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recorded 20130902

ambient / active


elements used:

bowed glass_GenMix1 (15 iterations)
Bowed glass harmonics_GenMix4 (3 iterations)
EP drift (infrequent)_GenMix1 (6 iterations)
EP drift 1_GenMix1 (3 iterations)
EP drift 2 (simple)_GenMix1 (4 iterations)
EP 4ths circle melody_GenMix1 (2 iterations)
EP 5ths chord circle_GenMix1
EP deliberation sparse_GenMix4
EP occasional chords_GenMix1 (2 iterations)
EP up and down_GenMix1 (2 iterations)
Low swell pad_GenMix1 (2 iterations)
Saw_fizz_stabs_BellsMetalsArps (2 iterations)
Droplet_delay_GenMix7



this piece favours both the GenMix1 pak as well as one of my favourite instruments to use in mixtikl, the electric piano – in a huge range of guises. The result is a complex, mesmerising piece of generative ambient music – and, I also added specialised effects to every single row of cells – reverbs, amplitude (in the form of auto panning), chorus, and filter – picking effects that would increase the dreaminess, melt the pitch a bit with some chorus…(which effects both some of the bowed glass cells and some of the EP cells) – and I’ve really taken with the autopanner too, often, I will create multiple “rows” of the same instrument – say, bowed glass – if there are three rows of one patch – I send one of them hard left, the next, hard right, and the third, dead centre with auto pan turned on. so you get them in “stereo” and a third one, wandering back and forth across the stereo field – why not?

of the more complex pieces I’ve worked on, this one stands out as really having an utterly unique “mood”, and I think that’s down to all the careful selection of effects, the use of the auto pan, and the selection of instruments – that GenMix1 sound pak is a beauty, and I must remember to visit it more often in future. I love the “bowed glass” sound (obviously, since I used it 15 times in this composition) but I felt that this was what it needed – and when I listen back, I believe I was right!

“bowed glass / saw fizz” takes it’s name from two of the voices used to create it, but those elements, combined with a broad selection of carefully effected electric piano events, has created an utterly unique generative ambient track.

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from music for apps: mixtikl - an eternal album, released April 17, 2013
dave stafford: mixtikl application

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dave stafford Stirling, UK

ambient loop guitarist dave stafford performed on stage with robert fripp and the orchestra of crafty guitarists in early 2009, and again with robert fripp and the symphony of crafty guitarists in 2015, and has worked with ambient music and looping for over twenty years. stafford has a rich back catalogue of ambient and loop music, +rock, prog or acoustic crafty guitar music: www.pureambient.com ... more

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