a novel idea to get those rhythms so subtly blending... it's different for sure, M

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it was fun trying to pull out little events out of the mayhem of the ambient recording.

thanks


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what a cool concept piece....how much work was that...

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first, my wife and i went out to dinner at a really busy place, and i got her to sit quietly in the mayhem as i recorded several takes using my handheld recorder that i placed on the table. that was 15 or 20 minutes tops.

then it was several hours on the headphones picking out phrases and interesting little acoustic things. the more you listen to this kind of thing, the more stuff you hear. don't know how much is really there vs. perception. it's like reliving reality in a strange expanded manner. there was much much more stuff recorded than i recall hearing while we were actually there.

i tried using Gleetchlab to visit the recordings, although i ended up using GarageBand to do the actual region looping.

total time: ? 10 hours maybe - i dunno, i dont keep a log!

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well is a very interesting piece...thanks

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listening to this. Thanks.
Cheers
Len



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it's nice to hear you enjoyed this sonic experiment

thanks

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you could end u[ like Gene Hackman in The Conversation. Very cool piece - I like the subdued bass line you chose to run under it. I also really like the image of you and your wife sitting absolutely silent in a public place for 15 minutes.

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i have been hesitant to post the source recording on freesound. if you listen to it on headphones you can hear lots of snippets of conversations, especially if you loop on small regions - although i think some of it is illusory. the mind tries real hard to make sense of a noisy signal - so much so that i suspect you end up hearing words that aren't really there.

but, i wonder if the recording treads too close to privacy issues. no, i didn't hand out any release forms to anyone there.

(my wonderful wife is willing to put up with my obsessions)

thanks


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Reminds me of a busy party where I can hear snippets of conversations from all around, mixed with a lot of deja-vu. Rhythm and bass hold this together really well and contrast the rise and fall of the murmur.

Very creative! Thanks,
Doug

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i really enjoy recording the sounds that we hear around us every day. lots of times several sounds are all mixed together, so it doesn't work out very well. in this case, the mixing of sounds in the restaurant was the main aspect of the sample.

thanks

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