Camaldoli Bell [disquiet0241] by project dirigent

Camaldoli Bell
Disquiet Junto Project 0241: Foreground Effect
The Assignment: Compose a piece of music in which the material processed is secondary to the processing.

Sound source is the church bell at New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur, California. The bell is rung 4 times a day (sometimes more) calling the monks to prayer.

For the effect I used a module in Cecilia called "Particle". I set the audio file duration quite long, stretching the sound, slowing the bell sounds and giving it a bit of drone effect.

I ran the source file through several times keeping the settings unchanged except for the source duration and transposition. I tried a lot of transpositions but eventually chose several that were roughly harmonic.

The bell plays for one minute then the effect continues alone for another minute.

Bell recorded with a Zoom H5 on July 11, 2016 at New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur California. Processed with Cecilia 5 and edited with Audacity.

Creative Commons license granted.

More on this 241st weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Compose a piece of music in which the material processed is secondary to the processing” — at:

http://disquiet.com/0241/

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http://disquiet.com/junto/