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I am of the opinion that Noises is like a 21st century version of the tape loop technique. It's so inspirational.
Hmm it’s one of my favorite AudioThing releases so far. It’s absolutely fantastic, imo. Especially for more experimental stuff. What do you not like about it?
I think it’s more about the entire package. I think it’s definitely a unique app in the way it handles sequencing the samples, as well as the effects and interface.
yeah, it allows for more surprises than Koala and it's definitely a great interface and filter!
I like all with Noise this why I make space for it . All sounds are good and and can create new ones . Easy to use.
Agreed. I’m sometimes confused when people use the “what use is it when I have blank that can do the same thing”. Seems like with that logic you’d never buy anything besides 1-2 synths and drum machines. Actually no drum machine you can Sue a sampler. You can go on and on lol
Yeah right, I know you can do it all in Drambo, for instance, but there's something to be said for ease of use, lack of clutter and just the fun of using something different!
Because I think of apps as tools. So rather than having a shed packed to the gills with thousands of very specialised tools that perform a single specific task and rarely get taken out, I’d rather check what I already have first before throwing in another one.
There’s also the benefit in becoming more proficient what you already have. So for this example, working out how to do this in Koala, means I understand it’s potential more, and it spends less time in the shed.
That’s why I asked what was unique about this app, before filling my very small shed with another 1.5gb of tool.
I think the uniqueness of Noises is in the way that you can crossfade between, or switch between them randomly quickly, its very inspiring for generative, drone and ambient music and depending on the samples you use it can be very dramatic and interesting. I love using Koala for this type of music, but Noises does do something different IMO. I think it's very complementary to Koala, I use Koala to sample, and prepare, then export to Noises.
if you think you would only use noises to add texture, then you can get away with a few loops on koala though for sure.
one other thing about Noises, is that you feel like a mad scientist playing with test equipment when using it.
It's basically several things -
a bunch of really interesting sounds, if you like weird stuff and early electronic music
An interesting way to crossfade or jump between them using a pendulum motion or random movement, and then the possibility to spice either of those options up with more glitchy movement
Use the downloadable samples or your own sounds
Add a few effects, if you want, like a bitcrusher, filters etc
Could you build this all yourself? Basically yes, with automation controlling a bunch of faders, plus external fx, but it would be a hassle and the UI is lovely
I totally get that. I should clarify, that wasn’t aimed directly at you. It’s just a comment I see here a lot that kinda bugs me, but that like of thinking makes sense. No offense intended!
I’m kinda the opposite I guess. Having specialized tools makes me feel like I can always get exactly what I’m wanting out of a track.
Oof that’s the big one. I do love Drambo a lot, but like you said, there’s something to be said about having a specific product for a specific use.
No that’s cool, none taken. I’m not a fan of the ‘I can do that in Drambo’ comments either, because I probably couldn’t, but as this seems a bit more straightforward and I’m trying to use Koala more, I just wondered what extra it brings to the table. After 10+ years of collecting music apps I have rather a lot of them!
Cheers all, I’m hideously ill at the moment so maybe my brain is on slowdown.
I do love their apps, so maybe I’ll make room in the shed for this one.
To be fair Koala is an amazing app. I haven’t used it much recently but maybe I need to dive back in as well. FWIW I think Noises is really great and up there with Hilda for favorite recent purchases.
Koala is a ridiculously powerful app, one of those apps I feel guilty that I don’t use more often, so I’ve been making a real effort this year to use it more. The separate Koala FX too - that’s almost become my go-to multi fx.
I’ve decided I will be grabbing Noises anyway though - what you guys have said about having the controls all in one app, on one page makes sense.
I used to use Koala all the time. I kinda fell off from using it a few months back but have also been wanting to get back into it. Agreed about Koala FX also. It’s equally fantastic.
Curious what you think about it. It’s a great one.
I cannot use it on NS2 not download as AU ?
Is it because NS2 have no audio ? Other got this problem?
it is ok ✅ on GarageBand and Cubasis.
I think the attack and fade only relates to when you push the trigger button
Yes but I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about the global xfade time setting in the settings menu. Anyway, got a reply from the dev about this:
The setting is global because it would be a mess to have it different for each preset.
The crossfade is applied to each sample looping. So, if you have a 60 sec sample, and have a 5 sec crossfade, it means that the first 5 sec and the last 5 sec of the sample are overlapped and crossfaded, resulting in a total length of 55 sec.
If a sample is shorter than the selected max crossfade, the crossfade is automatically calculated as half the sample.
How do you lock the Bank from being randomized?
Looks like they forgot to implement a possibility to lock the bank, I'll shoot the dev a quick email
Does nobody else find it a major ball ache making your own packs in Noises?
This is the problem with JUCE ports of sample based apps from desktop to iOS in general - no drag and drop. For whatever reason, JUCE just haven’t implemented the ability for their ports to do drag and drop in iOS.
I have run into so many things that make the process of building your own packs so unenjoyable and I am wondering if anyone knows a workaround:
Let’s say I go into the Audioshare folder to find 8 files within a folder there that I want to load. Let’s say the folder is called ‘Flutes’. First problem is that I can only add one sample at a time, so I go in and find one, load it. The dialogue box closes. I open Audioshare again but I once again need to search for the folder. No ability to multi-select and just load 8 files in one go. Also, having just loaded a file from that folder does not make it appear at the top of the recents list. So I either have to look through the whole list again or search for it by name.
To make things slightly less painless, I try to drag a folder from Audioshare into the ‘favourites’ section of the files app, or to star a folder as favourite. IOS will not let me do this with Folders from Audioshare.
Next attempt - make a copy of the folder and add it into the main files menu, say in downloads. From there I can drag into favourites. This works, but what a clumsy and horrible workaround. Then after, unless I want my file system to be messy, I have to remember to delete that copy I made.
All of this would be so much less painful if you could drag and drop. Audiothing managed to implement drag and drop into their JUCE port Loopmix. Not sure how they did it but I seriously wish all apps that loaded samples had ability for both drag and drop and batch importing. This kind of workflow is a serious buzzkiller.
Any better suggestions?
I find even if you do save a folder as a favourite iOS soon seems to forget!
My workaround for the favourites issue is to use the colour labels in files. Say I have a folder full of samples I need to use: I tag that folder as "red", then I can get to that folder at any time by simply selecting the "red" category from the main Browse screen in the files app. It works for Audioshare folders too BTW.
Thanks Richard. I also noticed favourites disappearing. This shit is enough to drive you mad, no? I still can't believe that Apple have not made the Files app better, it's an utter disgrace 😂
The colour tags have saved my sanity more than once when building sample instruments. It's like having different sets of favourites, one for each colour.
Yeah it’s this basic stuff that makes me wonder why they’ve invested so much in bringing their ‘pro’ apps to the platform, final cut especially… probably left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing type of thing…
I build a bank of 8 samples in Koala, export it and import it in Noises directly from the zip that koala created. Then delete the zip. I find it really painless tbh
Ah, great idea! Thnx man, jeez, so much better
No worries dude!!!!
So I was thinking you should be able to just zip some files directly and import them using the 'import zip' function in the Noises menu. Doesn't work, neither in standalone nor auv3. But also when I try to share a zip file directly, noises does not appear as an option to share to.