KVR Audio

noreply · Post by **noreply** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 9:04 pm

Hi all.

After many many days of using google to find some DAW or other software to create colored noise (i.e. white green black to name a few) I came to this forum to reach out and ask some help.

The DAW's I have are, Reaper 6.72, Reason 12 and Cubase 12.
I have some plugins that can generate white noise. I read that with some filters (HP, LP and BP) you can make all colors you like.

I would like to ask the what plugins are the best to achieve this?
The software or plugin does not need to be related to the DAW's I use at the moment.
Any suggestion is welcome.

Thanks a lot in advance

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 9:47 pm

Whatever... It's all white noise through EQ to shape it to a colour. Most basic audio editors have noise generators. There is a difference between that and a DAW.

Jafo · Post by **Jafo** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 9:54 pm

You're overthinking it. What's best is what you have on hand: if there's a DAW that doesn't come with filters or EQ, I haven't heard of it. Honestly, there's no magic involved in making colored noise; it's just pure, simple math that was understood way back in punch card days: white noise + filter = colored noise. ISTR it's 6dB/octave lowpass for pink, but I always just twiddled knobs until I found the right dB and sometimes corners to fit in with everything else. Cheers and many happy discoveries to you!

noreply · Post by **noreply** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 11:23 pm

Jafo wrote: Tue Dec 27, 2022 9:54 pm You're overthinking it. What's best is what you have on hand: if there's a DAW that doesn't come with filters or EQ, I haven't heard of it. Honestly, there's no magic involved in making colored noise; it's just pure, simple math that was understood way back in punch card days: white noise + filter = colored noise. ISTR it's 6dB/octave lowpass for pink, but I always just twiddled knobs until I found the right dB and sometimes corners to fit in with everything else. Cheers and many happy discoveries to you!

Thanks for the reply.
Do you have any recommendation for a good filter/EQ that can do this job?

CrystalWizard · Post by **CrystalWizard** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 11:33 pm

Pink is WN passed through 3dB lowpass. The best way imo is just use what you have and tune it by ear like Jafo said.

How to create colored noise and what software (DAW) can be used