Stop Requested

Posted on June 8, 2009 by John C.S. Keston

This sound needs no explanation for anyone who has had the pleasure of utilizing ground based public transport.

Microtrack Using Electric from Ableton Suite 8

Posted on June 6, 2009 by John C.S. Keston

Electric Since getting Ableton Live 8, I have yet to use it for a show due to performance issues and a lack of time to troubleshoot what’s causing garbled audio. I don’t have the same problem with 7, so perhaps 8 has more overhead. I’ll be looking into this soon. In any case I have had the opportunity to experiment with some of the instruments, including Electric. Although I still prefer the sound of my actual Rhodes pianos, Electric does a great job of simulating them, but more importantly it is capable of producing entirely new Rhodes-like instrument sounds. Here I started with an instrument out of the rack, tweaked it a little and then used it to play a loop I originally captured using the GMS.

Electric Microtrack

Late April MAW Outing GMS Excerpt #4

Posted on June 4, 2009 by John C.S. Keston

Here’s another segment from the late April MAW outing. Once again the stuck note persists. A vibes patch is in use, and a key change occurs at one minute and seven seconds into the excerpt.

April 30 GMS Excerpt #4

Less Water Over the Dam

Posted on June 1, 2009 by John C.S. Keston

squiggle In contrast to the last entry, here’s the same Mississippi river water flowing out from a different part of the same dam. Obviously the frequency is much lower as well as the amplitude.

I actually boosted the volume considerably after using the same level settings as the previous recording.

More Dam(n) Noise

Water Over the Dam

Posted on May 31, 2009 by John C.S. Keston

dam The sound of the water going over this section of the Coon Rapids dam across the Mississippi river about fifteen miles North of Minneapolis, was deafening. Virtually all other sound within the environment was drowned (no pun intended) out by the fierce white water noise. I made a recording that is about a minute and a half long. Here’s about thirty seconds of it, but my questions is what would one use this sort of sound for, other than water over a dam sound effects?