by G H RichardsonThis piece was inspired by Philip Wormall's 'Ocean' (AMPLINEX 004). The scene, a tropical island with the surf breaking gently on the hot sand while seagulls whirl above. The native guitar group play '"Aloha'".
A storm approaches - the waves become breakers - thunder claps are heard and the storm breaks. Just as suddenly the storm passes, the breakers subside, the guitar group reappear and peace returns with the seagulls and surf taking over once more. Finally, the gulls disappear leaving only the gentle sound of the surf. When constructing 'Sea' I had a problem with noise volume control. 'waves' is a single note noise (whatever note one plays the noise is the same- no pitch) and +L or -L have no effect on its volume. I found however that by giving the noise actual note values and sequential names (abcdedede etc.), +L and -L worked. 'waves2' is the 'crump' noise when a wave breaks and was given the same treatment. 'thunder' was also given the same treatment, but it really sounds more like gunfire. Any suggestions for more realistic thunder would be appreciated. |
Source: AMPLINEX 022 disk, file $.TROPSEA |
Published in AMPLINEX 022, July 1991
