hopefully engage with a community.
Not sure i quite followed the rules entirely, though i tried. I suppose that’s part of the process, the deviation (intended or not) within the constraints.
Created with three voices of the virus ti using i think Cm.
One arpeggiated as i slowly adjust the resonance.
The others with cranked sustain, decay, release and tape emulation delay.
Overdubbed each part into ableton, no processing, maybe a little compression.
I’m fairly new to synthesis, sound production, and recording; if you have any thoughts, critiques, or suggestions please let me know.
thanks, bunny

(also my first venture into forum posting, please excuse any ineptitude with sharing links and such)

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#57

Happy 300th everyone.

Chord:
D11/G - G A C D F#

Instrumentation:
Electric Keyboard (software instrument)
Acoustic Micro Bass
Electric Guitar
Logic Pro Jiggery Pokery (mostly granular delay a la Tom Erbe)

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#58

Much thanks and respect to Marc (and everyone that has contributed) to making the junto what it is!

Anyway here is my interpretation of this weeks rule set

C minor triad
1st track was strummed/hit lap steel guitar
2nd track I sang the notes
3rd track are some loose piano chords

Matt

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#59

It’s been a long time since I’ve done a Junto, but after reading the directions and seeing it was #300, I had to give it a go.

The chord selected is C# F F# D#/root,third,fourth,ninth - C#maj11?

The instruments:

  1. Mersenne melodic percussion synth app fed by Fugue Machine app
  2. Baritone ukulele by David Ingalls
  3. C# Native American flute by Pat Haran

More details:

  1. Fugue Machine has 4 play heads playing the notes in different speeds and octaves. There is a strong noise component to the synth patch so the lowest octave is almost purely percussive and carries the beat from when it enters to the end. The tempo is 180bpm yielding exactly 300 beats in the 100 seconds. This part is centered in the mix.

  2. The uke is tuned to Ab linear so the base chord is 0560 which comes off as more of a D# minor ninth than C# major 11. Other voicings include 0568, 3530, 3560, etc. The part is played one note per beat with a quarter note delay effect to generate chords between the played notes and echoed notes. This part is panned mostly right in the mix.

  3. The NAF is tuned to C# and was the inspiration for the whole piece. Relative to the flute, the notes are A C# D high A and high B. This also used the quarter note delay to generate chords but is less effective than on the uke as I couldn’t play as fast. This part is panned mostly left in the mix.

Uke and NAF were recorded with OEM Apple EarPods mic.
Mix done in Cubasis.
Video done in Wizibel.

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#60

We chose the same basic chord (root, major third, fourth, ninth) but yours managed to stay with a “major suspended” sound while mine (#59 below) seemed to morph into a “minor 9” sound. Freaky! :scream::smile:

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#61

I’ve got a bloody cough now - blame you entirely! :wink: Get well (very!) soon!

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#62

I really dig the Steve Reich style rhythmic groove yours gets into.

Wild how the two chords similar chords can sound so different

#63

https://soundcloud.com/sanefiftyfour/potato_disquiet0300

potatoes without the meat - favorite chord played on three different VSTs in three different transpositions staggered entries. Made a statement as it was so I left it there… hope it’s not too basic oh… forgot …I gave myself 300 seconds to make it in… and 600 to upload it up here. Happy 300th y’all

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#64

Hey all, first post here. This looks like a really cool community! Turns out that my first Junto was 0250; almost exactly one year ago, and another big round number. Thank you Marc for providing a creative tool that is nourishing, and always there when you need it.

The video above features Korg Minilogue, Korg volca fm, and acoustic guitar frozen by Mutable Instruments Clouds. The rest of the process is documented in the video description. There’s a shout-out to this project in the volca fm patch name. :blush: Thanks everyone, enjoy!

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#65

https://soundcloud.com/vgmrmojo/1-min-40-secs-disquiet-0300

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#66

wow! its been a long time since I participated. The instructions this time around got me very excited. Tried to do something with vocals, guitar and keys, and it turned out ok I think.

The vocals I attempted to do a hocketing thing, but it was harder than I thought. I only did one take of each line, and made a few mistakes, but just left them in since they add a bit of texture. The guitar I tuned to the chord so I wouldn’t need to hold something for 100 seconds, and added a few embellishments.

I want to try out the vocal hocketing again, possibly with a more striking sound, and with instruments as well to fill it out.

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#67

Special 300th limited edition, now with moving pictures --> https://youtu.be/wXPG8Cf5PH8
(Also built from Reaper JSFX)

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#68

https://soundcloud.com/ohm-research/0300-disquiet-0300

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#69

so glad to make it back in time for number 300! i recorded an ambient experiment for piano, juno 106, and harp, each played by hand for 100 seconds.

https://soundcloud.com/ioflow/20171002a

for this project, i chose to treat each instrument a little differently, using progressive shaping. the piano was untouched except for a bit of reverb. the juno ran through the modular synthesizer–mutable instruments clouds, and then strymon delay and reverb pedals. the lap harp swells and plucks also ran through the modular, this time through makenoise morphagene, then clouds and the strymon fx. i let morphagene run through its reel, modulating its parameters and splice playback in real time, with assistance from qubit chance, which doubled as a fine random source for clouds. this was my first time using morphagene, actually.

with all three instrumental tracks in place in ableton, i applied some random modulation to the juno and harp, letting them fade in and out behind the piano, which plays a sparse melody of the chosen chord–something like Amaj2add6; a major pentatonic scale.

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#70

Beautiful - This is like slowly waking up from a nap in the long grass, and seeing the sunlight filtering through your eyelashes.

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#71

I chose the classic guitar chord, D Major, for my piece this week. I didn’t have as much time to spend on it as I would have liked, so I made something simple and straightforward. The instruments I chose were really hard to tune, so it’s a little dissonant.

I played the chord on two modular synth instruments, sequenced by Monome Ansible Kria. The third instrument is a Ciat-Lonbarde Sidrax Organ, roughly tuned to the notes in the D Major chord (as close as possible with this instrument).

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