MUS 257 - musique concrete Projects

musique concrete projects!

MUS 257 - Fall 1997

The assignment:

"Record three brief sounds on a DAT, and then transfer these sounds digitally into Pro Tools (as was demonstrated in class). In Pro Tools make several copies of these three sounds and apply various techniques of manipulation to them (e.g., reversal, time compression, pitch shift, etc.). Drag these copies to various tracks and arrange them in a way that makes for interesting pacing and creates a texture of sufficient density. The resulting composition should be approximately two to three minutes in duration."

After these projects were assembled with Pro Tools, by Digidesign, they were encoded as MPEG Layer 3 files with Rafael W. Luebbert's MPecker Encoder.

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toronto.mp3, (MPEG layer 3 File).
(copyright 1997 by the Trustees of Hamilton College)

Thunder.mp3, (MPEG layer 3 File).
(copyright 1997 by the Trustees of Hamilton College)

Rusting Away, (MPEG layer 3 File). by Phil Skalski
(copyright 1997 by the Trustees of Hamilton College)

Mr_Wilis.mp3, (MPEG layer 3 File).
(copyright 1997 by the Trustees of Hamilton College)

invader.mp3, (MPEG layer 3 File).
(copyright 1997 by the Trustees of Hamilton College)

GREeee.mp3, (MPEG layer 3 File). by Rob Whelan
(copyright 1997 by the Trustees of Hamilton College)

godscrap.mp3, (MPEG layer 3 File).
(copyright 1997 by the Trustees of Hamilton College)

For_Anne.mp3, (MPEG layer 3 File). by Preeta Samarasan
(copyright 1997 by the Trustees of Hamilton College)

cubensis.mp3, (MPEG layer 3 File).
(copyright 1997 by the Trustees of Hamilton College)

concrete mixer, (MPEG layer 3 File). by Chris Obremski
(copyright 1997 by the Trustees of Hamilton College)

the inspiration: free time and the means to let the mind play in the aural realm...

BABY.mp3, (MPEG layer 3 File).
(copyright 1997 by the Trustees of Hamilton College)

ahhhhhhh.mp3, (MPEG layer 3 File).
(copyright 1997 by the Trustees of Hamilton College)

ABTOOLS.mp3, (MPEG layer 3 File).
(copyright 1997 by the Trustees of Hamilton College)

36thCham.mp3, (MPEG layer 3 File).
(copyright 1997 by the Trustees of Hamilton College)

from Ares Vallis, (MPEG layer 3 File). by the Professor
(copyright 1997 by the Continental Music Press)

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