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Jay C. Batzner is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida where he teaches theory, composition, and technology courses as well as coordinates the composition program. He holds degrees in composition and/or theory from the University of Missouri – Kansas City, the University of Louisville, and the University of Kansas.

Jay's music is primarily focused around instrumental chamber works as well as electroacoustic composition. His music has been recorded on the Capstone, Vox Novus, and Beauport Classical labels and is published by Unsafe Bull Music.

Jay is a sci-fi geek, an amateur banjoist, a home brewer, and juggler.





4/19/2007
By popular demand...

Here is that sound that took 6 hours to process last week. I used it in the podcast (as that snare-drummy kind of sound).

ambergran.mp3

I don't even remember what sound I started with. Probably clinking bottles. I like those.

It sounds good, but not entirely worth the 6 hour wait. Which is not the program's fault at all. I gave it a very linear course of action, a 24-bit file that was about 2 minutes long, and got what I asked for. Garbage in, granular out.

What I like about Amber is all of the morphing options. Most of the granular tools I use are plug-ins, which don't necessarily transform grains in time. Anyhow, I got some good use out of the sound, and the program is free. What more could I want?

New episode will be up tomorrow.

UPDATE:
Screw tomorrow. The podcast is up right now.