John Maxwell Hobbs

This is turning into a French series. Today the feedback machine travels to Rouen. 2005-09-17

I’m really happy that I can do this in real time now, and I really like the feedback machine is doing, so I’m sticking to the process for a bit longer and playing around with spaces. This one is in the cathedral at Rouen. 2005-09-16

I decided to upgrade my computer, so now I can hear all this stuff in real time. I have now upgraded my 6 year old G4 to 1.7 Ghz and it makes all the difference in the world. I haven’t been able to make the commitment to a G5 yet, and this old box has […]

Same connections as yesterday, I just adjusted levels and put it all in a different space in the end. I’m flying blind with these, all the effects are overloading my computer’s processor by about 200%, so this is electronic music done in the old-fashioned way – you set up some programs, make some guesses, start […]

Continuing with the same set up as the last two days. This time, I’ve added some more conventionally musical elements. I think it makes it sound a little ominous. 2005-09-13

Taking yesterday’s setup and making it slower. It’s in Gasverket now, because today is a work day after all. 2005-09-12

Feedback and delays heavily modulated and then fed into Domkyrkan, because it is Sunday after all. 2005-09-11

Back into the cistern with the ebow. I was going after a “half-heard” feeling here, trying hard to make it just about the reverb and not the notes. 2005-09-10

A snake eating its tail. Everything is modulating everything else in this one and then stuck in a huge space. 2005-09-09 By the way, this is probably the only time I will ever use granular synthesis. It doesn’t make me nauseous the way that ring modulation does, but it comes pretty close. I only used […]

Returning to the sequence track for the moment. This one is placed in Laukyrkan on Gotland. It makes use of frequency shifting, mult-tap delays and frequency distortion. 2005-09-08