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justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:38 pm

wrend

Guitar with ebow, drum stick and metal filings on the pickups, fed to the modular then through Reaktor, MFM2, Soundtoys and Uhbiks.

synthgeek · Post by **synthgeek** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:37 pm

having download trouble- only getting the first 0:13. Maybe your server's too busy, will try again later.

wavephonic · Post by **wavephonic** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:42 pm

dig the space in the intro that leads to the plunge. how did the filings effect the magnetic field around the pickups?..cool experiment.
I like the way this translates from guitary sound to my old ford starting up..lol.
some of those dives are horrendously good. almost had a groove going around 9:25.
nice out

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:56 pm

When the strings really get going the metal filings bridge from the pickup to the string causing the the sound to cut out. It makes a cool sound when it happens, like the string isn't seated in the bridge right almost.

Thanks for listening.

Laguna Rising · Post by **Laguna Rising** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:22 pm

Very original and uncommon sound source

The result is appreciable, cool sounds, weird stuff - interesting

Cheers

jopy · Post by **jopy** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:09 pm

Interesting. There's certainly an emotional effect from this, especially since most of the sounds move from semi-integrated or almost tonal to chaotic. Like a Pollock painting, it's allover (at least to me), there's no start or finish really; it could loop on and on, as if it existed in space and we just happen to drop in to catch what's going on in particular moment.

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:37 pm

jmeier wrote:Interesting. There's certainly an emotional effect from this, especially since most of the sounds move from semi-integrated or almost tonal to chaotic. Like a Pollock painting, it's allover (at least to me), there's no start or finish really; it could loop on and on, as if it existed in space and we just happen to drop in to catch what's going on in particular moment.

Yeah, there is a subtle amount of ring mod that gets less subtle as things get louder making every note slightly atonal. Also there is a comparator which acts as a gate that triggers everything from sample and hold modulation to the record switch on an 8bit sampler. For me the painting, or the beauty of the thing is in the patch, I think that's why it's so nebulous. I think it's tough to really appreciate the sounds if you can't see how they were created.

JediMind · Post by **JediMind** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:07 pm

This + actually being 3am in the morning = freakout.

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:38 pm

God damn Justin! That's like a car wreck happening in slow motion. Incredible sounds. Some of the vocal sounding ones are horrifically disturbing.

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:49 am

polyslax wrote:Some of the vocal sounding ones are horrifically disturbing.

You're telling me!

tomg · Post by **tomg** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:40 am

After working on my little 3 minute rock tune for the last 24 hour this is some kind of major whiplash.

Just WoW! .... Did you ever hear Chicago's "Free Form Guitar"? Rumor has it that Hendrix was a Terry Kath fan.

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:39 am

I haven't but I'll check it out. All this experimental guitar stuff is new to me (I'm trying to run before I know how to walk) and so I'd like to hear more stuff like this. More than anything, I'm enjoying playing an instrument without caring what comes out.

Thanks for listening.

annode · Post by **annode** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:09 am

I'm really injoying this. Like you said, shame we can't watch.

Those sounds are amazing. I'll enjoy this for sometime after.

Thanks for posting this justin.

PS: Just now as I was saving it, I had the thought to save it to my DAW pc...then I thought...what the hell could "I" possibly do to it! haha

Aloysius · Post by **Aloysius** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:18 am

Yes! It was like Chinese Torture. It was GREAT when it STOPPED

Only joking!

One thing I really like about this forum is hearing how creative people can be with products that I already own (for a change). I found your post/MP3 quite inspiring. My own E-Bow, has been dusted off for some future fun activities! Nothing kinky

I mean of course, Musical activities

Thanks for the post . . .

Voidoid Surrealist · Post by **Voidoid Surrealist** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:38 am

Listening the second time around now.
Maybe it was all the Lustmord and Zero Kama I was just listening to prior to this, but underneath all the chaos, it feels like whatever is behind the wheel doesn't have pure and gentle intentions.

Your recent stuff stuff has been hitting pretty close with me.

a tortured guitar