(how to) make some noise

i'm looking to dabble into the noise/industrial scapes, any advice on instruments or electronics to get into that? not looking for a synth.

in b4 theremin

you're getting moved to ekt son

No input mixer feedback is easy enough.

But the Little Boy Blue synth is cool too, if you ever change your mind.

Bleep Labs Thingamagoop

A microphone and the contents of your kitchen

Contact mics, y0!

Ugh, just use whatever you have. There is no set things you need to make noise, just make bloody noise.

any instrument or microphone with effects processors or grungy effects pedals are good. mixing board feedback was a good suggestion.

  ten fingers ten toes said:

Bleep Labs Thingamagoop

 

A microphone and the contents of your kitchen

thats got a wicked sound to it

This IC circuit is easy to build and makes fun noises.

  Quote

Ugh, just use whatever you have. There is no set things you need to make noise, just make bloody noise.

QFT. Get a clue mate.

http://www.bugbrand.co.uk/pages/bugbrandhome.htm

These guys make great noisy stuff, pretty too.

  CATS said:

i'm looking to dabble into the noise/industrial scapes, any advice on instruments or electronics to get into that? not looking for a synth.

 

in b4 theremin

try fucking with an old tunable am radio or shortwave pluging line level signals into mic inputs of old kareoke boom boxes or just taking an old turntable and throwing it around your room while its being recorded. put a cheap radioshack microphone in a bottle of wine throw that shit around slosh all over the mic dont get electrocuted

i imagine you already have a bunch of shit that would be good for this. you know, since it's noise you're after.

It depends on how you define noise .. but Skrewell (Reaktor 5) makes some noisy stuff ..

it's pretty easy to make a 'fake' theremin (ie one that doesn't act on the principle of heterodynic variable capacitation) using two photoresistors, a transistor, a few capacitors, and a power source.

  dial said:

It depends on how you define noise .. but Skrewell (Reaktor 5) makes some noisy stuff ..

in the absence of anything physical; i agree with some of reaktor's instruments.

  ieafs said:

half the point of this stuff is the process behind it... come up with your own ideas!

We have a winner!

  Dan C said:

  ieafs said:

half the point of this stuff is the process behind it... come up with your own ideas!

 

We have a winner!

yea

Buy a bunch of effects pedals.

Essentials: At least 1 delay pedal, distortion would be quite nice as well

Then get a few more. Creating feedback loops on pedals (especially with a delay pedal) can create really cool noise/industrial sounds, and it's really fun overall as well.

If you get 2-3 chains going, it can get really interesting. Throw some minimalist drum beat with a guitar/synth and maybe some vocals would be pretty cool I think. Check Craigslist often, you'll probably get lucky sooner or later and find someone willing to sell a ton of pedals for good prices.

But yeah, half of the greatness behind good noise music is innovation, and well, a style of your own. So just experiment with gear and maybe buy a soldering iron and build some circuits.

  CATS said:

i'm looking to dabble into the noise/industrial scapes, any advice on instruments or electronics to get into that? not looking for a synth.

 

in b4 theremin

how could you say industrial music, and then say NO SYNTHS? that's practically a fucking oxymoron, you are a fool. Pretty much all the staples of industrial I know extensively (often almost exclusively) use synths. Of course when it comes to that, if you want to use what they used, you're looking for some crazy possibly expensive vintage gear. ( the Ms-20 is a popular one, not only is it great for industrial, but every one from Aphex to Mr. Oizo uses it) Merzbow and many others use EMS synthi etc.

There's a bigger problem than just excluding synths though, making noise is a VERY broad term, and there are tons of subgenres and styles that can fit into the term. Saying "make noise" is almost as bad as "I want good timbre" , be more fucking specific. What artist's style are you looking for? Are we talking Whitehouse harsh noise? Gereogegege Screaming? Stock Hausen Bloops? Subotnik Bleeps? Concrete sampled sounds? Plunderphonics? feed back? screeches?

"Industrial" in its original and most pure form is more about banging on metal pipes with other metal pipes and that sort of thing. Stuff like Throbbing Gristle, which is just people banging on shit, taped, then distorted and looped over itself into a mishmash of nonsense noise, with the occasional bit of singing/screaming thrown in. No synths at all. Sometimes people mean this when they say industrial. Othertimes, people mean getting ass fucked by a gay German named Dieter while listening to Covenant. If thats what CATS meant then all he needs is a copy of Reason, a handfull of pills, and a bottle of astroglide.

@glass plate

chill out mah boi, trying to get my foot in somewhere without dropping mega cash. some posters have already posted cheap alternatives. more interested in making merzbow type stuff than TG, i really dont care for most TG anyway.

  ten fingers ten toes said:

No synths at all.

you are full of lies.

  Glass Plate said:

  ten fingers ten toes said:

No synths at all.

 

you are full of lies.

That was later on, and real purist Industrial fags will tell you it stopped being industrial then. Other purist Industrial fags will tell you it STARTED becoming industrial then. Still others will claim that....

Really just fuck Industrial because nobody can even agree what it is or isn't. You basically have to infer through context clues which Industrial people are talking about.

Part 2 was such a great album, desertshore should be a solid release too