scratched off [disquiet0330]

"Take an old track and make it new by erasing things from it." I took https://soundcloud.com/winterer/steps from the early nineties (uploaded for reference and sentimental contemplation) and duplicated it to half a dozen layers or so in Reaper. Three layers got scratched off by diverse EQ VSTs, so that they had only low, mid, hi frequencies. One layer had been "noised reduced" (but I decided to use the noise instead the cleaned material). I also did cut all these layers into small pieces, so that sometimes you can only hear one, sometimes some, sometimes all layers. Another layer got partly erased of with methods like "declicking" and "voice removal" in Audacity, I did cut off parts of the stereo channels here. An additional layer works quietly as a "faded image" in the background (which can't be scratched off completely, so to speak) in order to glue the thing together and to be able to do it without reverb/echo/bla. So this track erased the original in dimensions like time, frequencies, stereo. Image: A wall in Venice, by myself. -- Step 1: Include “disquiet0330” (no spaces or quotation marks) in the name of your track. Step 2: If your audio-hosting platform allows for tags, be sure to also include the project tag “disquiet0330” (no spaces or quotation marks). If you’re posting on SoundCloud in particular, this is essential to subsequent location of tracks for the creation a project playlist. Step 3: Upload your track. It is helpful but not essential that you use SoundCloud to host your track. Step 4: Please consider posting your track in the following discussion thread at llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0330-wax-off/ Step 5: Annotate your track with a brief explanation of your approach and process. Step 6: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants. Other Details: Deadline: This project’s deadline is 11:59pm (that is, just before midnight) wherever you are on Monday, April 30, 2018. This project was posted in the afternoon, California time, on Thursday, April 26, 2018. Length: The length of your finished track should equal to the length of the source track. Title/Tag: When posting your track, please include “disquiet0330” in the title of the track, and where applicable (on SoundCloud, for example) as a tag. Upload: When participating in this project, post one finished track with the project tag, and be sure to include a description of your process in planning, composing, and recording it. This description is an essential element of the communicative process inherent in the Disquiet Junto. Photos, video, and lists of equipment are always appreciated. Download: It is preferable that your track is set as downloadable, and that it allows for attributed remixing (i.e., a Creative Commons license permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution). Linking: When posting the track online, please be sure to include this information: More on this 330th weekly Disquiet Junto project (Disquiet Junto Project 0330: Wax Off / Make a piece of music by erasing aspects of a pre-existing track) at: https://disquiet.com/0330/ The project was proposed by frequent Junto participant Zero Meaning. More from whom at: https://www.twitch.tv/zeromeaning/ More on the Disquiet Junto at: https://disquiet.com/junto/ Subscribe to project announcements here: http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/ Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co: https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0330-wax-off/ There’s also on a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.