Soundscape 022 by Mathemusician

Note:
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Each layer of this piece was recorded in 24-bit bit rate, 192 kHz sampling rate quality and gently mixed and mastered, so listen to it through your best audio listening devices.

Hardware:
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I created and used, what I like to call RubberBand Boxes, one out of a shoe box, giving the higher plucked sounds and cymbal-like effects, and the other out of a craft box, primarily giving the lower plucked sounds.

I also created a Plinko-style marble rolling instrument using simple materials.

I placed piezo contact microphones in each one of these instruments.

Behringer, of course, made the Neutrons, although I, of course, created the patch wherein each of them communicate via a few rather complex feedback loops. That said, in this case, I did not feed either of the Neutrons any midi data, so the complicated patching mostly yields subtle nuances in the drones created through the delay parameters on each.

Hence, this soundscape is another layered one, wherein I first improvised with the marbles in the Plinko board, then played the lower end RubberBand Box, then the higher, and then improvised on the Neutrons. As such, aside from the digital effects, this piece is created through purely acoustic and analog instruments.

Software:
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I have yet to install all of my VSTs that I have on my previous laptop into my new one, so instead of spending my music making time installing VSTs, I decided to go ahead with those which are already installed.

The effect VSTs I used included Rob Papen's RP-Delay and RP-Verb, the TDR Nova, and the FL Studio native plugins known as the Fruity Stereo Enhancer, Fruity Convolver, Fruity Reeverb 2, Fruity Delay 3, Fruity Delay Bank, Transient Processor, and Hardcore.

I was stunned at how well Transient Processor made the RubberBand Box inputs more musical.

I was also after VSTs which can output frequencies well above 20 kHz, since the 192 kHz sampling rate at which these performances were recorded reach far beyond the usual range. Much to my surprise, the pedal effects VST called "Hardcore" contains a delay pedal which does exactly that! Less surprisingly, so does Fruity Convolver. In fact, this latter VST can be adjusted to 192 kHz sampling rates!

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Some VSTs, although none of the FL Studio ones, proved less reliable at this higher recording quality. I was lucky enough to nevertheless capture some beautiful moments with them, although I will be on the lookout for VSTs which are made to handle such environments.

Dedication:
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I dedicate this piece to everyone at EBI, especially the students with whom I had the good fortune of exploring mathematics and assisting them in their own creations of RubberBand Boxes and Plinko boards. I also dedicate this piece to the student who unexpectedly left this life soon after my departure. May you all find piece in the memories you have.

Also, if this particularly peculiar piece is not per se to your preference, rest assured, there will be much more RubberBand Box and Plinko board music to come!

* Deep listening music
* Acoustic, analog, digital media
* Improvisation, composition, self-generative

* Channeled from the abstract realms of form into our physical reality
* This music is about itself, not me.

* Audiophile audio file quality, i.e. CD or higher

* Swircle 987 is my handle for my harder style music.