Thursday, May 1, 2008

Sound-In-Time

0:00 - 0:15 A bell-like synthesized sound opens the piece, only on the right channel.

0:15 - 0:28 The synthesizer continues, eventually bridging over to the left channel, but first a pulsing bass drum and whooshing sounds enter on the left channel.


0:28 - 0:56 The pulsating continues close to center as
synthesizer pad chords enter in the left channel. A light male vocal is set on top, centered on the sound stage.

0:56 - 1:23 The pulsating,
synthesizer pad, and vocals continue. A bass drum, hi-hat, and rim click are added for rhythm, as well as a rhythmic piano figure in the right channel.

1:23 - 1:50 The drums and pad
synthesizer continue; the vocal moves into a higher, cleaner register. An addition of bass synthesizer, string synthesizers, and a jumping, rhythmic clavichord-like synthesizer open up the sound for fullness, depth, and warmth.

1:50 - 2:17 The bass and drums continue, the
synthesizer pad continues with a slightly brighter sound, and the vocal moves down to a lower register. A rhythmic piano figure is added.

2:17 - 2:56
The drums (with a snare sound in place of a rim click sound now) and pad synthesizer continue; the vocal moves into a higher, cleaner register. An addition of bass synthesizer, string synthesizers, and a jumping, rhythmic clavichord-like synthesizer open up the sound for fullness, depth, and warmth. The effect is loud, sustained, and strong.

2:56 - 2:58 A higher-pitched synthesizer sound fades in on top of everything as that starts to wane.

2:58 - 3:25 The high synthesizer, the drums, bass synthesizer the pad synthesizer, and the clavichord-like synthesizer continue. Everything else leaves.

3:25 - 3:52 The drums and clavichord sound continue. The pad synthesizer sound brightens up some into a more organ-like sound, the male vocal returns in a low register, slowly getting higher. The entire effect slowly gets louder.

3:52 - 4:25
The drums, bass, and pad synthesizer continue; the vocal moves into a higher, cleaner register. An addition string synthesizers brightens the sound considerably. The effect is loud, sustained, and strong.

4:25 - 4:39 The vocal stops. A synthesizer is added in the left channel playing a jumpy, cyclical, steady rhythmic figure. The general effect very slowly starts to decline in strength.

4:39 - 4:46 A sustained, gentle synthesizer sound is added to the right channel.

4:46 - 4:53 Everything continues except the string and pad synthesizers, which stop.

4:53 - 5:43 With a cymbal crash, everything stops except the jumpy synthesizer in the left channel, the sustained synthesizer in the right channel, and the bass synthesizer, which begins to move between the right and left channels. The three very slowly fade into silence.

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