run = "web.src" F:\WWW\ISV\DOC\ [ cdr ]    from iSv - GHz A consciously-similar intro to "001" on the first iSv release-- mSv-- "cdr" begins with the final few seconds of noise from "rnd" off of that same debut album. I was concerned that the WAR album had thrown people for a loop, considering how dark, angry and unrelenting it was compared to the sunny [by comparison] album before it. WAR was, however, something I simply had to get out of my system, and at that particular time. The inclusion of the last bit of "rnd," then, is kind of a nudge to indicate to the listener that "iSv is back," that another album that builds from the sound established on mSv is about to unfold. In a true paradoxical moment, much like the question, "what happens if you travel back into the past and interact with your former self," "cdr" is actually a recording of the near-silent digital sounds the new SI studio machine put out when it burned CDs. Not any noise outside the case, no microphone placed up to the drive itself, these are squeaks and clicks barely perceptible in the headphones and/or speakers as data is being written to a disc. Here's the really spooky part: it's a recording of the track files for the gHz album itself being burned. I left my wave editor open and set it to record all audio being put out by the machine, and then cued up all the samples and sequences for gHz in the burning software. I then amplified the results about 400-500% to make it nice and loud and put some mild effects on it. My favorite thing about the piece is that there is this grumpy beep that pops up regularly, then slowly increases in frequency as the cd burning process nears completion. Crazy. [ back to GHz ] [ back to EAR ]