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file under: “adventures in attenuation” and “modulated frequencies of amplitude.”
the original track was fed through an amplitude modulator on an automated send and all but the modulated signal was dropped out, leaving behind the propelled static of the descending amplitude fade.
The amplitude frequencies were modulated from 5000Hz to 0Hz in a smooth hi-lo fade across the length of the track.…
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my 2nd contribution to the disquiet junto. this one involved turn-of-the-20th-century edison cylinders, which i fed through resonance, delay and finished with a light flange. the drone reminds me of guitar picks gliding down piano strings, which is soothing to me (since home is a metallic-droning megatown).
Listening to the new Van Halen. The record makes me think of the early 80s and learning how to play the guitar and all the great VH soundtracked-times I had. So this afternoon, I prodded my past with a zapping-stick and searched on my first and only guitar teacher, an acidjazzfusion master named John Macey, whom I haven’t seen or heard from since the late 80s.…
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