Sounds from the Undeveloped Nature of the Human Distortion Box: Volume I
08.19.99Experiments in Computer Generated Noise
The first 'Volume' in the SFTUNOTHDB series was some first innitial experiments with computer generated noise and beats. These experiments were conducted over the course of a 2 month period using basic 'WAV' editing programs. This work proved a stating point for future computer related works that span several volumes.
SFTUNOTHDB: Volume I
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Description
The first section of this Volume was created by recording and manipulating computer noise. All external computer hardware (speakers, microphone, monitor) was detached except for the keyboard. The recording program was set to take a single keystroke to begin and stop recoding. Recording lasted one hour.
The resulting audio was a recording of computer noise itself. A computer recording of a computer recording the internal sounds of itself - an infinite loop recording of computer noise.
The resulting sounds were sounds random sounds of static, a recording of the computers internal electricity and mechanisms. This recording was then analyzed for content in terms of patterns or "beats". The recording was amplified and continuously stretched (zoom-in) several times in order to 'detect' interesting sounds and patterns. Chosen sounds were highlighted and saved.
In the resulting Volume, the first 30 minutes is dedicated to this computer 'static'.
In the second section, the saved 'snippets' of audio were used to create 'beats'. These small beats were only a few seconds in length. they are 'mixed' samples of short pieces of information. There is 70 three to ten second 'songs' on this Volume, all various bits of mixed information generated from computer static.
Note: I used 'filters' on the static pieces that were generated in order to create 'instruments'. These 'instruments' were then replicated throughout the experiments to give me a palette of beats and sounds to work with.
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