I just (re)installed Autorender. It's a exe script that is fabricated in AutoHotKey. This one helps me encode samples to mp3 and upload them to my webserver. That way it's a piece of cake to quickly show you provisional results. I tested it today and works like a charm. It only works in conjunction with Reaper by the way. You can download from [ here ].
Now that I've got this one straightened out you will hear more snippets than ever before.
Okay, so here's two shots of the vocal series. I refer to all of the other messages with the vox tag for further explanation.
download [ 2.1 ]
download [ 3.2 ]
Been working on a veiled piano piece, the third in row. I thought I'd have you people have a bite. It's Xmas, so why not? The piano part has been more or less stable for 6 months now. I have been doodling with the volume levels and such. The biggest addition is the 'veil' that has been cast over it. It's a three layer recording of people visiting a museum.
Listen to version 3.6b through [ this link ].
For once I wanted people to react to it, but it seems I can't get that option working. I will be working on this and other works for the next few days. I will also upload a snack of the vocal series.
Was in Paris this weekend. Visited Orsay (boring...), Picasso (overwhelming as well as confusing), Beaubourg (gruesomely expensive but with an exquisite exhibition of Futurist art) nót the Louvre. We díd visit the Grand Palais which featured a free exhibit of video art. The grandeur of the Grand Palais is shown in the video above. Enjoyed that very much and did a lot of recording at the metro, the Notre Dame, the museums and general city.
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Been working on two piano pieces today. Number 1, which is now at its 11th version and number 2, of which there are now 9 versions.
Thinking about the criticism that the earlier versions received I have been working on ways to get rid of that. And all the time keeping my personal artistic scope intact. This morning I started working on acoustic 'veils' with which I can 'cover' certain parts without immediately hiding them or cutting them out. This has led to a few interesting experiments which still have to be drilled down deeper.
So, what happened? I started with number 1.10 and covered that up with an acoustic veil. First trying that with a synth sound but soon that failed (too synthy) and so I started preparing veils that are made from granulated parts out of the original composition. I am not quite satisfied with it but it looks promising. I now have to experiment with cutting out parts of the 'veil' or bringing up double layers.
Number 2 is treated differently: the original piano sounds have been broken down so badly (with GRM tools) that they are barely recognizable (although still there). I have added some interplay with always rewarding dfx reverb.
And thirdly I have prepared a veil that consists of acoustic recordings that I made during my trip to Morocco. I haven't applied it to any of the other compositions yet, but I will. Later. First I will make a trip to Paris, this weekend.
I read a review about a Satie recital in the newspaper today which patly described his music as lateral, pointless and anti romantic (all positive criticism, by the way). In a sense, this can be said of my piano pieces as well and so currently the project has been baptized as a 21st century SATIE project. Naturally there's a lot that can be argued against it, but what the hell. I'm the artist, I can be anything I want. N'est-ce pas?
Salut!!
I will be working in the studio more in the next few weeks. Of course. I will more spare time and that will for a large part be spent creating and finishing musical pieces. I will keep everyone updated on these pages. I think I will also publish a work that until now was very rare: "Maybe A thousand Buddhas..." which was composed as a sound component to an exhibition. Keep coming back.
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The Wander master is almost finished. Frans and Freek both approved the bits that I had thrown at them. That took a few days, but luckily (not!) my studio pc was broken down so I wasn't really waiting. The power supply of the pc stopped working. So I replaced it with a new, bigger one. Then my video card (DVI-D) started acting up. And after I got that working Windows simply told me that my configuration wasn't up to it. Bugger!
Anyway, I continued with the master yesterday. I added a sublayer of bass with the PV transposer VST plug. Just one octave lower in the background to add a bit of zoooommm. Now the sound is wider and deeper. I still have to work on the details in the higher frequencies. And then I am waiting to cut the whole into tracks. And go!
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