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This soundscape is the soundtrack to an imaginary experience where – using a special morphing environment suit – you can instantly transition from a land to sea simply by walking into the surf.
Story
The piece begins with you observing a figure walking down the steps on to Chatham Lighthouse Beach late at night. The figure is silhouetted by the beam of the Chatham Light. As the figure walks past you and on to the beach you switch to the figure’s point of view. You then walk towards the ocean with the beam of the Chatham Light swinging out over your head and enter the surf. As you enter the surf, your environment suit extends and wraps you like a second skin. You hear the mechanics of the metamorphosis as the suit jacks in to your mind and adjusts your buoyancy allowing you to keep walking down on to the sea floor. Under the ocean the sensors isolate and amplify sounds from the environment. You close your eyes and listen – and return once again to the land.
Production Notes
- Date & Time: January 13th, 2012, 10pm
- Location: Chatham Lighthouse Beach, Cape Cod, MA | Satellite View | Flickr Photos at Location
- Recorder: Zoom H2
- Format: 44.1kHz/24bit 120 degree stereo
Instrumentation
- Ableton Live
- Ableton Sampler
- U-HE Zebra 2, Zebra HZ
- Izotope Iris
- Rob Papen Predator
Instrumentalities
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Controllerism
- Automation envelopes
Effects
- Ableton Live Suite Effects
- U-He Zebrify
- Image-Line Multiband Compressor
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Mark Mosher 