Form!
So this week I have been working hard on sequencing my first acousmatic composition, as well as collecting new sounds for my second composition. Spending a lot of time in Logic has helped me to re-aquaint myself with the software, so now i’m feeling much more confident about the interface i’m using. I’ve also finally mastered how to sample my sounds in the EXS24, combining these manipulated sounds with standard plugins and the Ixi Quartz software has really opened a much wider sound world- with endless possibilities with this composition. The problem with this is the composition can end up being without direction/random/meaningless. This was highlighted in a discussion we had in class on ‘form’ and followed up in Julio’s blog. As a traditional composition student- I have applied techniques I would use when writing acoustically to how I am sequencing this piece. I open with single sounds, allowing the audience to familiarise themselves with the timbres/textures available in the piece, I give the sounds some space before moving into a ‘contrapuntal’ section- using these sounds simultaneously, but building up to a bigger climax with new sounds. After the climax, we hear the sounds earlier used which gradually fade out to bring a cohesive end to the piece.
The link to the piece is: http://www.divshare.com/download/6906782-1b6
