Catching The Sound Podcast
August 18, 2010Catching the Sound is a weekly podcast on sound design for music and film, from the minds of Tony Wallace, Nick Maxwell, and Darren Landrum.
In our first episode, we discuss guitar tones created with free plugins that were not designed for guitar. I also contribute a segment describing how to build a simple, inexpensive pulse oscillator from a few dollars worth of parts.
Letter to the Government of Canada Regarding Copyright Reform
May 8, 2010The Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights (CCER) has started a letter writing campaign against the Government of Canada’s impending copyright legislation:
The Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights has updated its online letter writing wizard in light of recent developments in the Canadian copyright reform front. This update is intended to address the Government’s seeming willingness to ignore the voices of thousands of Canadians and proceed with the introduction of anti-consumer copyright reform legislation in as little as 6 weeks. Legislation that goes in a polar opposite direction of what Canadians demanded during the consultation process.
Send your letter now and share this tool with your friends, family and co-workers. It is essential that we all speak up now while we have the opportunity.
The following is a reprint of the CCER form letter, augmented with my personal question about the effect this legislation will have on the future of Canadian culture.
Drift 03/27/2010
March 28, 2010A simple phasing piece consisting of a 12 beat phrase that repeats in two channels. The phrase in the right channel is a quarter of a beat longer than the phrase in the left channel, so they gradually drift out of sync, then come back into sync after 48 repeats. The result is a series of unpredictable rhythmic and melodic variations.
Light timing and velocity randomization was applied to the final sequence to keep the piece from feeling stiff. Both channels are played through a percussive synth patch designed in Native Instruments Massive, with EQ and reverb from Logic Pro.
KlangenRohr!!!!!
March 7, 2010Electric chimes created by mounting piezo transducers on metal tubes suspended from a microphone stand. Spring reverb courtesy of a Roland RE-201 Space Echo. Tiny clicking sounds are microphonic artifacts from the piezo leads rubbing against each other. Trimming and noise reduction processing performed in Logic Pro 9.
Handmade Music Toronto Wrap-up
February 20, 2010Handmade Music Toronto was a success! Thanks to Stephen McLeod, Andrew Lovett-Barron, and Alex Snukal for putting on a great event, and to all the other performers and attendees.
You can listen to my set and all my practice sessions leading up to it below:
