freeaudioproject.com / experimental sound laboratory
Recovered.
Rewired.
Still recording.
A flight recorder survived the impact. Someone wired it into a warehouse sound system. This is what came out.
Build damaged textures, tape-worn basslines and dub transmissions. Everything runs together. Nothing sounds quite the same twice.
FLIGHT RECORDER
DO NOT OPEN
DO NOT OPEN
PROPERTY OF THE FREE AUDIO PROJECT / UNIT 001
STANDBY / SIGNAL RECOVEREDREC ●
TRANSMISSION 00100:00:00
IMPACT TESTED
WAREHOUSE APPROVEDFAP–001
48 kHz / DSP
WAREHOUSE APPROVEDFAP–001
48 kHz / DSP
01 / THE RECOVERY RACK
FOUR DEVICES · ONE CLOCKBAR 001 / STEP 01
05MASTER MIXER
SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION
Four inputs. One wall of speakers. Stereo dub sends.
Press Start signal to power the rack. Random generates a new song and a new recovered case finish.
OPERATOR NOTES / Click the drum steps to rewrite the loop. Randomize a device to replace its patch. Import audio into the black box; Freeze holds its current grain while Stretch slows the scan. Each device has its own level, pan, mute and echo send. Save session keeps the patch and imported audio. Export renders eight bars to a WAV file.