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No Answer is comprised of actual and processed recordings of a single phone ring. The phone used is a common household cordless phone with a electronic ring tone. A score has then been constructed in 3 layers - two of which are processed and stretched MIDI transformations of the sampled ring, while the 3rd layer is a simple and direct double-ring of the actual phone.
The score structure lasts for about 6 minutes and has been mixed down into a 6-channel version. This has then been configured into 3 stereo CDs. The 3 CDs are played back on-site through 3 sets of stereso speakers, placed at the mouth of the laneway in 3 progressively spaced pairs moving back into the lane. The effect is of a near, mid-field and far sound field. The 3 CDs have waves of filtered-down sound as well as and passages of total silence. The design is based around the spatial effects of the sound mix then appearing to move forward and recede in wave of sound, replicating the dispersive effect of a phone ring carried from inside to and outdoor space.
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