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1.	Canyon Sound 10:03	buy track
2.	Imprint of Time 11:42	buy track
3.	Meditation in Blue 11:08	buy track
4.	In the Dawn 14:13	buy track
5.	Unknown Fable 12:48	buy track
6.	Golden Echo 09:12	buy track
7.	Through the Green Veil 16:51	buy track

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For this performance, I'd decided to try a few changes--longer delay lines, and more present filter modulation. It worked out. This one really seems to suspend time. It also helped to have familiar listeners in the Twitch chat--thank you to everyone who was there!

In the past, I kept each one under a minute, and usually no more than two over 50 seconds, two between 40 and 50, and so on, to avoid dropping samples from the waveform of the stereo output. (These would sound like loud pops.) The last several performances seemed stable, so I think improvements in the software and general computing environment were helping reduce memory and CPU usage. Even with the large reverbs and long tapin/tapout lines, and the VST tone shaping, and the visualization and livestream software...it all worked well.

Wherever you are, I hope you're treating yourself well, and that everything flows for you. This week's performance is dedicated to the art of Michio Takayama. Thank you for listening!

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released May 31, 2023

Maurice Rickard: Guitar, programming

Signal chain: PureSalem Mendiola > Balls Effects KWB > Vox Wah > Moyo Volume > Max/MSP eight-delay patch with FFT pitch shift, tremolo, convolution reverb, Arturia Tape MELLO-FI.

Impulses: Inchindown Oil Tanks, Huddersfield Town Hall (Near), Fort Worden Cistern

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snwv Pittsburgh

Maurice Rickard is a musician, sound artist, and Deep Listening Certificate holder based in Pittsburgh. snwv is his project to create ambient environments from finely tuned oscillators and other sound sources as well (guitar, microphones, feedback). Some patches use mostly oscillators, some use delays, some use controlled amounts of randomness. Results range from gentle ambience to chaos. ... more

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