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antiwar
bufferFuct

Invitation

Using only the material found on the hotline server (in the "bufferFuct_ProjectFolder" dir) create a new work no longer than 6 minutes in length.

As usual, feel free to mutate, mangle, destroy, induce failure in, and generally further f_ck up the samples to your hearts content.

This mp3 web release is a joint production of STEIM and the .microsound list.

city of the future

Invitation

by Kim Cascone
CITY OF THE FUTURE

I rented Tarkovsky's 'Solaris' again last month after seeing the Soderbergh remake in LA last November and thought it would make for a good remix/treatment project...

I've always had a favorite part of 'Solaris': 'the city of the future' - as it is titled on the DVD release...the entire scene is recorded from the point of view of the astronaut as he drives to the city on the highway...the sound design for this particular scene has always haunted me...along with the sound for Eraserhead it is some of the best sound art in a film I can think of (other than Stalker that is)...

I thought the title was fitting due to the current world situation...it is not an overt political theme for the project but it implies hope for a city in the future...so while this could mean 'Baghdad' it could also mean the city you live in/near or a city you like to visit...a city could also represent any large collection of various types and races of people...

in any event, this is meant to be a productive, constructive, creative theme expressing hope for the future...

droplifting
InfiniteJest
Infinite Jest:

I have been thinking about a film score project for some years now:
in the novel 'Infinite Jest' by David Foster Wallace
there is a lengthy endnote containing a filmography for the
protagonist's experimental filmmaker father, James O. Incandenza.

I've always thought that making these fictional films into real ones
would make for a great project but after DFW's death
I thought that it might make a thoughtful .microsound project
to create soundtracks for these films as a way to honor his life and
work.

So here is my proposal: using the filmography I've uploaded to the
server select a film and create a soundtrack for it.

The world is going to be a much less interesting place without DFW and the least we can do is try to
counter that.

I will miss his presence in the world.
John Watermann

Invitation

Celebrate the life and work of John Watermann (Feb.19.1935 - Apr.4.2002)

Using only the material found on the hotline server (in the "John Watermann Drop Box/raw sample" folder) create a new work no longer than 6 minutes in length.

As usual, feel free to mutate, mangle, destroy, induce failure in, and generally further f_ck up the samples to your hearts content.

Pieces submitted will be released here.

The deadline for submissions has passed.

Klanghausen

In the spirit of providing the list with a summer project as well as paying homage to Herr Stockhausen (who we all owe a great deal to) we offer this invitation:

Use the Impulse.aiff soundfile in the 'Klanghausen' project folder (download here) or make your own impulse sound file in Peak, Cool Edit, PD or Max/MSP. First build a library of sounds created by sending your impulse through various types of plugins. Then create a new piece using this library.

the deadline for submissions has passed.
Madrid

Please excuse my fragmented thoughts but I am trying to find the correct words to describe this project so it shows respect to the victims of 3-11:

An act of terrorism took place in Madrid on March 11st that devastated the world... A country still healing from the bloodshed and destruction of Franco's fascist regime was hit again with more violence...

While it is still not clear who exactly is responsible for the bombings that occurred in Madrid it is clear that the systems we have in place which affords wealth and power to the few - over the many - no longer work and are the cause of many of our current problems and impede the development true democracies...

During the Spanish Civil War many artists and intellectuals helped the Spanish by fighting against the Nationalist factions... It is no surprise that artists from around the world always seem ready and willing to come to the aid of the Spanish people when they experience tragedy... It is time once again to show the Spanish people that we care by expressing our thoughts and feelings about this recent travesty...

The deadline for submissions has passed.

McDonna

On December 2001, Sonic Foundry organized a Madonna remix contest. Artists submitted tracks using samples from "Deeper and Deeper," "Music," and "Ray of Light."

These are the .microsound list members reconstructions.
microacoustic_music
microspace
microtones
Naked_Lunch
Parasites

On December 2001, Kim Cascone invited the .microsound list to mutate, mangle, destroy, induce failure in, and generally f_ck up the tracks of his parasites cd.

These are the results.
pi day 2003

this project is dedicated to the transcendental number pi

using pi, .microsound list members composed pieces that use the number/concept in some direct way. Also, pieces needed to be exactly 3:14 min, and use pi as a formula for their title.

These are the results, released 3.14 (Pi Day)

pi day 2004

this project is dedicated to the transcendental number pi

using pi, .microsound list members composed pieces that use the number/concept in some direct way. Also, pieces needed to be exactly 3:14 min, and use pi as a formula for their title.

These are the results, released 3.14 (Pi Day)

pi day 2007

this project is dedicated to the transcendental number pi

using pi, .microsound list members composed pieces that use the number/concept in some direct way. Also, pieces needed to be exactly 3:14 min, and use pi as a formula for their title.

These are the results, released 3.14 (Pi Day)

pi day 2008
pi day 2009
pi day 2010

this project is dedicated to the transcendental number pi

using pi, .microsound list members composed pieces that use the number/concept in some direct way. Also, pieces needed to be exactly 3:14 min, and use pi as a formula for their title.

These are the results, released 3.14 (Pi Day)

pi day 2011

this project is dedicated to the transcendental number pi

using the mathematical constant know as 'pi', .microsound list members composed pieces that use the number/concept in some direct way. Also, pieces needed to be exactly 3:14 min, and use pi as a formula for their title.

These are the results, released 3.14 (Pi Day)

pi day 2012

this project is dedicated to the transcendental number pi

using the mathematical constant know as 'pi', .microsound list members composed pieces that use the number/concept in some direct way. Also, pieces needed to be exactly 3:14 min, and use pi as a formula for their title.

These are the results, released 3.14 (Pi Day)

RNDTXT

invitation by Kim Cascone

this project is based on a new kind of spam people are getting these days...the use of random text embedded into an email is meant to confuse spam email filters (Bayesian filters?)...I have been collecting spam for a couple of years now (images and text) so I can use the content in my projects...I consider any unsolicited spam sent to me as free to use/open source content...

I took 4 or 5 months worth of spam that contained random text and constructed a single text file containing all of it...

here are the stats on the text file:

  • 17,332 words
  • chars (sans spaces) 125,810
  • chars (w/spaces) 143,187
  • 145,270K in size

This project is not constrained to being a music/sound project and is focused primarily on using data sets to create artwork.

Seven Seconds

The book 'Media Unlimited' by Todd Gitlin describes how the average length of time needed today to comprehend new information is approx. seven seconds. This is the reason why sound bites heard on TV and radio fit into this time frame. It would be an interesting task to create sound works that also fit within this time frame...

so here is a new microsound project:

  • create a piece no longer than seven seconds
  • there should a strong structural element (i.e., A-B-A, A-B-B-A, A-B-C-A, etc)...(it can be layered as well...for example: one layer consists of one sort of structure and another consists of a different one)
  • the piece should NOT be monochromatic (i.e., it should use different types of sounds)

the deadline for submissions has passed.
stone and ripple

Invitation

Using Wigout (Mac or PC) or the samples found at the .microsound server create a new work no longer than 6 minutes in length.

You may abuse, process, mangle, fuck up, destroy, fold, bend, and/or mutilate the Wigout soundfiles with any sound application you want to use.

The only wish is that the flavor of the Wigout waveforms is retained somehow.

  • Find Wigout for PC here
  • Wigout for Mac (MAX/MSP) and sound samples can be found at the hotline server

All styles of microsound are welcome.
Results will be compiled and released here.

The deadline for submissions has passed.
wikileaks 

WIKILEAKS PROJECT
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take the audio from the helecopter footage and make something else out of it


SPECIFICATIONS
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source URL: http://collateralmurder.org/
maximum length: 180 seconds
accepted format[s]: FLAC, mp3
deadline: all entries must be in before 4 december 2011


notes
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- please add tags to the audio with your [psuedo]name and the work's title
- feel free to also submit a text file about your work
- deadline is 1 year anniversary of paypal rejecting donations to
  wikileaks