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Less sterile, more organic - best FX apps?

wired2moonwired2moon
in General App Discussion

Which effects apps do you find are best for making synthetic sounds more organic feeling, and less sterile sounding?
Besides humanisation time-shifts and velocity variations.

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  • unlinkunlink

    It is a nice question, but I suppose it depends on what you mean by organic, right?
    I would go by evolving/moving or not as perfect (or glitchy if you wish).
    With that definition I would go with granular effects (ie. Silo, Fluss), tape effects (ie. Chowtapemodel), saturation/distortion (ie. Grind, Magma) and everything which can add some modulation to your sound.

  • michael_mmichael_m

    Playing live on a keyboard rather than programming makes a big difference so that things don’t sound so static and robotic.

  • kirmesteggnokirmesteggno

    Fx or Synths that let you layer samples between filter and envelope are best imo. Can be easily done with the layer mixer in Drambo.

    Here's one I've built for dub chords that has several noise layers (bitcrusher, pink, vinyl) making a huge difference to the sound:

    AudioThing Speakers also has inbuilt noise samples and the option to include it before the envelope. The speaker and mic simulations can also add a more organic vibe to sounds. Organic is maybe even the wrong word, electro mechanic would be more accurate. I like to think about it as a spectrum from organic over mechanic to digital sounds with different steps in between, something I also do in graphic design and fonts.

    For MIDI I find Chordjam quite useful because it can simulate strumming for every note, the velocity of a keyboard player and timing the fingers hit the keys basically. The 9th chord in the attached sound file is fixed in a Drambo chord module though.

  • bygjohnbygjohn

    Genre dependent, I guess, but Rymdigare can get you into what I think of (probably inaccurately) as Chase Bliss and Fairfield Circuitry territory. Fluss can get you into at least some Microcosm territory, too. And the AudioThing effects can help a lot.

  • cokomairenacokomairena

    @wired2moon said:
    Which effects apps do you find are best for making synthetic sounds more organic feeling, and less sterile sounding?
    Besides humanisation time-shifts and velocity variations.

    Amp and cab sims will get you from the digital to the “real” realm

  • Wrlds2ndBstGeoshredrWrlds2ndBstGeoshredr

    For me, feedback patching is the best way to create life out of 1s and 0s. You can do this in AUM with any number of apps.

  • wired2moonwired2moon

    Thanks folks for the suggestions, I’ll experiment with those

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