Gemini 7 here Houston, are you reading?

…..means that I’ve been editing the dialogue from the famous “…got a bogey at 10 O’clock high” message from Gemini 7. The atmos in between the actual dialogue makes for perfect S.E.T.I. material and the words themselves are said in such a rhythmic way that I can use them as the basis/backbone for the start of the Berlin gig as I did in Brussels in 2000 (the gig where Fennesz borrowed my mixer – he’s got the looks and the charisma but they won’t even buy him his own mixer, poor guy).

Instructions for space-based drum sounds – edit the dialogue ie. cut it into small chunks. Put it into the NNXT sampler in Reason and trigger it live from a midi keyboard.

Patch up a phaser that is fed from a stereo delay and you can have dub-style space noise panning all over the venue

Elegant site

Found this during my trawling for OSX audio software.

S.E.T.I. live in Berlin prep

Been debating with myself about how to do this performance. Most likely scenario will be that I’ll use Reason on the Powerbook with a small midi keyboard. Have created a few of the backing noises for cd and MD. Mostly NASA audio for MD which has been processed through Soundhack, DFX plug-ins and KT Granulator. On the cd are deeper (bass frequencies) tracks that evolve slowly over time. The idea is that I’ll start cd and MD off at some random point in the proceedings and play/process over them. I try to feel how the audience react (or not) and adjust the sound content accordingly. If they’re asleep, I’ll make sure they get a damn good blast ;->