{"id":904,"date":"2012-06-08T16:04:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T15:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corkcitygamelan.ie\/blog\/?p=904"},"modified":"2012-06-08T16:04:48","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T15:04:48","slug":"dark-time-abstract-art-music-in-a-light-hearted-mood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corkcitygamelan.ie\/blog\/dark-time-abstract-art-music-in-a-light-hearted-mood\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Time – Abstract Art Music In A Light Hearted Mood"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am calling this very abstract piece of music “Dark Time” – a reflection on the concepts of dark energy<\/a> and dark matter<\/a>. Dark Time, as defined by myself, passes just like ordinary time\u2026 however, for some reason science still cannot quite understand, it is not available for doing work. As a matter of fact, we don’t even notice it passing. We only know that Dark Time has passed – or that we have passed through it, depending on your preferred frame of reference – when we see that the clock has moved on… and nothing got done.<\/p>\n

Dark Time<\/a> – a fairly quiet abstract soundscape, a little over 14 minutes long, 12.6 MB to download, in the iTunes AAC\/.m4a format.<\/p>\n

Almost all of the sounds are processed hits and scrapes on various gates and doors around Cork City. A plastic wheel bin and some empty beer kegs left out in Market Lane also feature prominently in the mix. For a bit of extra sparkle, my brass chimes on a string make an appearance as a “Special Guest”.<\/p>\n

\"\"I am close to finishing the development of the first version of my Cork City Gamelan dedicated sample player. I use the patcher software Audio Mulch<\/a> for building it.<\/p>\n

As I go along, I play and record little pieces of music to test all the different features I would like to include. The music I am sharing today verifies the multitrack recording capabilities. I performed six simultaneous instrument parts live and recorded them in a single take in six separate stereo files, making it possible to tweak the final mix using my DAW software (Logic Pro).<\/p>\n

All the examples I have recorded so far are slowly evolving soundscapes. This will change next week: I plan to get hardware controllers with knobs, sliders and buttons. Right now, I must play everything using only my mouse and the typing keyboard.<\/p>\n

Enjoy, and feel free to share and remix it. The rules are in the Disclaimer page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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