| Creative
Looping |
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Oyster.mp3
Two copies of the same audio loop are mixed. One of the copies is
slightly shifted in time causing phase cancellations and an alteration
of timbre. Different time-shifts are used for each repetition of the
loop.
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StringPhase.mp3
Two copies of the same string loop are played simultaneously. One
of the copies is slightly shorter than the other causing them to drift
farther out of phase with each repetition. Over a long period (roughly
12 minutes in this case) the shortened loop makes a full cycle and
comes back into sync with the longer one. In this example, you’ll
hear the first minute of the evolution.
StringClips.mp3
Interesting one-loop excerpts from the full 12 minute StringPhase
file.
BoogiePhase.mp3
Two four-bar rhythm guitar loops play simultaneously. One of the
loops is a 16th note shorter than the other. As a result, the rhythmic
interplay between the two parts changes with each repetition.
BellTree.mp3
This four-bar composite loop was created in Propellerhead Reason
using the Redrum sample player and a vocoder.
DalyTravels.mp3
A speech clip is processed with Reaktor’s Travelizer
Ensemble to produce a variety of different loops.
| FIVE12 Numerology 1.2.1
(Mac) |
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NumeroUno.mp3
This 3-track sequence was made with Numerology’s step
sequencers playing three Reason modules (drums, bass, and
chords).
| GRACE DESIGN Lunatec
V3 |
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Bird Call.mp3
A bird call, recorded at 88.2 kHz with Schopes mics and the Grace
V3 into my portable computer system. There is no editing-the full call
plays exactly as the bird sang it (about 45 seconds at this slow
speed). Some EQ was applied to remove extraneous noise. No reverb was
added--each halving of the playback speed doubles reverb time, that's
why it is so ambient.
Drillbit.mp3
Sound #1 is a tiny drill bit, dropped onto
concrete. Close miked with Schopes and Grace Lunatec V3, captured at
88.2 kHz.
Sound #2 is excerpt of drop at 1/4 speed.
Sound #3 is the excerpt as it would sound if the
original capture was at 44.1, rather than 88.2 kHz. Note the extra
high-freqency content present in sound #2 that is missing in sound
#3.
| NATIVE INSTRUMENTS
Reaktor 4.03 (MAC/WIN) |
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Vierring
1.mp3
This file uses the Vierring synth with real-time modifications to the
Slope Swallow preset.
Vierring
2.mp3
This file is based on the Vierring synth and uses a setting of 128
for Modulation 1’s Length parameter.
Vierring
3.mp3
This file uses the Vierring synth with the Slide Horizon
preset.
Grainstates.mp3
This file uses a granulating sampler with delay and some
reverb.
Green
matrix.mp3
This file uses the synth of the same name.
Steam
pipe_bowed bell.mp3
This file uses the physical-modeling synth Steam Pipe with the
Bowed Bell preset.
Steam
pipe_steam ghost.mp3
This file uses the physical-modeling synth Steam Pipe with the
Steam Ghost preset.
| ROLAND Varios
(MAC/WIN) |
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EnSoBa.mp3
Two phrase analyses of three kinds of audio material—the
preferred method is the second of each pair. A solo voice clip analyzed
in Ensemble and Solo mode. Note the smooth formant transitions in Solo
mode. A saxophone clip is analyzed in Backup and Ensemble mode. A
percussion loop is analyzed in Ensemble and Backup mode.
LibEx.mp3
A mixture of phrases from Roland's VP-Z VariPhrase sample library
with a little VariOS processing.
Phrases
on Demand
Supplemental text for November 2003 Roland Varios
review.