Saturday, April 14, 2012

Black Rook and Guitar Phase

Black Rook


Guitar Phase


When steve Reich created his Early Works tape pieces he probably had razor blades and tape everywhere. Just making a repeating tape loop of a small phrase would have involved some serious RSI-Inducing cutting and splicing. I did the second piece here using a few Ctrl-Cs and Vs while eldest got sorted into Gryffindor on Pottermore and youngest got disappointed by Everton's V.Poor Perf. on the wireless.

I am afraid that this is just another phase using the same 12 notes that Reich put together all those years ago. The difference is of course the gentle tweaking that gives it such a clean sound. It is possible to tweak the sustain and harmonics on the sound and then slap on exactly the right amount of ambience. It is just a pity that I've had to reduce the bit-rate to make the file small enough to upload. It sounds to me like the soundtrack to a new Alien movie set somewhere in the Flamenco belt. First piece is an early loop test. Boiled sweet to the identifier of the sample.

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