ray_cobley

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources.

This track follows on from last week's project in that it was created using basically similar parameters as a real-time recording made with Pure Data. It starts fairly simply but soon develops into a sequence of more complicated rhythmic patterns with faster tempi. More on the 772nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Garden Grow — The Assignment: Tend to your music like Brian Eno might — at disquiet.c...

This track is a real-time recording created using Pure Data. It combines changing rhythmic patterns with twelve-tone serialist notation. More on the 771st weekly Disquiet Junto project, Phase Incident — The Assignment: Celebrate Steve Reich’s 90th birthday — at disquiet.com/0771.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources.

An electronic composition created in real time using Pure Data, with varying rhythmic patterns and a touch of reverb.

This track combines two electronic sequences created using Audacity and Pure Data, with additional layers of reverb. More on the 770th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Reverb x Reverb — The Assignment: Use some reverb. Then use some more. — at disquiet.com/0770.

An electronic composition created using Pure Data and Audacity.

An electronic composition created using Pure Data and Audacity with additional delay and reverb. More on the 769th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Let’s Poetic — The Assignment: What’s in a word? Let’s count the ways — at disquiet.com/0769.

An electronic composition created in real time using Pure Data.

For this project I used my own track from a couple of weeks ago: https://on.soundcloud.com/SU3vR7qZZVcXUAFar5 I chopped it up into bits of varying lengths and mixed them up in a different order. I then added various selected effects such as detuning, delay, reverb, etc., messed around with the dynamics and created a sequence which transforms over five continuous sections from something relatively...

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources.

I have little knowledge of board games. I do remember playing Cluedo once or twice in the distant past and I have created something quite dark and unsettling to accompany the murder theme of the game, but not too intrusive or melodramatic for background music. The sounds were created using Pure Data with some additional adjustments and effects. More on the 767th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Your...

Electronic composition, an evolving textured drone sequence with sounds from various sources including Pure Data.

An electronic composition recorded in real-time using Pure Data with algorithms to set parameters for the creation of contrapuntal rhythmic patterns. The track combines sine and sawtooth waves without effects - a 'mathematical' soundscape. More on the 766th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Rock Math — The Assignment: What kind of math will you channel? — at disquiet.com/0766.

Electronic piano tracks.

Recordings of ducks with various FX increasing in intensity. More on the 765th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Sonic Kin — The Assignment: Give space to the unheard voices of animals — at disquiet.com/0765.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources.

A collage of animal recordings from various sources with some additional delay and reverb. More on the 764th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Zoo Review — The Assignment: Create a sonic menagerie — at disquiet.com/0764.

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources.

This track combines the unpleasant noise of a strimmer, somewhat slowed down, with the pleasing sounds of running water in a brook or stream (both my original field recordings) and a neutral electronic drone, a touch of reverb added. More on the 763rd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Lunch Break — The Assignment: Make background music to read to midday — at disquiet.com/0763.

Electronic composition, an evolving textured drone sequence, sounds from various sources.

An electronic quasi-serialist octet created in real time using Pure Data. More on the 762nd weekly Disquiet Junto project, Lunch Break — The Assignment: Make background music to read to midday — at disquiet.com

An electronic composition, sounds from various sources including Pure Data.

All the sounds in this track are derived from the original clip by Michael Vorfeld with no additional material, using Audacity to edit and assemble. It incorporates repetition, adjustments to tempo and dynamics, detuning, layering, delay, reverb and numerous other effects. More on the 760th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Harness the Light — The Assignment: Use audio of a light bulb to express the...

Electronic piano tracks, a touch of reverb added.