Sub noise
I have developed a word called “sub-noise” which is what I call some my creations. The ideology behind this is pretty simple, and unfortunately nothing to do with subwoofers. Basically… Take some form of harmonic noise, not pure white noise, but for example, distorted string pad synth, make it cover some stereo spectrum for coolness. Now, add another layer of bit different kind of noise, finetune it until it starts playing with the main noise. Simplest example is the phaser effect when you play same sample twice with one of them slightly detuned. But this is relatively boring, with more complex samples, stereo mangling and all other kinds of fancy stuff, you can create pretty interesting end results which build impressive soundscapes. Continue reading