Cathedral acoustic (distance+2) version of half-speed version of part of https://freesound.org/people/Philip_Goddard/sounds/700528/ . Haunting 'suspended in mid-air' sounds from two bamboo and three metal wind chimes, quite exposed on the narrow Hunter's Tor ridge at the west end of the Teign Gorge, Drewsteignton, Devon, UK. The cathedral acoustic is distance+2; at this level of distance the effect is getting really striking, and light-years away from Hunter's Tor in the Teign Gorge!
Chimes used:
Music of the Spheres Gypsy Mezzo (eastern European Gypsy scale, lower)
Music of the Spheres Gypsy Soprano (eastern European Gypsy scale, higher)
Woodstock Chimes of Pluto (pentatonic, middling-high)
Bamboo, large and small set (purchased cheaply from local store)
I made this recording on 18 February 2013 following a recording of bamboo chimes only (https://freesound.org/people/Philip_Goddard/sounds/700526/ ).
A 'crazy' experiment — put it in a cathedral!
When I came to produce this half-speed version (i.e., the original version without any added reverb) I noticed that the background sounds (primarily the River Teign down below and indeed the wind) were hardly noticeable. I soon got the notion to see if I could get usefully interesting results from producing versions of this half-speed version given a cathedral acoustic — producing versions that placed the chimes ensemble at a range of distances within the cathedral perspective.
That I've now done, and this is the third of four 'cathedral' versions of that, ranging from 'close' to 'distance+3' — the latter sounding quite freaky, though to my no doubt warped senses, still compellingly beautiful in its own way. The greater the distance, the more the metal chimes sound like a spooky distant organ.
This recording taking place. The two nearest and apparently higher chimes are the bamboo ones, the rightmost one is the Pluto chimes, and the other two (more distant, with black tubes) are the Gypsy chimes.
Techie stuff
The recorder was Sony PCM-M10, with Røde DeadKitten furry windshield (original, more effective, version), placed on a Velbon Mini tripod.
Post-recording processing was to apply EQ in Audacity to correct for the muffling effect of the windshield, and more recent processing with the A1 Stereo Control VST plugin (160% widening). I used the 'Change speed' effect in Audacity to produce this half-speed version. The cathedral effect was produced by the VST plugin Oril River, which is the best free reverb I've so far found, at least for anything that I myself would be doing; I used custom variants of the 'Cathedral 2' factory preset.
Please remember to give this recording a rating — Thank you! 
This recording can be used free of charge, provided that it's not part of a materially profit-making project, and it is properly and clearly attributed. The attribution must give my name (Philip Goddard) and link to https://freesound.org/people/Philip_Goddard/sounds/700677/
Type
Flac (.flac)
Duration
48:08.090
File size
133.0 MB
Sample rate
44100.0 Hz
Bit depth
16 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
1 year, 4 months ago
Wow, so glad you've found this, Elena — and before I've had time to announce this little sub-project on my site(s) and Facebook timeline!
Yes, I myself am deeply affected by the results of this little creative hunch that I got. In some ways it has a lot in common with Iannis Xanakis' approach to music, often producing 'stochastic' music, in which the structural elements are various interactions of probabilities. At least initially he worked those things out mathematically, but in my case 'Mother Nature' was the stochastic / probabilistic magician, and all I myself had to do was to give 'her' a viable instrumental and performance framework, and add the odd touch that I intuited would somehow connect more deeply in a human sense.
I've already heard in my mind some instrumental sounds that I'd like to add (sparsely) to the 'composition' so far (in its most extreme form, i.e., the most 'distant' version), to bring in additional 'meaning' — though as an addition to my catalogue, not a replacement of any of the existing versions of this work.
However, I see that really I've already effectively produced a new and complete music work, and so really it's outside the remit of Freesound, and I'll have to continue this project not here but on YouTube, alongside my mostly symphonic music works (https://www.youtube.com/@philipgoddard-composer ).
1 year, 4 months ago
This is stunningly beautiful, eerie, and the one of most inspiring pieces of music I’ve listened to. I responded with some tears and I couldn’t help but briefly close my eyes at moments savoring the delicious subtleties and voices created by the continuous movements of nature, turned altogether into a story. It seems there is a strong sense of determination and deep awareness in this work.
This was my first time listening to your work with headphones and it is like a whole different expereince, even though I was just listening through some borrowed Skull Candy. Very much looking forward to listening to the others.
