Week 01

recording piece for week 1 release by emm and alex

identity card

title: "parallel recording diaries"

duration: 01.00-01.20 minutes x 7 files: around 08:00 minutes.

description: We made a parallel recording throughout the day: one of us is at home the other travelling, to create a contrasting experience. The purpose was oto create, through parallel field recordings, a feeling of displacement to the listener, that is positioned in one place and listening to what is happening in two other places at the same time.

score: We recorded, at the same moment of the day, the sounds around us, opening the recording with a documental description of when, where, and what was happening. Afterwards, the recordings have been mixed together: one comes from the right and one from the right, so that they could be listened to separately (two monos) or also merged (stereo), depending on the media used.

input [raw material]: field recordings

tools [used but not seen/heard everything /from tools to software/ used to obtain the material and modify the material]: two brains, a mini-microphone, a phone, Audacity.

process log [steps, process, curation]: 1. record the audio 2. upload the files on audacity 2. normalise, loudness normalisation, noise reduction effects on audacity 3. set alex on the right and emm on the left. 4. export .wav file

output [public outcome]: alexemm.mp3

who? [the person/group that worked on it]: Alex and Emm

the idea

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  idea explanation

make a parallel recording throughout the day one is at home the other travelling

"sit outside in a field and record the sounds I'm hearing // the other record the sounds in the house"

documentary: giving time date and place, eventually the action

set a time without a specific reason to leave things to go as they normally would.

contrasting experience

the result

it's happening exactly at the same time, but in a total different place

feeling of displacement

you are here and there

the listeners are in three different places at the same time (where they sit, alex position and emm position)

feedbacks

Sth that worked:

overlapping of voices

being in different places while listening (physically + mentally)

episodes format gives a lot of structure and at some point feel familiar

structure vs openness

it was clear from the start

contrast of situations

set the ground at the beginning to position the audience

layering worked well in the sounds mixing but not with voices that should be legible

liked the episode structure, was accessible

links to the environment worked

Sth that could still be worked on:

balance of sound of voices/volume of environmental sounds

moments of clarity/legibility of the approach

clear

timestamp (protocol) should be clearly presented

wished more confrontation between situations (could be because of cuts)

more listening between two contributions?

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gives a rhythm to the whole piece

set the ground at the beginning with the introduction

the different tones of voice position in different mental places

two people in a different place, home-travelling, contrasting experiences

episode structure

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audio levels

time and place need to be clearer to hear, voices are meant to be legible

add a unified piece at the beginning like "day one" to set the space for the audience

gallery

documentation images taken when recording a piece

glitched with audacity by alex

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  14.04.2022-16.30

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  14.04.2022-21.00

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  15.04.2022-10.00

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  15.04.2022-18.00

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  16.04.2022-15.00

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  16.04.2022-20.00

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  17.04.2022-15.30