Synth specialized in (white / pink) noise sounds?
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- KVRAF
- 35410 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
Offtopic but... it always surprises me how something i'd consider as trivial as noise differs from synth to synth. On some synths, it sounds very artificial, on some very natural, "musical". I don't know if it's down to the frequency spectrum, or something else.
I don't know any pure noise synth though. But, what i know is that the noise generator in Waldorf Largo simply sounds fantastic. You can set it to white, pink, and brown noise AFAIK.
I don't know any pure noise synth though. But, what i know is that the noise generator in Waldorf Largo simply sounds fantastic. You can set it to white, pink, and brown noise AFAIK.
- KVRAF
- 21196 posts since 8 Oct, 2014
I'm not 100% sure but I think ArcSyn has more noise types than any other synth I know. Plus, the synth itself has one of the most unique sounds out there. Download the demo and check it out. If I'm not mistaken there are at least 5 or 6 different noise types if not more.
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- KVRist
- 138 posts since 5 Oct, 2015
There is actually some weird hardware for creating drones, but I do not know any specialised VSTs.
A good software option would be to use any versatile synth that (a) has many froms of noise available and (b) many filters and eq to sculpt it, plus decent delay and reverb.
Basically all of them can do that... but even noise sounds different from different synths.
A good software option would be to use any versatile synth that (a) has many froms of noise available and (b) many filters and eq to sculpt it, plus decent delay and reverb.
Basically all of them can do that... but even noise sounds different from different synths.
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- KVRAF
- 2746 posts since 13 Feb, 2012 from Amsterdam
Diversion may be well suited for those types of sounds. Each of the four oscs has different types of noise and each its own filter.
Zebra would be good too (as I'm sure many others).
Zebra would be good too (as I'm sure many others).
- KVRAF
- 25398 posts since 3 Feb, 2005 from in the wilds
Bazille has white and pink noise sources... however, one can make an endless array of various noises with all the audio rate modulations. It is excellent for mechanical sounds like whirring machines, radio static, crackles, engines, geiger counters, etc. etc.
- KVRAF
- 21196 posts since 8 Oct, 2014
Yeah, didn't think of Bazille. I'll 2nd this one if you're willing to spend a little time learning the synth.pdxindy wrote:Bazille has white and pink noise sources... however, one can make an endless array of various noises with all the audio rate modulations. It is excellent for mechanical sounds like whirring machines, radio static, crackles, engines, geiger counters, etc. etc.
- KVRAF
- 4590 posts since 7 Jun, 2012 from Warsaw
Serum has a large selection of noises (which are in fact long looped samples) and they are great. I wouldn't buy it for this sole purpose, though
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- KVRAF
- 3477 posts since 27 Dec, 2002 from North East England
Perhaps a leftfield suggestion, but Drumatic 4 is great for noise effects. Loads of different types of noise that can be swept, filtered, layered etc. The usual suspects like white and pink are possible, but there are also loads of noise spectra derived from real and synthetic sources like claps, hi-hats, a cymbal generator etc. Some of the sources can sound a bit 'loopy' unfortunately, but it's a great tool for noise textures either way - especially as you can layer 2 sources with different envelopes in-synth.
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- KVRist
- 271 posts since 22 Apr, 2008 from Waltham-st-Lawrence.
I seem to remember a synth from years ago, free I think called `Chimera` or something simlar that seemed to use noise as its sound source. It had qiute a unique sound to it. Might be worth hunting on the netfor. Cheers Glyn.
Found it first hunt.
https://www.kvraudio.com/product/chimera_by_majken
Found it first hunt.
https://www.kvraudio.com/product/chimera_by_majken
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- KVRAF
- 16142 posts since 12 Oct, 2008 from Here and there
Falcon has a dedicated noise oscillator with plenty of normal and exotic noises, also Halion 6 has a large collection of noises in the wavetable oscillator.
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- KVRian
- 602 posts since 2 May, 2015 from Ruhrgebiet