Glacial Communications

This involved a lot of Zoviet France, and some new things coming out of Everyone Else Has a Record Label, So Why Can't I?

This was supposed to be the 21st, but something bad happened to the podcast generator script. It's fixed now, but I've found that editing the title will cause dupes. So, it's 'the 27th'.  The show was a little more AGP, with some added Merzbow flavor.

I now have on my hard drive a small pile of .wav files. At some point, they’ll be burned onto a CD, and delivered. At some point after that, you’ll be able to get your hands on it. I guess I need to design the art now, or something.

The tentative title: Handmade Volume 1: Signal Intercept (Yeah, it’s sort of complicated. But it is the first of what’s intended to be a series of recordings based on all/mostly DIY gear)

Any questions?

(And it’s all just in time to do a followup in the RPM Challenge that may end up coming out before it. That probably won’t be part of the Handmade series, though.)

A first go at trawling the depths of The Avant Garde Project. We used AGP1 through AGP4. There will probably be future installments of AGP material, but not on a routine basis.

Things that have been going on in the last few weeks:

1. The SN-Voice has progressed a little bit – The front panel is drilled, and I think I’m in possession of all the required parts. Now begins the joyous task of mounting the front panel controls, and then wiring them to the PCB. I technically still need the tempco, but I thought about just mounting header sockets, and using a regular 2k resistor for now – like drift really bothers me… I’ve still got a little time to think this over.

2. Mega Percussive Synthesizer – All remaining parts (except the polystyrene caps) have been ordered. Need to solder them in…

3. Recording process – All of side 2 is edited down. Now to get an appropriate 15 minutes out of side 1, which is currently 23′40″. Still need two song titles, and an album title.

4. Signed up for the RPM Challenge again, so hot on the heels of this thing will be another recording, though probably with fewer rules.

5. Got an iPod touch this week. The eventual plan is to maybe develop for it. We’ll see how that goes…

First hour was a lot of processed samples of Weddell Seals. Second hour was processed field recordings of Iceland. It's cold out there ;-)