Does this sound dissonant/non-musical to you?
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 136 posts since 14 Mar, 2012
So I have a few synth riffs in a song sketch I was working on.. It has two Sylenth patches kind of layered on each other and I think the sounds blend together nicely. But the thing is, the other one is basically a "detuned" chord kind of sound, which means when layered these sounds are dissonant, according to music theory. Now I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on this, as I personally like the sound, even though there is that dissonance in it I think it adds a nice kind of droning, melancholic feel to it. Or are my ears just messed up
Sound clip: (Featuring the riffs followed by the individual sounds)
https://soundcloud.com/vyboze/hook-24
Sound clip: (Featuring the riffs followed by the individual sounds)
https://soundcloud.com/vyboze/hook-24
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- KVRist
- 353 posts since 22 Feb, 2004
I'm fairly sure the kind of dissonance you're talking about can be found in pianos depending on what tuning standards they use.
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- KVRAF
- 3477 posts since 27 Dec, 2002 from North East England
Are the first few sounds in there all locked to minor thirds? Reminds me a lot of the old 90s rave sounds where a minor third piano stab would be pitched around in the sampler. Can get quite dissonant, but it's a sound which has plenty of cultural heritage so it doesn't sound particularly unusual to most ears.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 136 posts since 14 Mar, 2012
Thanks for the input!
I guess one just needs to let their ears decide what sounds good, what doesn't
Have to admit I'm not sure about those minor thirds etc. but what you said about cultural heritage makes sense to me. Even though these "sonics" aren't based on western music theory, after these few decades of techno etc. people have got used to it.cron wrote:Are the first few sounds in there all locked to minor thirds? Reminds me a lot of the old 90s rave sounds where a minor third piano stab would be pitched around in the sampler. Can get quite dissonant, but it's a sound which has plenty of cultural heritage so it doesn't sound particularly unusual to most ears.
I guess one just needs to let their ears decide what sounds good, what doesn't