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So is it worth it after a while, as an "instrument"? A keeper? As I see its just a samplepack and a plain sample looper in a fancy box with a known name on it. Whats the point of using own samples, there is no control even on the loop area? Maybe something I dont understand..
Is there some way to enter accurate values in Noises, particularly on the Pitch parameter? It’s just too twitchy to dependably land on a nice, round -12.00 or +7.00. No direct entry, AFAICT, and no control key for greater precision.
Minor quibble, really, on a very versatile app.
That's annoying, I agree. You can long press to get fine control but it's not really fine enough. Worth writing Audiothing an email if you want them to improve in this area
It’s more about the whole package than just being a sampler. The filter sounds unique and gritty, the way it sequences through the samples with control over mutes is great, the “trip” function to automate the parameters, bitcrushing, etc. It’s meant to be its own thing. Not just a “plain” sampler. I think it’s highly worth it and it’s one of my favorite recent releases.
You can add your own sampled noises and create user database of noise and apply all parameters. I use only the samples and sounds features tools in it and it is really great price for what you get .
If you like experimental stuff it is worth getting. I think my video makes it pretty clear that it would be a bit of a pain, if even possible, to Frankenstein your own version of this:
I take a piece of piano music and import it into koala. I chop it into 8 pieces and reverse 4 of the samples. I export the samples and import them as a bank into Noises. I lower the pitch by an octave or two or three and mess with the high pass filter to create sounds I’ve never heard before.
Sometimes I change the samples manually, sometimes I use the trip. It’s absolutely great.
Ouch!
It may not be an instrument like a piano or guitar, but it is an interesting sound creation and manipulation tool. Unusable in some types of music but great for others.
Watch the YouTube videos and decide for yourself. I like it.
Sounds like a plan. Good to see you back Ian!
I totally agree it’s a happy accident creator
Yeah it’s weird to me that multiple people now have referred to it as “just a sampler” or a sample pack. Very reductive and annoying.
Agree. It’s that but many guys in this forum are not in experimental side so I understand, this is not a pn apps for more traditional musicians
Oh yeah I get that I just get annoyed with reductive statements in general so it kinda bothers me a bit. Definitely more for experimental users. I’ve been loving it. How are you liking it so far?
Because they haven't watched vids or read the manuals. If they have, and they somehow still haven't understood, that's on them 🤷♂️
That technique @rud mentioned is great actually! Was just having a little doze while Noises played me a mangled Chopin nocturne, just beautiful.
I like it a lot. Create new idea base on it.
Ahh, now I've finally found a use for Koala...thank you!
Ok so how its different from 8 samplers with loops crossfading between each other with morph knob, set in drambo? Without painful sample import?
Comments about "experimental" are funny, being provided with ready to go rompler for noise. Go record your own sounds, build a sampler based machine in drambo or mirack mangling them in your own way - thats experimental (like what og creator did). But I got the point, new device is always inspiring. Thanks for responses
After I’d played with the desktop version a while and before the iPad one was even a glimmer in the eye, I did try to build something similar in dRambo, but getting the exact functionality was beyond my ability, and I quickly ended up with something far more complex and unwieldy.
What’s great about this is the simplicity of it, (maybe not the iPad UI aspects) but the fixed relationships of the samples to each other, coupled with the randomness of accessing them makes for a sweet spot in between complexity and simplicity that creates interesting evolving sound patterns…
I’ve had it since it came out and I think I’ve still not remembered to load any preset sounds,I just dived in with my own from the get go 😅
ps a reverse function in the app would be one thing I’d love to see, that plus rearranging the banks in the editor…
I mean with that logic why buy a synth when you can make your own with Eurorack? Again, reductive. No one says you bc ant do both but having it all in one package with cool features and a unique interface is nice. And no matter what you do in Drambo it’s not gonna be exactly the same.
First of all, sample import is not painful as long as you do it using the ‘import banks’ function to import a zip file of samples that are not inside a folder.
Secondly, it’s not just a rompler - you can add your own sounds. Even if you couldn’t, it’s what you do with them that matters. You can get a long way tweaking the interesting samples that come with the app without even loading your own. Was Dilla not experimental because he used other people’s samples? Making something yourself is not the definition of experimental. Is Elaine Radigue’s work not experimental because she didn’t build her own synth?
Thirdly, not everyone has the ability or the inclination to make their own instruments in Drambo, and not everyone likes the interface. Some people greatly appreciate a beautiful interface like that of Noises.
Fourthly, Hainbach is not that experimental, depending on how you want to define experimental. Much of what he does is deeply inspired by Radiophonic Workshop etc. He’s simply, in many cases, bringing awareness of those techniques to a wider audience.
Ok, thanks. Gonna but it now
Gee, you've convined me.
I'll delete Noises from my iPad and go and spend more money and buy Drambo and then cancel everything to take the time to learn how it works.
Thanks for the helpful tip!
Drambo is a monster, man. Sorry to jack a thread. I just keep going back and forth with using drambo and ready made synths (because sound quality of drambo seemed not satisfactory - but in reality it only depends on your skill) and then it just clicked. Yes you have to make really complex patches for really good sounds, but it totally worth it. Once you got the flow its the quickest way from brain to sound, at least for me.
At your service, sir, lol 👍
I have to say, this is very, very good.
I’m using it as a kind of live performance space noise machine - moving the dial across samples manually, and tweaking the pitch and filters to bring the sound in and out. Route it through Wires and you’ve got One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Dub.
Perfect accompaniment to a few Hilda’s doing their thing.
I got Drambo , never opened except the first time I bought it. I spend all my life in software engineering so no that I dont work anymore I want to do Music. Same with Mozaic, I bought it just to support Bram as a very good dev but never again coding 😂 Hilda yes it make me creative standalone. Fun , music , creativity, beautiful life and girls is my moto.
Do the vol and pitch dials only work in standalone? Can’t seem to make them appear when I use Noises in AUM….
Hmm all is fine for me. Definitely not just in the standalone mode.