Noise Music Tools

  On 3/29/2011 at 9:05 PM, Dan C said:

Who is everyone's favourite noise maker the WATTUM?

 

(first person to say Tim Hecker loses)

mouthus

  On 3/30/2011 at 12:47 AM, mollekula said:

Like i said before, i believe that a composition must tell a story, whether its noise, jazz, classical or whatever you can think of. I used the word "emotion" in music to describe passion and feelings and not being "romantic" or something like my friend Dan C assumed. if there is no story to tell, what do you expect to feel with sound? unless of course its an empty thing one wants to do, something just to say they did something. and musical qualities have nothing to do with it, even a person who has no idea about musical theory but has a very deep connection and contact with sound generally can achieve amazing results with his imagination. i dont know about you, but a 20 minute drone or noise without a slightest change in form tells me absolutely nothing. for me personally its like driving a straight road in the desert for an hour, with no twists and turns, without any excitement. To my friend Mesh Gear Fox, even people that have the knowledge of something like to ask, it shows their curious nature. i dont believe there is something wrong with asking, after all its all very inspiring for somebody who is interested, just read this thread and what people use to make noise, inspiration is the ultimate purpose.

I totally agree with this but I also think that noise/drone is a more immersive experience so one needs time to get deep into it which is kinda the problem I have with the new Hecker album Ravedeath 1972 i.e. fantastic textures, emotion and variation however I feel the tracks are far too short and would have preferred them spread out a bit say over two disks but then again I am a Namlook fan.

Here's one of mine. Any feedback would be appreciated. Enjoy.

A way that worked for me: avoid all quantization and record everything live. Record your first layer and then listen to it over and over until you memorize it. You won't, and that's the point. Now record another layer and do things based on where you remember other things happening. Use some multitrack to line up recordings to sound about right. Cut out bits you don't like or whatever. And listen a whole bunch again, and repeat until you have enough content. It really doesn't matter what sounds you use, getting off the grid will make people say noise. Or, if it's pleasant enough, ambient.

  On 3/30/2011 at 4:36 AM, Wall Bird said:

Here's one of mine. Any feedback would be appreciated. Enjoy.

I think more feedback is needed LOL

seriously tho interesting stuff but maybe it needs a little more of a harsh edge like subtle distortion and a bit more sustain in the sound to bring it out a bit more

  On 3/29/2011 at 11:26 PM, ganus said:

  On 3/29/2011 at 11:19 PM, acidphakist said:

  On 3/29/2011 at 10:50 PM, ganus said:

Here's a big noise collaboration I did a few years back with a bunch of friends.

http://www.mediafire.com/?mwaw31ki1d16w7o

 

Unfortunately I lost my digital copy long ago somehow, so this is a copy I got from someone else, and this one doesn't have tags or anything. Oh well.

 

 

Pro-tip: get a bunch of walkie talkies for you and your friends. Broadcast your noise music through the airwaves to each other and record. Ta Da! You've made MORE NOISE!

To: Acidphakist

Subject: Thank you!

 

Dear Acidphakist, thank you very much for the helpful music tip. Your opinion means a lot to me!

I hope you are well. Keep in touch.

 

-Ganus

lol I was being serious. It makes your noise 'noisier'.

  On 3/30/2011 at 7:47 AM, taphead said:

A way that worked for me: avoid all quantization and record everything live. Record your first layer and then listen to it over and over until you memorize it. You won't, and that's the point. Now record another layer and do things based on where you remember other things happening. Use some multitrack to line up recordings to sound about right. Cut out bits you don't like or whatever. And listen a whole bunch again, and repeat until you have enough content. It really doesn't matter what sounds you use, getting off the grid will make people say noise. Or, if it's pleasant enough, ambient.

This is how I recorded all my styles of music for a long time, on an old 8 track. I ended up with everything from nice ambient layered guitars and keys, odd folk songs, weird noisy punk tracks, complete walls of noise, electro-acoustic stuff, rap songs (I'd pound in the beats on an old keyboard)... all over the place. It's great fun, and leads to some interesting compositions. The technique has stuck with me and it's still the way I lay out the front-to-back design for some of my songs.

a few old examples:

http://lucasboots.bandcamp.com/album/boot-mucus

haha, my kid has some cheap toy walkie talkies, and they're noisy as fuck. You can manipulate them into making some rather crazy sounds.

As for noise music tools, all you need is something that makes a noise, something to record it onto and something to play that back. I have an old shitty 80's stereo that I like to overdrive through the phono input and record to old worn cassettes. AM/FM bands are a great source for sounds and textures.

  On 3/30/2011 at 3:32 PM, Gocab said:

haha, my kid has some cheap toy walkie talkies, and they're noisy as fuck. You can manipulate them into making some rather crazy sounds.

 

As for noise music tools, all you need is something that makes a noise, something to record it onto and something to play that back. I have an old shitty 80's stereo that I like to overdrive through the phono input and record to old worn cassettes. AM/FM bands are a great source for sounds and textures.

I used to have a job working for the Dept. of Transportation. I drove roughly 1500 miles/week, but a lot of it was in the middle of nowhere so there were very few radio stations to pick up. I would find interesting AM channels where stations would blend together or get weird noises from power lines and stations and stuff. If anyone rode with me they grew weary pretty fast but I could listen all day as long as it was evolving

  On 3/30/2011 at 4:08 AM, soundwave said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op2_EkaOmN0

nom nom. that looks tasty!

as far as what you can use to make some noise, i have found a lot of great diy projects thoughout the net about noise loopers, modular synths, contact microphones(costs maybe five bucks to make) using contact mics as triggers for home made electronic drums! sooooo much shit man! and its all way more affordable than you might expect. if you really dig for high quality parts, your gear will sound high quality as well. If your interested just pm me and i can link ya up to some nice spots.

  On 3/30/2011 at 3:32 PM, Gocab said:

As for noise music tools, all you need is something that makes a noise, something to record it onto and something to play that back.

This is the only answer this thread needed.

Did you know that all you need to make electronic music is a computer? No further discussion needed.

  On 3/30/2011 at 3:32 PM, Gocab said:

haha, my kid has some cheap toy walkie talkies, and they're noisy as fuck. You can manipulate them into making some rather crazy sounds.

 

As for noise music tools, all you need is something that makes a noise, something to record it onto and something to play that back. I have an old shitty 80's stereo that I like to overdrive through the phono input and record to old worn cassettes. AM/FM bands are a great source for sounds and textures.

totally but get a few radios with distortion pedals and do this stuff live

i always thought it would be interesting to do a live performance with mulitple tvs, mixing their sonunds live

also, theremins...