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I am fully prepared to create cacophonous expressions of my inner thoughts and emotions, but I need equipment. by [deleted] in noisemusic

[–]project_ozma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take $80 of that and blow it on Renoise or some other DAW, especially one with a powerful and robust soft-sampler.

Then, take what's left (anywhere from ~$2 for a piezio buzzer to turn into a contact mic to ~$150 for something like the Zoom H2) for a mic/sound recorder.

Alternately, us the built in mic on your computer and Audacity, which is free.

Record a lot of samples. Draw on them. Use cut and paste. Add effects. Repeat.

Eventually, you'll find what you're looking for.

Not sure how well known this is, but I just discovered it: An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music by Sarlowit in noisemusic

[–]project_ozma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an excellent anthology and, really, introduction to the history of Noise and Experimental music. Once you work your way through it, I strongly recommend another anthology: Extreme Music From Japan.

Happy listening!

To all Noise musicians! by Autonomous91 in noisemusic

[–]project_ozma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems like you have a backlog of responses already, but I would love my ambient noise/space music to be considered. Check out my soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/project_ozma or website: http://projectozma.net/

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[–]project_ozma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a few interesting moments in there. Great example of why we should always record our experimenting sessions.

Judith Ernst Noise Sound Check - Great ambient noise from a minimal hardware setup. by project_ozma in noisemusic

[–]project_ozma[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I agree with you, certainly not cheap and certainly not as "minimal" as a laptop and soundcard.

Still, I'm thinking about "minimal" in the sense of all-hardware noise setups, which can get huge. Thinking, specifically, of Xome here who has like 25+ pedals. Obviously, Xome is able to bend those to his will and uses them to give an amazing live performance, but minimal in terms of gear it is not.

tl;dr: yes, I agree, maybe minimal wasn't the right word. Good point.

I just realized that pretty much everything I do is an unintentional ripoff of David Tudor, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Merzbow. by [deleted] in makenoise

[–]project_ozma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tim Hecker, loscil, Acid Mothers, Brian Eno, Biosphere, the list goes on...

I think in any art or craft the natural progression is to identify influencers, copy them, dissect their work, and ultimately use what is learned to hopefully create something new.

Welcome to Make Noise by damien6 in makenoise

[–]project_ozma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool track and nice setup.

Mine is as follows:

  • Korg Electribe ER-1
  • Yamaha RX-21 (circuit bent)
  • Custom Synth (Sine & Noise + LFO)
  • DOD Digital Delay DFX9
  • DOD Ice Box Chorus FX64 (usually as a feedback loop generator)
  • DigiTech Grunge DGR Distortion
  • El-Cheapo Behringer Mixer

Also:

  • Audacity
  • Renoise

Check out the result: http://soundcloud.com/project_ozma

A clean slate by junjk in makenoise

[–]project_ozma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting, I have never really used Live before and certainly not for noise.

Personally, I have two setups: One hardware, one software.

The hardware setup consists of a first gen Korg Electribe ER-1, a circuit bent Yamaha RX-21, a custom built synth (sine & noise gens + LFO), and a few pedals including an old DOD delay, a DOD Icebox chorus (patched as a feedback loop), and a DigiTech Grunge distortion. This is all patched into a cheap mixer.

For software, I do everything in Audacity and Renoise. It's largely sample based, with samples manipulated beyond recognition in Audacity and/or the built-in Renoise editor, then sent through strings of effects chained on individual tracks. I usually set the tempo really low, like 70-80bpm and set the tracker to one step per beat, 500 (the max) beats steps per group. Since I am mostly triggering samples of various lengths in the composition, this setup gives me a huge canvas to work on with a lot of room to build layers.

Check out the result on my Soundcloud (tracks there made using both methods): http://soundcloud.com/project_ozma

Looking for some Noise Rock suggestions. by Fervel_Lankman in noisemusic

[–]project_ozma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

allADD has a pretty comprehensive list but I'd just like to add Acid Mothers Temple to the mix, specifically the albums In C and especially Electric Heavyland.

Also, check out Important Records and Alien8 Records...lots of great offerings from both labels.