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12 approaches to experimentation

Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 8:44 pm
by NoiseWiki
A friend of mine wrote this article that covers a number of techniques that can be applied to noise and music.


https://theproaudiofiles.com/experiment ... roduction/

Re: Ten approaches to experimentation

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 8:33 pm
by Pigswill
Ten? What about the other two? :P

This is a good list, though. 8: Randomization & Indeterminacy and 9: Improvisation are probably the closest to my approaches generally

Re: Ten approaches to experimentation

Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:07 am
by Indeterminacy
Pigswill wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 8:33 pm 8: Randomization & Indeterminacy
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Indeterminacy

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:21 am
by Indeterminacy
Indeterminacy wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:07 am
Pigswill wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 8:33 pm Indeterminacy
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Working on a cut list for a cabinet.
In the adjacent room I hear the sound of a guitar string breaking.
Said string is on a guitar that has been hanging on the wall, unmoved and untouched, for 16 years.

It was the b string.

Re: Indeterminacy

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:18 am
by NoiseWiki
Indeterminacy wrote: Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:21 am
Indeterminacy wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:07 am
Pigswill wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 8:33 pm Indeterminacy
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Working on a cut list for a cabinet.
In the adjacent room I hear the sound of a guitar string breaking.
Said string is on a guitar that has been hanging on the wall, unmoved and untouched, for 16 years.

It was the b string.
I guess that answers the question of if a b string breaks alone in a room does it make a sound

Re: 12 approaches to experimentation

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:28 pm
by Fire of the Mind
I've actually done most of these, with the exception of those which require actual hardwarexe2x80x94although I did have a friend back when I was in high school who used to circuit-bend effects pedals, so I do have some firsthand familiarity with that beyond just ogling cool gadgets on the Internet. I've relied most heavily on indeterminacy and weird metric tricks, I think, particularly effects automation based on parameters outside of the music being altered and the use of polymeter in overlapping looping segments.

My biggest influence, though, was the French-originated school of creative writing known as OuLiPo, where the author would impose certain rules on themself as how to proceedxe2x80x94never use the letter "e," for instancexe2x80x94and then create a poem or work of prose fiction within those parameters. The most famous example is perhaps the novel A Void by Georges Perec. Arbitrary difficulties and randomness are quite stimulating for me, even if I should choose to break or at least alter those impositions later.

Re: 12 approaches to experimentation

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 5:18 am
by Indeterminacy
Indeterminacy wrote: Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:07 am
Pigswill wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2020 8:33 pm 8: Randomization & Indeterminacy
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Fire of the Mind wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 4:28 pm randomness
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