Ginger [disquiet0243] by analoc

**Production Notes**

First things first: I’ve got a modular now - a small setup, but I love it, while I’m still trying to wrap my head around the endless possibilities. The setup contains the model „Phonogene“, a voltage controlled sampler which can be used to treat audio like tape (which gets you to music concrete sooner or later).

Back to the assignment. First I thought about warming up the virtual CS-80 from Arturia, as that was the synth dominating the - once unique and fascinating - soundtrack of „Blade Runner“.

But then I found a snippet of the final scene, imported it into the Phonogene, where it was mangled beyond recognition and served as a droney loop. Next I added a bit of Aalto and Chromaphone.

Last ingredient: The live treatment of a Police Radio station transmission from Las Vegas, first with „Phonogene“ and „Echophone“, lastly with Vocalsynth. I could see Deckard sitting in his car, it’s night and raining (of course), as he’s flying to his next adventure… and his radio is tuned to a police radio station, happily blasting away the steady stream of this night’s crimes.

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** Disquiet Junto Project 0243: Synth Trial**

The Assignment: Share the best track from your audition tape for Blade Runner 2.

Please pay particular attention to all the instructions below, in light of SoundCloud having closed down its Groups functionality.

Big picture: One thing arising from the end of the Groups functionality is a broad goal, in which an account on SoundCloud is not necessary for Disquiet Junto project participation. We’ll continue to use SoundCloud, but it isn’t required to use SoundCloud. The aspiration is for the Junto to become “platform-agnostic,” which is why using a message forum, such as llllllll.co, as a central place for each project may work well.

And now, on to this week’s project.

Project Steps:

Step 1: As you now know, Jóhann Jóhannsson was selected to score Blade Runner 2. The news means, among other things, that you didn’t get the gig. Please reconcile yourself with this.

Step 2: Please share your favorite track from the audition tape you sent to Ridley Scott.

Five More Important Steps When Your Track Is Done:

Step 1: Per the instructions below, be sure to include the project tag “disquiet0243” (no spaces) in the name of your track. If you’re posting on SoundCloud in particular, this is essential to my locating the tracks and creating a playlist of them.

Step 2: Upload your track. It is helpful but not essential that you use SoundCloud to host your track.

Step 3: This is a fairly new step, if you’ve done a Junto project previously. In the following discussion thread at llllllll.co post your track:

http://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0243-synth-trial/4288

Step 4: Annotate your track with a brief explanation of your approach and process.

Step 5: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

This project was posted in the morning, California time, on Thursday, August 25, 2016, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, August 29, 2016.

Length: The length is up to you. Three minutes seems like a good maximum.

Title/Tag: When posting your track, please include “disquiet0243” in the title of the track, and where applicable (on SoundCloud, for example) as a tag.

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More on this 243rd weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Share the best track from your audition tape for Blade Runner 2” — at:

http://disquiet.com/0243/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

http://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

http://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0243-synth-trial/4288

There’s also on a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.