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Cinema Volta
John Maxwell Hobbs
Cinema Volta
John Maxwell Hobbs
Sequence 3.6
A snake eating its tail. Everything is modulating everything else in this one and then stuck in a huge space. 2005-09-09 By the way, this is probably the only time I will ever use granular synthesis. It doesn't make me nauseous the way that ring modulation does, but it comes pretty close. I only used it this time because this application of it doesn't sound like someone trying to pull a nail out of a knothole.

John Maxwell Hobbs
Sep 9, 20050 min read
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Sequence 3.5
Returning to the sequence track for the moment. This one is placed in Laukyrkan on Gotland. It makes use of frequency shifting, mult-tap delays and frequency distortion. 2005-09-08

John Maxwell Hobbs
Sep 8, 20050 min read
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Morning improvisation
This was a tricky one for me - other than the 45 second reverb from the cistern, there are no effects, no loops, no special processes. Just me, my strat and my ebow. 2005-09-07 I've just been informed that this site has been nominated in the category of "Best Podcast" for Deutsche Welle's "BOB" awards.

John Maxwell Hobbs
Sep 7, 20050 min read
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Sequence 3.4
Continuing the same process. This time the effects are filtered echoes and the reverb from Gasverket here in Stockholm. 2005-09-06

John Maxwell Hobbs
Sep 6, 20050 min read
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Sequence 3.3
Same setup as yesterday, I just changed the processing on the track. This one is about echoes and standing waves. 2005-09-05

John Maxwell Hobbs
Sep 5, 20050 min read
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Sequence 3.2
This is yesterday's track run through a set of moving resonators and then put into the Cistern. I just can't resist making things blurry. 2005-09-04 I'm using Altiverb instead of Rayverb for the Cistern reverb because it can handle the 44 second decay much better.

John Maxwell Hobbs
Sep 4, 20050 min read
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Sequence 3.1
Similar process as before, just with very different results. This also began with a single note run through a variety of MIDI processors. 2005-09-03

John Maxwell Hobbs
Sep 3, 20050 min read
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Sequence 2.4
Some more modifications of the effects chain and I placed it all in Domkyrkan this time. The is probably the end of this series because I've hit a brick wall with my computer. The creation of this track keeps crashing Cubase. Serves me right for using so much beta software. 2005-09-02

John Maxwell Hobbs
Sep 2, 20050 min read
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Sequence 2.3
This set of sequences is turning out to be more about taking the same structures and sounds and altering them through the processing. I've added an infinite delay with modulation to yesterday's track. I also boosted the level of the oboe. I'm really pushing the limits of my six-year-old G4 here.2005-09-01 By the way, this is number 200.

John Maxwell Hobbs
Sep 1, 20050 min read
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Sequence 2.2
Shifted things around a bit, changed the patches and routed the MIDI delays to different sounds. It's a bit dreamy. 2005-08-31

John Maxwell Hobbs
Aug 31, 20050 min read
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Sequence 2.1
Here's a modification of the initial conditions of the sequence, based on the sounds of yesterday's version. 2005-08-30

John Maxwell Hobbs
Aug 30, 20050 min read
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Sequence 9
And finally: 2005-08-29

John Maxwell Hobbs
Aug 29, 20050 min read
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Sequence 8
2005-08-29

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Aug 28, 20050 min read
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Sequence 7
2005-08-27

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Aug 27, 20050 min read
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Sequence 6
2005-08-26

John Maxwell Hobbs
Aug 26, 20050 min read
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Sequence 4
2005-08-24

John Maxwell Hobbs
Aug 24, 20050 min read
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Sequence 3
2005-08-23

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Aug 23, 20050 min read
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Sequence 2
Next entry in the series. 2005-08-22

John Maxwell Hobbs
Aug 22, 20050 min read
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Sequence 1
I got a handle on the processing from yesterday and this is the first result. This is the start of a series that are all generated from a single note. That note is run through a stack of processors, some at war with each other. Through the series, the note and the processing will stay the same, just the sound source will change. 2005-08-21

John Maxwell Hobbs
Aug 21, 20050 min read
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Smear
This is just a big mess. Just a live mic picking up lots of noises in the room and outside the window, feeding back, and then run through lots and lots of processing. It may be messy, but it's kind of fun and pointing toward a whole setup that I'll be working with for a while. 2005-08-20

John Maxwell Hobbs
Aug 20, 20050 min read
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