Transformed wind chimes: Nature-Symphony 63

Nature-Symphony 63 (Chaos – Anti-Chaos — The inner fire in wonder at what it's creating) — Only three layers, but action-packed ones, giving a powerful and evocative impression of one's being a Cosmic spectator. The starting point of this work is actually the contents of Nature-Symphony 1 (The inner fire wistfully seeks to define itself) (https://freesound.org/people/Philip_Goddard/sounds/700688/ ). Layer 1 is a remake of that work, but using a much longer section of the original field recording. Layer 2 is the first half of that, slowed to half the speed of Layer 1 but only a major third lower than that in pitch, which produces a much denser and richer sound, with much 'creative dissonance' produced by interactions between the two layers. Layer 3 contains one of the Davis Blanchard chimes, with more steely timbre, plus large and small bamboo chimes, but more speed-and pitch-reduced than the other two layers. This adds much sense of mystery and the enormity of the ongoing burgeoning of 'unknowns' ever spewing out from the core of 'What Is'.

Because of the exceptional length of this work I shall follow this with a repeat of it, but split into separately downloadable halves.

Chimes used:

(Layers 1+2)

1. Music of the Spheres Mezzo and Soprano chimes (6 tubes, tuned to melancholy-sounding Eastern European Gypsy scale).

2. Woodstock Chimes of Pluto (5 tubes, moderately high-pitched, tuned to a radiant sunny-sounding pentatonic scale. Not to be confused with the larger and very different-sounding Davis Blanchard Pluto chimes that also figure in some of my Nature-Symphonies)

3. Indonesian bamboo chimes, large and small (6 tubes each, with rather indeterminate tuning, though with hints of the whole-tone scale)

(Layer 3)

1. Davis Blanchard Debussy Bells chime (8 tubes, medium-pitched, tuned to a creative sequence on the whole-tone scale.)

2. Indonesian bamboo chimes, large and small (6 tubes each, with rather indeterminate tuning, though with hints of the whole-tone scale)

I made the Layers 1+2 recording (https://freesound.org/people/Philip_Goddard/sounds/700528/ ) on 18 February 2013, at Hunter's Tor, near the Hunter's Path quite near Castle Drogo, high up on north side of the Teign Gorge, Drewsteignton, Devon, UK. Layer 3 recording (https://freesound.org/people/Philip_Goddard/sounds/686153/ ) was made on 2 March 2017, on steep rough ground just below the Hunter's Path by Hunting Gate, highest point on that track. Geolocation is for the Layers 1+2 recording.

Advisory
To get the best out of this, with its mass of detail, listen with high-grade headphones. If you have a system that can give you surround-sound effect from the two stereo channels, it would be very worthwhile to give that a try.

The recording for Layers 1+2 taking place. The two nearest and apparently higher chimes are the bamboo ones, the rightmost one is the Pluto chime, and the other two (further back, with black tubes) are the Gypsy chimes.

Techie stuff:

Recorder for the Layers 1+2 chimes was a Sony PCM-M10, with Røde DeadKitten furry windshield. It was 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 A1 Stereo Control to greatly improve the atrocious stereo imaging of the PCM-M10.

Recorder for Layer 3 was Sony PCM-D100, with 2 nested custom Windcut furry windshields, placed on a Zipshot Mini tripod.
Post-recording processing was to apply EQ in Audacity to correct for the muffling effect of the windshields.

Processing of layers:

Layer 1 Half-speed, giving pitch an octave below original. Acoustic: back-of-cathedral

Layer 2: Quarter-speed, pitch-raised to give pitch an octave plus a major third below original. Acoustic: back-of-cathedral

Layer 3: Quarter-speed, pitch-lowered to give pitch two octaves plus a major third below original. Acoustic: back-of-cathedral

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