composing audio gliches?
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- KVRer
- 16 posts since 25 Sep, 2003
I'm a big fan of the audio glitching effect, that is to use audio clipping to create subtle rhythms, ala 'Sketch Show'. Does anyone know the process of achieving this effect? Cheers.
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- KVRAF
- 1954 posts since 15 Nov, 2003 from London, UK
Hey there mate,
Realistically there are many ways to achieve various glitch/IDM effects.
For exampe if ypou working in terms of audio tracks in a "tradiional" sequencer way, then you could zoom in to a very "close" level and cut and re-arrange parts of beats/vocals/whatever to achieve quick stutters.
Another way is to load a sample into a sampler plugin, and then automate the "sample start offset" parameter using parameter automation etc (Step sequenced parameter automation helps here). This start parameter may have a different name but nearly every sampler will support it one way or another.
The thing to bear in mind here is that much of this stuff is born out of experimentation, so just make sure you learn your chosen host and plugins to a good standard and then you will know how to utilise what they offer.
Pushing those tools you have to the limits can often produce surprising results
Realistically there are many ways to achieve various glitch/IDM effects.
For exampe if ypou working in terms of audio tracks in a "tradiional" sequencer way, then you could zoom in to a very "close" level and cut and re-arrange parts of beats/vocals/whatever to achieve quick stutters.
Another way is to load a sample into a sampler plugin, and then automate the "sample start offset" parameter using parameter automation etc (Step sequenced parameter automation helps here). This start parameter may have a different name but nearly every sampler will support it one way or another.
The thing to bear in mind here is that much of this stuff is born out of experimentation, so just make sure you learn your chosen host and plugins to a good standard and then you will know how to utilise what they offer.
Pushing those tools you have to the limits can often produce surprising results
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- Banned
- 12367 posts since 30 Apr, 2002 from i might peeramid
a professed 'idmer' said summing like 'find something that works, then find the edges where it doesn't work,' pushing s/w past its' limits. (eg. cd-ripping s/w that doesn't work is excellent for this)
if you just want glitchy rhythm stuf, scratch up a cd w/ sandpaper or a razor blade.
you could even be old skool and use vinyl :p
but that's what interested that dude, is those frontiers. bunch of jumble.
if you just want glitchy rhythm stuf, scratch up a cd w/ sandpaper or a razor blade.
you could even be old skool and use vinyl :p
but that's what interested that dude, is those frontiers. bunch of jumble.
you come and go, you come and go. amitabha neither a follower nor a leader be tagore "where roads are made i lose my way" where there is certainty, consideration is absent.
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- Boss Lovin' DR
- 14312 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from the grimness of yorkshire
Do it the proper tugger way way. Record yer song normally, burn it on a CD, take the CD out, scratch f**k out of it with a knofe and jump up and down on it a bit, then rip it back to wav. No f**king around.
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- Banned
- 18651 posts since 2 Oct, 2001 from England
Does that actually work, surely it wont read properly?donkey tugger wrote:Do it the proper tugger way way. Record yer song normally, burn it on a CD, take the CD out, scratch f**k out of it with a knofe and jump up and down on it a bit, then rip it back to wav. No f**king around.
(you dont mind if i call you shirley?)
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- Banned
- 12367 posts since 30 Apr, 2002 from i might peeramid
you're right, it will read very naughtily. ja, is kosher.Kriminal wrote:Does that actually work, surely it wont read properly?
you come and go, you come and go. amitabha neither a follower nor a leader be tagore "where roads are made i lose my way" where there is certainty, consideration is absent.
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- Boss Lovin' DR
- 14312 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from the grimness of yorkshire
Course it f**king does, it's how I made this pile of steaming shite;Kriminal wrote:Does that actually work, surely it wont read properly?donkey tugger wrote:Do it the proper tugger way way. Record yer song normally, burn it on a CD, take the CD out, scratch f**k out of it with a knofe and jump up and down on it a bit, then rip it back to wav. No f**king around.
(you dont mind if i call you shirley?)
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 16 posts since 25 Sep, 2003
cheers everyone, there were some really useful replies there.
I was talking more long the lines of the audio 'snipping' rhythms though; to make an audio rhythm by using the snipped sounds as beats. 'Sketch show' and 'alva noto' are pretty notorious for this...does anyone know a good process of achieving this effect?
I was talking more long the lines of the audio 'snipping' rhythms though; to make an audio rhythm by using the snipped sounds as beats. 'Sketch show' and 'alva noto' are pretty notorious for this...does anyone know a good process of achieving this effect?
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- KVRAF
- 3964 posts since 31 Aug, 2003 from In a foreign town, in a foreign land
I managed to get similar sounds by feeding a low-pitched sine-wave into AudioMulch's PulseComb. Found that out by accident, really.lydianguy wrote:cheers everyone, there were some really useful replies there.
I was talking more long the lines of the audio 'snipping' rhythms though; to make an audio rhythm by using the snipped sounds as beats. 'Sketch show' and 'alva noto' are pretty notorious for this...does anyone know a good process of achieving this effect?
Much of that originated with Pole's broken (1) Waldorf 4pole (hence the name Pole, I guess). So I'd suggest experimenting with low-pass filters with extremely short decay-envelopes. Got reasonably close to that sound by setting the decay of my Pulse to zero.
Groet, Erik
(1) doesn't get glitchier than that.
Pop music delenda est.
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- Banned
- 12367 posts since 30 Apr, 2002 from i might peeramid
not really my thing but i made a few plugs for stuf like this.. try freex (a simple fm synth, but might be a good start for making samples et c.) and breaks, which is ~a random loop/sample player that might make some usable rhythms out of a skipping cd sample :p
oc there are tons of stuf around to use..
oc there are tons of stuf around to use..
you come and go, you come and go. amitabha neither a follower nor a leader be tagore "where roads are made i lose my way" where there is certainty, consideration is absent.