Mic Challenge [Found Sound-Field Recording]
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 1:23 am
Well I asked if people were hyped on this idea or not, and while I didn't get too much feedback, all of it was positive so I guess this is a go.
Foley-Field Recording-Mic Challenge
the simple explanation is:
no music samples
no synths
no subsonic
no noise generator or vinyl sim crackle
ONLY found sounds with the SP mic
NO DAWS! DAWs are entirely too powerful [and too easy to use] for audio manipulation
make one track per week, can be whatever you want as long as it is 100% manipulated field recordings
There is no battle, no poll at the end of the week due to the fact that there will never be any sample picking. This thread will continue on indefinitely as long as people enjoy this challenge. Every week you make whatever you want out of found sounds. People'll give you props if what you did is sick. People could comment on their favorites or give every track from that week a critique like the current battle format. Every Monday-Sunday is a new track. What will be encouraged is to ask about sounds you like that other people made. Hopefully we will all discover new weird techniques of our own, and then share all of them with each other and then combine techniques. Even if no one asks, share if you figured out something cool during the course of making the track. Don't worry about not making bangers, no one is expecting you to. This is a drastically different approach to the way most people use SPs. I haven't even owned an SP that long. This is about experimenting. Just having an ambient texture at the end of the week is totally acceptable. I don't want anyone to be intimidated by this challenge as if it's elitist or something. The rules are kind of strict [only so we can get better at this specific area] but I want this to be PURELY fun and I don't want anyone worrying about not having an LBJ tape at the end of the first week. I'm actually not expecting to see much hip hop at all [but I may be surprised] I really hope the majority of you guys are interested in this and the idea takes off.
stipulations: I realize I have to make some leeway on the different SPs. While I do want this to kind of be an SP only stay-in-the-box to learn it fully type of deal, that kind of excludes every SP except the 404 & 555 [202 can definitely do some weird stuff with foley but it's still lacking] If you use a 202 then resampling onto another medium is allowed but using any type of signal manipulation on said medium is a no-go. If you use a 303 [and a 404] you could just record the sample onto the 404 [WITHOUT FX] and dump it into the 303. If your only SP is a 303 you can use a mic [cheaper shittier mics would be better to be more in line with the 404 integrated mic] and I'm kind of confused because I can't figure out if the 505 has a mic port or not. For guys with multiple SPs, every new track you start on a fresh week could be a different SP. This is already way too long and hopefully I can edit this down at a later time once everyone is comfortable with the format. Make some weird shit and have fun!
Foley-Field Recording-Mic Challenge
the simple explanation is:
no music samples
no synths
no subsonic
no noise generator or vinyl sim crackle
ONLY found sounds with the SP mic
NO DAWS! DAWs are entirely too powerful [and too easy to use] for audio manipulation
make one track per week, can be whatever you want as long as it is 100% manipulated field recordings
There is no battle, no poll at the end of the week due to the fact that there will never be any sample picking. This thread will continue on indefinitely as long as people enjoy this challenge. Every week you make whatever you want out of found sounds. People'll give you props if what you did is sick. People could comment on their favorites or give every track from that week a critique like the current battle format. Every Monday-Sunday is a new track. What will be encouraged is to ask about sounds you like that other people made. Hopefully we will all discover new weird techniques of our own, and then share all of them with each other and then combine techniques. Even if no one asks, share if you figured out something cool during the course of making the track. Don't worry about not making bangers, no one is expecting you to. This is a drastically different approach to the way most people use SPs. I haven't even owned an SP that long. This is about experimenting. Just having an ambient texture at the end of the week is totally acceptable. I don't want anyone to be intimidated by this challenge as if it's elitist or something. The rules are kind of strict [only so we can get better at this specific area] but I want this to be PURELY fun and I don't want anyone worrying about not having an LBJ tape at the end of the first week. I'm actually not expecting to see much hip hop at all [but I may be surprised] I really hope the majority of you guys are interested in this and the idea takes off.
stipulations: I realize I have to make some leeway on the different SPs. While I do want this to kind of be an SP only stay-in-the-box to learn it fully type of deal, that kind of excludes every SP except the 404 & 555 [202 can definitely do some weird stuff with foley but it's still lacking] If you use a 202 then resampling onto another medium is allowed but using any type of signal manipulation on said medium is a no-go. If you use a 303 [and a 404] you could just record the sample onto the 404 [WITHOUT FX] and dump it into the 303. If your only SP is a 303 you can use a mic [cheaper shittier mics would be better to be more in line with the 404 integrated mic] and I'm kind of confused because I can't figure out if the 505 has a mic port or not. For guys with multiple SPs, every new track you start on a fresh week could be a different SP. This is already way too long and hopefully I can edit this down at a later time once everyone is comfortable with the format. Make some weird shit and have fun!
this is a chill zone, you can drop in and out per week whenever you feel like it
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