It’s 6am and the house is quiet. I started watching this video until my coffee was ready. I stuck my phone in my pocket to get my coffee not realizing the video was still playing. Walking around my house I had this creepy feeling. Your music was the soundtrack to my unusually quiet house. Well done!
Definitely, this guy talks about getting a mixer and a load of pedals, tbh he's nailing it with that midi device and plug-ins. I only use a load of pedals because I'm an analogue dinosaur who melts down when faced with a drop-down menu and a grown-up DAW. I only use Audacity to edut sounds to put on tape loops. I struggle to get the wide pallet of sounds he's getting, and I'm using two pedal boards into all 12 channels on a mixer. Plus I need a sack barrow to move the gear for gigs, unless I can get a motor to the venue.
@@stuartchapman5171 Funny you say so, because I'm actually working on integrating more pedals into my setup. But keeping the plugin component. If you want to get into plugins, I'd recommend starting with Reaper and just experimenting with stock plugins. Running your pedals into a DAW with just EQ, reverb, distortion, delay, tremolo, ring mod, avocado mangler (all stock plugins), you can get some crazy sounds
@@stuartchapman5171I am using reaper, yes. The Akai works fine with it for mapping knobs/faders. There are supposedly ways to get the buttons to light up appropriately with Reaper but I haven’t managed to get it work
Thanks so much! I've been thinking about putting together some tutorial type stuff for a while now. I will! In general, I just use lots of different plugins in a row, and each knob of the MIDI controller is linked to the wet/dry blend of each plugin. So you can take any noise (even just crackling like I did here), run it through a bunch of processing, and come out with some very strange sounds!
Thank you very much! That's the Akai MIDImix (though I had to swap out the knobs--the stock ones are way too short and hard to grip). Amazing, amazing tool for noise/ambient!
Online pedal building supply company called LoveMySwitches. These knobs fit ok but not perfectly-you need to use a little screwdriver to tighten the grub screw, but sometimes they still get loose and pop off. I wish there were a better fitting option but this is the best I’ve found so far
Thank you very much! For me it’s more about variety and experimentation than any one plugin. So first check out all stock distortion/saturation plugins in your DAW. Then play with combinations: stack two distortions, run reverb into distortion, or distortion into a ring mod into convolution into another distortion. I love convolution reverb for weird textures. Then do that but also add an LFO on a few parameters and suddenly the whole mess is constantly mutating and warping. A nice free distortion is Unplugred’s Prisma. Kind of a random one too but I love and constantly use Audiority’s Harmonic Maximizer (not free but cheap), a multi band saturation, which helps sculpt sounds. I also love their Boss HM-2 plugin, also cheap, for disgusting distortion. I hope this helps!
That's right! All you need would be some kind of noise making device (cheap piezo pickups or mic or whatever), a way to get the sound into your computer (look for used audio interfaces), a laptop, and then you can get the free trial of Reaper, which includes tons of free native audio plugins (including various distortions, reverb, delay, pitch, ring mod, tremolo, along with a bunch of other random stuff). The black mixer I have is just a MIDI device--each knob is mapped onto the wet/dry blend of different audio plugins running in Reaper. You don't even need the mixer--you could do that all with just the laptop, it will just be a bit slower. Enjoy!
I'm just on CZcams for now--thanks for watching! If you were looking for weird noise/ambient stuff like this, which streaming service would you use, out of curiosity?
Ha. That’s quite accurate for me. I was only into writing and recording metal for years before realizing making noise/ambient had a much better fun to effort ratio
when youre at a a party and u see the harsh noise guy reaching for the steel wool
Hahaha. Implying somebody invites harsh noise guy to house parties!
lmaoo
It’s 6am and the house is quiet. I started watching this video until my coffee was ready. I stuck my phone in my pocket to get my coffee not realizing the video was still playing. Walking around my house I had this creepy feeling. Your music was the soundtrack to my unusually quiet house. Well done!
I agree. It was creepy.
Ignore him. That’s my alter ego.
Shut up! Your my alter ego.
It’s “you’re” you dummy.
Ha. Thank you!!
fantastic and sublime, especially when listened to at high volume on the biggest speaker system you can find
Thank you so much!
Love this, well done
me waking up in the mcdonalds playground, looking for my mom or the workers but nobodies here but this is playing on the speakers
That freaked me the fuck out. Well done!
Very Cool
Good noises here, and first time i see this method. Well done
Thank you very much!
cool idea!
awesomeness!!! I love what you do!
Thanks so much!
Very inspiring!
Thank you very much!
Awesome, great work! I do this but with tape, hiss and overdrive and broken mixer. 🤘
I’m slowly building out my kit. Definitely have a mixer on the wishlist, and working on circuit-bending some pedals!
@@MLoerAudio Sounds perfect to me! Right on, looking forward to it dude! I subbed. And Id love to collab on a track someday
I’m always working on new stuff, so I’m happy to collaborate on something! Reach out if you’d like to get something going
You can't beat "broken" gear. I have a broken Memory Boy, never worked properly. I don't use it often but it's great when I do.
woah very creative!
Thank you very much!
Damn what a great harshness buddy!
New subscriber here 👍
Thank you very much!!
💆♂
Cool sound design!
Thank you very much!
Definitely, this guy talks about getting a mixer and a load of pedals, tbh he's nailing it with that midi device and plug-ins. I only use a load of pedals because I'm an analogue dinosaur who melts down when faced with a drop-down menu and a grown-up DAW. I only use Audacity to edut sounds to put on tape loops.
I struggle to get the wide pallet of sounds he's getting, and I'm using two pedal boards into all 12 channels on a mixer. Plus I need a sack barrow to move the gear for gigs, unless I can get a motor to the venue.
@@stuartchapman5171 Funny you say so, because I'm actually working on integrating more pedals into my setup. But keeping the plugin component. If you want to get into plugins, I'd recommend starting with Reaper and just experimenting with stock plugins. Running your pedals into a DAW with just EQ, reverb, distortion, delay, tremolo, ring mod, avocado mangler (all stock plugins), you can get some crazy sounds
Are you using Reaper? Does the Akai midimix map OK to Reaper?
There's somethings, I'd have to use pedals for,
@@stuartchapman5171I am using reaper, yes. The Akai works fine with it for mapping knobs/faders. There are supposedly ways to get the buttons to light up appropriately with Reaper but I haven’t managed to get it work
this is great! do you think you can run through the patch in another video? you got me curious 😊
Thanks so much! I've been thinking about putting together some tutorial type stuff for a while now. I will! In general, I just use lots of different plugins in a row, and each knob of the MIDI controller is linked to the wet/dry blend of each plugin. So you can take any noise (even just crackling like I did here), run it through a bunch of processing, and come out with some very strange sounds!
Where do you get your patch cables from, they're cool?
www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/P06224--ernie-ball-flat-ribbon-patch-cables-pedalboard-multi-pack
we want more experiments like this
❤ will do
What’s the fader you’re using? The Alesis/Akai one? This is awesome btw. Great work.
Thank you very much! That's the Akai MIDImix (though I had to swap out the knobs--the stock ones are way too short and hard to grip). Amazing, amazing tool for noise/ambient!
@@MLoerAudio thanks! Might pick one up soon.
Que maravilla
Thank you!
Where did you get the different knobes for your midimix?
Online pedal building supply company called LoveMySwitches. These knobs fit ok but not perfectly-you need to use a little screwdriver to tighten the grub screw, but sometimes they still get loose and pop off. I wish there were a better fitting option but this is the best I’ve found so far
What digital distortion plugins would you recommend for this kind of sound design? Awesome stuff brother!
Thank you very much! For me it’s more about variety and experimentation than any one plugin. So first check out all stock distortion/saturation plugins in your DAW. Then play with combinations: stack two distortions, run reverb into distortion, or distortion into a ring mod into convolution into another distortion. I love convolution reverb for weird textures. Then do that but also add an LFO on a few parameters and suddenly the whole mess is constantly mutating and warping. A nice free distortion is Unplugred’s Prisma. Kind of a random one too but I love and constantly use Audiority’s Harmonic Maximizer (not free but cheap), a multi band saturation, which helps sculpt sounds. I also love their Boss HM-2 plugin, also cheap, for disgusting distortion. I hope this helps!
@@MLoerAudio This helps a lot! I definetly will check the free plugin :)
Could I sample some of this for a song? I think it would be cool to make a beat out of the loop in the beginning
Yes, feel free! Only condition is you’ve gotta send me what you make with it, if it ever finds its way into a song
@@MLoerAudio Will do 😎
Yeah bro that loop was kinda heat
You're using a laptop as a mixer right? I want to make noise music and I need a minimum set of equipment.
That's right! All you need would be some kind of noise making device (cheap piezo pickups or mic or whatever), a way to get the sound into your computer (look for used audio interfaces), a laptop, and then you can get the free trial of Reaper, which includes tons of free native audio plugins (including various distortions, reverb, delay, pitch, ring mod, tremolo, along with a bunch of other random stuff). The black mixer I have is just a MIDI device--each knob is mapped onto the wet/dry blend of different audio plugins running in Reaper. You don't even need the mixer--you could do that all with just the laptop, it will just be a bit slower. Enjoy!
@@MLoerAudioThanks a lot! To be honest, I’m actually from Russia and this topic is not developed at all here, at least someone suggested it!
@@voyage_1984 Hit me up if I can help you figure it out 🤘
Necessarily
do you have stuff on streaming?
I'm just on CZcams for now--thanks for watching! If you were looking for weird noise/ambient stuff like this, which streaming service would you use, out of curiosity?
@@MLoerAudio i use soundcloud mostly
@@Ambermachinesatan I’ll keep that in mind if I end up producing some more serious stuff-thanks!
When you gave up on heavy metal long ago and decided it was time for the real thing.
Ha. That’s quite accurate for me. I was only into writing and recording metal for years before realizing making noise/ambient had a much better fun to effort ratio