June Jam at The Jaunt

June 30 2007 Mike Ciul (Captain Mikee) hosted a night of improv music at The Jaunt. Participants were Evan Cairo (synthesizer), Captain Mikee (loops & toys), Charles Cohen (Buchla Music Easel), and George Korein (guitar).

4 Minutes (5.1 M)
Step It Up Duet (17.8 M)
Evan Melody 2 (1.4 M)
Streaming Video: June Jam Vid (3'40")

My Usual Size (drone edit)

mp3 file: My Usual Size (drone edit) (7.6 M)
Supercollider file: eyeballsun_061024.sc (4K)

Something went wrong when I recorded this version back in October, but I just couldn't give up on it. So I decided to post it at last.

Episode 3: My Usual Size

mp3 file: My Usual Size (9.8M)
Supercollider file: eyeballsun_061026.sc (6K)

Yes, it's been a long time since the last track and it could be a long time until the next one. But I've finally managed to recreate the Unsound Machine in Supercollider. I got an iMic for my birthday so now I can hook the computer up to my other equipment.

The sc file won't give you the same results as I got this time, since it uses a sample (not included) and connects to some external effects. However, I've abandoned the FeedbackMatrix library for now so you only need the one file.

Episode 2: We Are the Clay

mp3 file: We Are the Clay (5.4M)

I figured out how to make percussive noises with feedback. The trick is to shut the level of each feedback channel way down whenever it makes a noise, and boost it way up whenever it doesn't. To make a rhythm, I added a delay so the boost waits for a specified time before starting another cycle.

Some notes on running the Supercollider patch: In order to reduce duplication, I've moved some of the code into a class called FeedbackMatrix. To run this episode's patch in Supercollider:

• Download FeedbackMatrix.sc and eyeballsun_060603.sc.
• Go into your SuperCollider directory, and create a subdirectory under SCClassLibrary. Call it eyeballsunClasses.
• Put FeedbackMatrix.sc in eyeballsunClasses.
• If Supercollider is running, recompile the libraries.
• Open eyeballsun_060603.sc in Supercollider and execute each block in order.

Episode 1: Thy Holy Cities Are A Wilderness

This track was made entirely in Supercollider. I created a feedback patch and let it run for about 3 minutes with no interference. Then I started reducing levels to make it fade out.

Supercollider file: mhc_060516.sc (6K)
mp3 file: Thy Holy Cities Are a Wilderness (8M)