[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":122},["ShallowReactive",2],{"journal-notebook-for-sounds":3,"journal-\u002Fjournal\u002Fnotebook-for-sounds-adjacent":61},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":48,"cover":49,"coverAlt":50,"date":51,"description":52,"extension":53,"meta":54,"navigation":55,"path":56,"readingTime":57,"seo":58,"stem":59,"__hash__":60},"journal\u002Fjournal\u002Fnotebook-for-sounds.md","A notebook for sounds you almost miss","Naya Arunika",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":42},"minimark",[10,14,19,22,29,33,36],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Most of the ideas that survive start as something small: a phrase overheard\non a night walk, the rhythm of a shutter door, a chord that shows up once and\nnever returns. The notebook exists so those things are not lost by morning.",[15,16,18],"h2",{"id":17},"write-it-down-before-it-becomes-a-song","Write it down before it becomes a song",[11,20,21],{},"The rule is simple: write the observation first, the music second. A line\nlike \"the rain made the neon louder\" is worth more at three in the morning\nthan a finished loop that explains itself.",[11,23,24],{},[25,26],"img",{"alt":27,"src":28},"City lights seen from the hills above Bandung at night. Photograph by chrisinno, CC BY 2.0.","\u002Fimages\u002Fbandung-night-view-dago.jpg",[15,30,32],{"id":31},"the-almost-miss-is-the-point","The almost-miss is the point",[11,34,35],{},"Not every entry becomes something. That is fine. The notebook is less an\narchive of songs than a record of attention — proof that the walk home was\nlistened to.",[11,37,38],{},[25,39],{"alt":40,"src":41},"The city of Bandung glowing at night from a high vantage point. Photograph by Syed Abdul Khaliq, CC BY 2.0.","\u002Fimages\u002Fbandung-city-at-night-2517163687.jpg",{"title":43,"searchDepth":44,"depth":44,"links":45},"",2,[46,47],{"id":17,"depth":44,"text":18},{"id":31,"depth":44,"text":32},"Notes","\u002Fimages\u002Fnight-at-asia-afrika-street-bandung.jpg","Neon signs along Asia-Afrika Street in Bandung after dark. Photograph by RasyaAbhirama13, CC BY-SA 4.0.","2024-11-08","Small observations collected between places — and why writing them down changes the music.","md",{},true,"\u002Fjournal\u002Fnotebook-for-sounds","4 min read",{"title":5,"description":52},"journal\u002Fnotebook-for-sounds","BClwM6fkfIb4SY30Y-_yudcXdcnN1Rb0HCTb93DYL-M",[62,63],null,{"id":64,"title":65,"author":6,"body":66,"category":111,"cover":112,"coverAlt":113,"date":114,"description":115,"extension":53,"meta":116,"navigation":55,"path":117,"readingTime":118,"seo":119,"stem":120,"__hash__":121},"journal\u002Fjournal\u002Fportable-live-set.md","Building a portable live set",{"type":8,"value":67,"toc":107},[68,71,75,78,91,94,100,104],[11,69,70],{},"My ideal live setup fits into one backpack and can be ready in under ten\nminutes. That constraint has made the music better, not smaller.",[15,72,74],{"id":73},"three-ideas-for-a-portable-setup","Three ideas for a portable setup",[11,76,77],{},"The current setup is built around three ideas:",[79,80,81,85,88],"ul",{},[82,83,84],"li",{},"Keep the signal path understandable.",[82,86,87],{},"Choose tools that invite improvisation.",[82,89,90],{},"Leave one part of the arrangement deliberately unfinished.",[11,92,93],{},"Most of it is a small semi-modular synth and a sampler. The synth plays the\nbass and the pulse; the sampler holds the field recordings.",[11,95,96],{},[25,97],{"alt":98,"src":99},"A Moog DFAM and Mother-32 semi-modular synthesizer on a desk. Photograph via Wikimedia Commons, CC0.","\u002Fimages\u002Fmoog-drummer-from-another-mother-dfam-mother.jpg",[15,101,103],{"id":102},"leave-somewhere-to-go","Leave somewhere to go",[11,105,106],{},"The last point matters most. A live set should have somewhere to go.",{"title":43,"searchDepth":44,"depth":44,"links":108},[109,110],{"id":73,"depth":44,"text":74},{"id":102,"depth":44,"text":103},"Equipment","\u002Fimages\u002Fbukit-bandung-moko.jpg","Bandung city lights seen from the hills after dark. Photograph by Farid Rafif, CC BY-SA 4.0.","2025-01-17","Designing a small setup that can travel from a bedroom to a stage.",{},"\u002Fjournal\u002Fportable-live-set","6 min read",{"title":65,"description":115},"journal\u002Fportable-live-set","3rj0eeclFIVNAS0AgsndShAUiDvl5sb6EPBDoqmQsRs",1792649186390]