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Cinema Volta
John Maxwell Hobbs
Cinema Volta
John Maxwell Hobbs
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

John Maxwell Hobbs
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

John Maxwell Hobbs
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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Environment 5
Last in the series. This is in an impossible room: huge, made of tin with almost 0% humidity. 2005-08-19

John Maxwell Hobbs
Aug 19, 20050 min read
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Environment 4
Not such a huge space, but some really interesting resonances. 2005-08-18 By the way, I've been looking at Digital Musician, a service that allows musicians to collaborate online. I used the Rocket Network a few years ago to collaborate with David Azarch in NYC to create the Bossa 'n' Bass track from the early days of this site. If you're interested in an online collaboration, let me know.

John Maxwell Hobbs
Aug 18, 20050 min read
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Environment 3
A much larger and more dissonant space this time. 2005-08-17

John Maxwell Hobbs
Aug 17, 20050 min read
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