i am sitting in a room, Alvin Lucier, 1969

a copy of Alvin Lucier's, "i am sitting in a room"1969
recorded using, audacity, an akg microphon, and a bass amplifier.
the recording took place in my shower room, because i liked the reverb in there.

some more information about the original reocrding can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Sitting_in_a_Room

here's the full text.

I am sitting in a room different from the one you are in now. I am recording the sound of my speaking voice and I am going to play it back into the room again and again until the resonant frequencies of the room reinforce themselves so that any semblance of my speech, with perhaps the exception of rhythm, is destroyed. What you will hear, then, are the natural resonant frequencies of the room articulated by speech. I regard this activity not so much as a demonstration of a physical fact, but, more as a way to smooth out any irregularities my speech might have.

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Music

Tags:

• i am sitting in a room
• Alvin Lucier
• resonance
• microphones
• speakers
• experimental music
• feedback.
• 1969
• Electronic Music backflip

[timeblind]

but aren't you adding delay on each pass ? it sounds like the DAW's latency is what's causing the obvious delay coloration. you could start with a sharp tone to use to time sync each extra layer. also you need to rename it to "I am a Hartke Amp sitting in a room"

[NevinJarek]

lol, your using audacity?? well, at least your mic is a good one, we can tell by the original recording...

[shorty691233]

Brilliant example of this piece. Intresting how the outcome compares to being done on a DAW, as apposed to on a tape machine. Nice one!

[ogfeen]

hi, im doing some research on composers who have used resonance as a compositional device. i would love any feedback

[brianderson1]

I think your version is better than Lucier's, thanks