Avoiding the white noise build cliche
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Re: Avoiding the white noise build cliche
This is something i've battled against as well. White noise, and rising tones are the things that plagued techno for a while. I think lots of people (especially the big players) are getting bored of it as you don't hear it too much now. Although I like using it as a live effect!
Something i've been experimenting with is delay tails. Lots of people use reverb tails, but try this.
-Take you climactic noise, and reverse it.
-Then run it through a cool sounding delay with a long release. If you use ableton, use something like grain delay as this has 'spray' on it. If not, automate a distortion unit or something to open up as the tail carries on.
-Then, turn what you've just made to audio, and reverse it.
Now your climactic noise is the right way round again, and it should have a repeating version of itself, that builds up to it. Each one slightly more constructed and less destroyed that its predecessor.
With a lot of playing about, you can yield some pretty cool results.
Something i've been experimenting with is delay tails. Lots of people use reverb tails, but try this.
-Take you climactic noise, and reverse it.
-Then run it through a cool sounding delay with a long release. If you use ableton, use something like grain delay as this has 'spray' on it. If not, automate a distortion unit or something to open up as the tail carries on.
-Then, turn what you've just made to audio, and reverse it.
Now your climactic noise is the right way round again, and it should have a repeating version of itself, that builds up to it. Each one slightly more constructed and less destroyed that its predecessor.
With a lot of playing about, you can yield some pretty cool results.
Re: Avoiding the white noise build cliche
good tip chris.
although white noise is cliched it can still be used tastefully live. i have a relatively recent (1/10/11) sandwell mix where they thrash the ass off of white noise throughout the set and it sounds really good.
although white noise is cliched it can still be used tastefully live. i have a relatively recent (1/10/11) sandwell mix where they thrash the ass off of white noise throughout the set and it sounds really good.
Re: Avoiding the white noise build cliche
Black noise! Thats what we need
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Re: Avoiding the white noise build cliche
It's call Hip-Hop!ICN wrote:Black noise! Thats what we need
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Re: Avoiding the white noise build cliche
I only use noise nowadays to create an "industrial mist". For build ups perhaps noise hits with filter mod. delay and reverb.
I think you can still use noise. but not with that terrible sweep in it.
Totally agree on the fact that a million tech-house producers claimed white noise.. filter notch on it and go.. some congas, bongos and here and there a snare does the trick.. i'm not really a hater on other styles, but i can not say anything else than that it is easy to reproduce the same thing over and over again.
I think you can still use noise. but not with that terrible sweep in it.
Totally agree on the fact that a million tech-house producers claimed white noise.. filter notch on it and go.. some congas, bongos and here and there a snare does the trick.. i'm not really a hater on other styles, but i can not say anything else than that it is easy to reproduce the same thing over and over again.
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Re: Avoiding the white noise build cliche
now now,no need for that hombre:-PPatriek wrote:It's call Hip-Hop!ICN wrote:Black noise! Thats what we need