The War Reporter Paul Watson and Ghosts of the Hindu Kush
Tim O'Brien
This is an interpretation of Dan O'Brien's poem The War Reporter Paul Watson and Ghosts of the Hindu Kush, part of a forthcoming collection of poetry by Dan O'Brien entitled The War Reporter. More info at danobrien.org.
Many audio samples were added, and the final product was mixed from four-channel audio to a binaural stereo file as per the guidelines of CCRMA Music 220A homework 2.
I used the 4-channel binaural simulator, Binaural4.ck, provided by the class. I also created binauralTim.ck to read my four mono .wav files into the binaural simulation. Finally, I recorded the output with the provided StereoRecorder.ck.
Note that the bulk of effects processing, arrangement, and 4-channel mixdown was done in Audacity.
Audio Samples
In addition to a recording of my own voice reading the poem (which was then pitch-shifted downward by 2 semitones), I use various sound samples culled from freesound.org. These are: