by John Pomara
in this piece printing is done on top of an existing ink jet print. I like the chaos here and the trace of a face in the visual noise.
cf. jimpunk video in the previous post.
June 2009
"Trumpets"
"Trumpets" [mp3 removed - later version is on bandcamp]
Jazzy dodecaphonish licks made after listening to Keith Emerson's '80s movie soundtracks for about a week. Not that it sounds like Emerson's dextrous playing at all--it's much more midi. I guess it's just those analog synth trumpets remind me of some of his anthemic dramatics. I struggled to make the ending more tonal after getting fed up with 12 tone noodling.
"Sidechain Sideshow"
"Sidechain Sideshow" [mp3 removed]
After watching a demo on how to make hard style bass using sidechaining in Reason I tried my own version of the effect, using the hardware compressor I bought pre-owned a few months ago. It's not a big deal: a drum beat in one synth plugged into the sidechain port automatically raises and lowers the compression on a sustained bass note so that it appears to throb or pump. It's basically another way to make a tremolo sequence. (The Reason demo went on to add midi-synced LFO filtering to get a "wonky" bass sound--I didn't do that here.) Anyway, the effect can be heard on the "chorus" part that comes in at :17. Not dramatic but it does deepen the sound of the synth.
morphogenetic hobo poles
(photo-collage of sculptures by Brian Hobbs that were seen on Sally McKay's and Lorna Mills' blog)
Update, 2012: collection of folk art walking sticks / slide show