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franz rosati – ruins
Transformation, transfiguration, transmutation. Matter is always changing and what’s called destruction becomes just a new form of creation. Nature is mutating energy and perhaps sonic phenomena is the best example of it; and better than that is the perception of that sonic manifestation…
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twincities – variations for the celesta
Sound never stops, it’s always moving because if not, we wouldn’t be alive to say this. Sound signals get into computers, machines and other tools that process its characteristics, but stay always on their own realm. When playing instruments and dealing…
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emiliano romanelli – 333 loops (volume 1)
Sound is not in space; sound is space. For the listener, space is just echo, and echo is sound. The acoustic dimension is 100% full of sonic matter able to build the illusion of space depending on its transformation, malleability, resonance, multiplication; elements that, when explored correctly,…
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nicolas bernier – frequencies (a / fragments)
Sound granulation tends to be evaluated mainly in terms of time. That aspect of the grain is essential, but the frequency dimension is equally important and a granular perspective of it, radically expands the way microsound is conceived. Nicolas Bernier’s “frequencies (a / fragments)” magnificently…
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On RX3
Some months ago, iZotope released a brand new version of RX, an audio repair toolkit charged with lots of great tools for dealing with audio material. In the new version, RX added new modules such as Dereverb, realtime dialogue denoiser,…
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USBPre2: Part1 – First Impressions
About ten days ago i received my USBPre2 after waiting for three (long!) weeks. This is not a technical review but more about my impressions and thoughts after integrating it in to my home and field recording setup. 1. Why?…