I have attempted the worldizing technique describe by Walter Murch and also developed some more layers. The laptop that I am using was struggling with the numbers of layers in the previous project so I used the worldizing as an opportunity to mix that project into one track. I played the project back on some reference monitors in a classroom full of hard surfaces and then recorded this. There was also a storm taking place outside at the time and the windows had been left open, so in addition to the echo from the room there are also some interesting rattling sounds that were added by the blinds in the room.

Having workshopped some responses to the initial experiment I have extended the clock sounds through the piece. I thought that I would draw inspiration from the recent trip to Tate modern and how this focused attention on the passing of time. I repeated the phasing experiment from the first experiment but with additional layered versions which I think has increased the looping effect this creates.

I had recorded some interesting buzzing and alarm sounds that I wanted to make use of to add so additional depth to the soundscape. I distorted and exaggerated these to try and help them sound less real. I found that compounding a number of effects on top of each other help to create this. This was inspired in part by Eraserhead and the way that the sounds of the hums and buzzes of machines in the environment were exaggerated to produce the very unsettling sonic landscape of the film.

The buzzing and ringing sounds become unpleasant after repeated listens whilst mixing, hopefully some of this will carry through to listeners when they hear the piece. I ended up pushing the ringing/buzzing very low down in the mix as it was dominating.

This piece will not have long to engage a listener, in part due to its length, and in part due to the transitory nature of the audience. I am hoping that the unsettling sounds will link to that of the recognisable clock to get listeners to pause and think about time.