"Detritus" by Joel Putnam Latest Release from Soundengine.com
 November 11, 2001
Soundengine.com has announced the availability of its eleventh WAV file CD-ROM,
Joel Putman's "Detritus"
As Joel explains, "Almost all of the samples on Detritus were found
sounds. I
recorded them from various sources including the subway, train, taxi
cabs, many retail stores (one of which choose to ask me to leave) and
of course TV, radio, and the web. Many of the sounds were quite simple
to start with such as the sound of a cash register, a turnstile, or a
door opening. I recorded most of the source on MD, but also made
considerable use of very cheap cassette recorders. The cassette
recorders really added to some of the "lo-fi" character. I then wrote
programs in Kyma and Csound to process the samples. Some of the
processes I used were--sample granulation, AM, FM, waveset techniques,
FFT resynthesis, wavetable tricks, waveshaping, and formant synthesis.
The results were files that range from skipping, stuttering sounds to
dark mechanistic ambiances"
"When Joel locks himself in his computer lab, planets align, dogs and
cats lie down together, and billions of CPU cycles are put to use
designing the most creative processed sounds I have ever heard, " said
Scott C. Peer, President of Soundengine.com.
"Detritus" is available now at Soundengine.com and has an MSRP of
$59.95.
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