Mysteries of _ _ ___| |__ ___ _ __| |_ __ ____ ___ _____ / __| '_ \ / _ \| '__| __| \ \ /\ / / _` \ \ / / _ \ \__ \ | | | (_) | | | |_ \ V V / (_| |\ V / __/ |___/_| |_|\___/|_| \__| \_/\_/ \__,_| \_/ \___| _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ __ | |_| |__ ___ ___(_)___ / __| | | | '_ \| __| '_ \ / _ \/ __| / __| \__ \ |_| | | | | |_| | | | __/\__ \ \__ \ |___/\__, |_| |_|\__|_| |_|\___||___/_|___/ |___/ ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' \ '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' / \ '''''''''''''''''''''''''''' \ ''''''''''''''''''''''' / \ '''''''''''''''' \ - - - - - - O - - - - - / - - - \ _______''''|'''' \ /\ / ''|'' / \ / \ / '|' \ / \ / | /|\ / / /______\/ || / | \/_ _ _ _ _ _ / ______________________||__ / | \ / | ______________ |_ / | \ / | | | | O O | | /_ _ | _ _\ / | | ====|========| | | \ | \ / | | ----|--------| o o |_| \ | \ / | | ====|========| | \ | \ / | |______________| O O | \ | \ |__________________________| \|_________\ Enter the undiscovered nor explained weirdness of the cosmos -> all reachable in that dusty old short wave world radio you thought was a relic of bygone years. In an endless ocean of swooshes and organic white noise you can travel all over the world and beyond. Stumble upon forgotten obscure distant radio stations, strange weather phenomena and bleeps and burp from secret spy broadcasts! What is shortwave radio??? Shortwave radio (SW) is the radio transmissions band using shortwave frequencies around 1.6 to 30 Mhz. Shortwave radio transmissons can travel extremely long distances because the radiowaves are refracted back to earth from the earths atmosphere. It is not only used for radiostation broadcasts but also for long distance communication between ships and airplanes and communication with difficult to reach remote parts of the world. So there is a lot of obscure stuff going on this SW band and so it makes an excellent and infinite source of sounds for your music! What you need: A short wave radio "world band reciever", probably have one lying around in the attic/cellar/closet, if you don't have one: any thrift store will have one for cheap. / / / / _____________/_ _____________/__ | ________ |- | _____ | | |= = = = | - | | | - - - - |_____|| | |--------| - |- | - - - - _ _ _ | | | = = = =| | | - - - | | -------- | |________________| |______________| There are two types: - The ones with an analog dail for tuning the stations - The ones with a digital + and - and memory for tuning the stations You can use both but I prefer to use the ones with the analog dail because then you can make smoother movements when you go through the airwaves and they just work faster, the digital ones have the tendency to have no sound when it scans through the stations and they just work slower in general. So better get one with the analog dail/tuning knob, they are generally cheaper too! A stereo minijack to Left & Right RCA/Cinch or Jack or whatever you want to use to connect to. __________-----___ _ ________ / ----- ---===---____/ \_____ / \________/ \ \___________-----___ _ ----- You can connect the radio straight to your soundcard, sampler, modular, filter input of synthesizer, fx boxes, pedals etc. Now scan through the airwaves and start looking for sounds! sometimes you can control sweeps with weird swooshes and swashes by turning the dail up and down at certain frequencies. Voices from beyond, totalitarian state speeches, atmospheric static, naval chitchat, galactic blurps, extraterrestrial messages, exotic evaporting music from distant islands etc.etc.etc. Just a tip of the iceberg of the sounds you may encounter! No need to splash out 10000000 $$$$$ for a modular wall - your 5$ world band reciever can do it too! You can add an antenna to your world reciever to greatly improve the stuff you can recieve. Just connect a long wire to the radios antenna (wrap it around) and lead the wire to somewhere outside, preferable somewhere high. Maybe add some tinfoil squares or circles to the end of the wire. I have no clue if that does anything but it definitely will look cool! . . . _/___ _____ . _\__ / \ ----| |-- . _______ / \/ _____/_ |___| \ . /////////\ _\_ | / \ _____________\ / ///// /_=____\ _____ _______ | ========================/_______/=/ \\| / \ | || / | | | /==== . . | | |____/_ || | | |- - o ||| . . | | |- - ||| | | |______||| _._ ? | | | /o o\ . | | | _| |_ .o. | | _____________|_______/// \\\______|__/_______/________| |__________ example of what an antenna might look like. Some more SHORT WAVE RADIO SYNTHESIS tips: Also be sure your world reciever/radio is not too close to any electro magnetic sources: refgrigirators, computers, synthesizers etc. can interfere heavily and cause hums and stuff. Most of the time can recieve more in the evening and at night due to better conditions for the signal. SW