Vocal memories (Montreal)

Part of the Sacred Spaces project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/sacredspaces

Reimagined by Angel Muniz.

"I chose this (Paperman & Sons Jewish Funeral Home) recording, because it reminded me of listening to my father sing in church when I was a child. It brought back some fond memories. Also, I just liked the idea of working with vocals and really looked forward to making something totally different out of the source sound.

My approach/process: Right away I knew I wanted to create something using only the recording as the source. So, I started using some granular synthesis techniques but I wasn't satisfied with the results. So, I ended up taking a more simple approach by sampling a few small sections of the source sound and making rhythmic patterns with the voice. After a lot of experimenting, the result was a killer sub bass(created using a snippet of singing, which was pitched down, distorted, and EQ'd/Limited) accompanied by some odd panned vocal percussive bits(source sound pitched up and time stretched with tremolo and panning modulation). I also tried making a decent kick out of the source sound, turned out not too shabby. My DAW of choice was Reaper and I relied mostly on stock plugins and freeware. Again, no other sounds were used besides the source recording(084)."