SPRCLLDR

I started exploring the sound synthesis. The tool I am working with is called SuperCollider. It is freely obtainable. To work and play with it I begun learning the programming language it uses. Am happy about it since I have been planning to start learning a new language. And this is a completely new one!!!

SuperCollider

After downloading the PsyCollider (an instance of SuperCollider which can be run under XP) I commenced with the tutorial files.(Am planning to use it under Linux in the future though...).

At the moment I am getting around the usage of a proper syntax. What I like about it is that the program will not produce any outcome (here I am looking for sound) that I haven't intended for (although in more complex examples shear chaos (shear chaos!!! what a great title for an album...) can be obtained...depends what the intentions of the user are...).
It is like using a computer as a musical instrument. An instrument that I create
myself (by shaping the code that is to be compiled by the computer). What I also
like is that I am very limited with it's usage at the moment. In other words there
are some limits I have to explore first before I will be able to move on, to
transpass? transcend them. It is quite different experience in comparison to using
ready available programmes without knowing their limits, and not having clearly
defined idea what you would like to get (I would call it blind-using).

I think that starting from simplicity, gradually applying new ideas, will give me
good insights into my creations, and at the same time it will be more consciouss
process. And what is important for me the process will stem from the idea, the
realised effect that I would like to achive, rather than be a total improvisation
and "fishing the interesting things out".
I think that this is a pivotal shift in the way I create.

One thing that started me thinkin was the difference between substractive and
additive synthesis. Two totally different approaches. In the first one you start
with a defined source (the one I've been playing with is WhiteNoise.ar) and then
you shape it by removal of specified regions/areas/frequencies of sound field. It
is like making a sculpture out of wood or stone (or any other material), or like
changing the flow of water by application of different barriers, pipes etc.
The second approach, the additive one I would define as sound puzzle, in which you
take small pieces of sound to create a bigger picture/s.
I think that in pure form this are two extreme apporoaches and there are other inbetween. SupperCollider allows the user to decide which approach suits
him/her most.
This is the feature I like about it the most. That I have to make a decision what
do I want to create. And how do I want to create it.
The usage of the programme forces me to discover and learn more about the sound.
About different ways of "looking at sound".

These are adventures in the dimensions of sound!!!Discovering the limits of my own
creativity!!!Experiments!!!

NC SPPR

Lazy day today. Woke up about one. Got myself into tidying my house. Kamila was to come for the supper.
Created some new graphics but will have to scan them first...

Kamila came in the evening. I prepared pasta with salmon. Delicious!!! Kamila brought some excellent spanish wine. We had a nice chat.

And that's all folks!!!
Tomorrow got to go to work...Merry Christmas!!!

MRR CHRSTMS

Yeah!!! First Christmas abroad!!! What a fun!!! Ewa and her Mother prepared an excellent dinner!!! We were alltogether (Ewa, Maria, Hanka, Kamila, Andrzej, Ben, Tomasz and me). It was special and something that I will always remember. Felt almost like home...
Lot of smiles and tiny pleasures...Happy Night...

DSPPR

It seems that I have disappeared from Poland. I am not going to be in Mikołów for this Christmas. For all my people out there I have something special. A present that will remind you about me. Latest production. Downtempo. Chillout. Great to listen to next to the fireplace. Enjoy!

dsppr


Merry Christmas to ya'all!!!

BBNG CN D T

Meet some BBoys on Friday during Greatest Beats party and...started BBoying with them! Yeah!
Sure fun.
Yesterday went to the Lamp. Great party with oldschool DJ. Dance hall pure essence with some deep bass and drills. Wicked night. Flying on the dancefloor.

Today I woke up late. Started a new composition. Contacted with friends. In the afternoon went out to meet with Luis, Dani and Paz. We watched a movie "Scanner". Philip K. Dick has imagination I have to say. And it was a strange experience watching this movie and realizing that Paz, Louis and I are a part of the establishment that legally sells drugs...
It isn't that easy to be a pharmacist...

WRK WRK WRK

Three days of hard work. Probably 'It was me who made it hard'...Change in attitude has enormous impact on your perception and relations with people. It is important to concentrate on things that help you to keep your attitude good or even improve it.

I have diagnosed my complex towards money and people who earn more than me. It is hard for me to talk about money and with people of higher social status than me. I tend to underestimate my own value and depreciate my achievements. This is what I want to change. I want to remember that I am an expert who the people ask the advice from.

I react in a strange way to people's dialogs. It is interesting how their words affect me although they're not directed to me. There is this strange sub-verbal string of information that reaches me and I respond to it. I think that some how I sense this information. The thing is that I want to concentrate more on the direct information that is being delivered rather than on the sub-conscious part of it. I want to be more realistic. This means that I have to learn to listen to people again. It is good experience.



Today some Hudson Mohawke. I am waiting for his new EP under Warp. Soon shipping!!!
RCMNDD!!!

MND

...You have to remember/accept that in the crowd you are just another man in the crowd...
--the people make you feel special...
...that special type of people that make the other people special...
attitude
no-one is going to change your attitude for you
and it is very difficult to change your attitude with negative feedback
or no feedback at all which is even worse...


and how about work_


I thnk that being professional
means helping someone else without compromise
it is about taking care of people
and keeping your values for yourselfe
untouched

WRHS PRJCT

Been to the concert Luke Vibert>Squarepusher>LFO.
Disappointment. Luke did well but it wasn't just it. Tom is a phenomenon so it was interesting to see him playing live (just interesting, nothing above that). LFO played short, not that catchy set.
Overall the party wouldn't be that bad, the place is interesting, the public was the biggest disappointment though...Drunk, doped, interested in itself mostly. It didn't feel like partying. No connections between people. And the feeling of hostility towards each other. Animals?
Manchester in the morning is full of zombies...

Probably the only bright point of the day was a Swedish girl in take-away bar...

MNCHSTR

Came to Manchester. Long way on the train. Spent the journey on thinking about the Emergency Hormonal Contraception.

Almost made my mind. I think I will provide the patients with this service.Dot.End.

HRD NRML DD

Hard days have come...Started to work on my own and...first mistakes, first conflicts, first disappointments, first complaints, first troubles (troubles? are these really troubles?). Getting over all of it though. Rethinking my point of view and my life's philosophy. Restating my 'assumptions'.

I heard from one person that I make the work hard and am to harsh to myself. Guess it is true. Will try to simplify and work smarter.

Today am going to Manchester. Warehouse project. SQRPSHR, LFO, LK VBRT. Is this what I live for? Sure it makes my life worth living...

Do you care? Because I do...

DN

Finished training. Feeling more confident. Thursday we went to the cinema: Four Christmas. I invited my neighbour. It seems that I am loosing my fidelity. No excuses for this. Rather question: what am I going to do next? Sparkling soda buzzing in my head?

Calm down, re-think, re-consider.

LT T G

Let it go...

SNDY NGTHT

Sunday night. Lying in bed after the shower. Mobile rings. It's Luis. Vamos a una cafeteria donde se puede a ver una pelicula...Vale! Vamos!
Nice place. Planet Cafe. Great, welcoming people. Chillout zone on the floor. Drinking hot choclate with orange double twist. Watching a movie. Thinking about my life, things and people around me.
Great nightout...

Returned a book to the library...