ClicksPops&SuddenChangesRGood4UrHealth
By RajaTheResidentAlien on May 31, 2022 6:42 pm
Another max patch generating sounds(synthesis using basic oscillators plus pink noise for snares) and visuals(jitter - spraying visual noise over 'nurbs' surfaces which change their shape/control-points to the beats.. among other visual things that didn't quite go as expected 
)... here's the vid:
will post this patch at some later date in this thread:
https://cycling74.com/forums/-share-sparkling-specterz-debut-album
the title is what it is because there are some little filter artifacts which i purposefully tamed(slightly lopassed, and everything through a proper mastering chain, etc. to protect your ears and speakers of course! ), but also decided to leave still somewhat crackly(they sound like softened clicks and pops as the notes of the bass change)... i like how these clicky sounds add percussive attack(they seem like they would come from the kick drum but are actually from the bassline and add rhythm which i like)...
i have this theory that as humans evolve, we get more accustomed to faster changes in all forms(visual flickering, noise, even political and social upheavals become less volatile as we evolve and learn to check our reactions, attempting to remain sensitive to our environments without being oversensitized, nor too overly sensitive in our reactions), and in music, we have a first frontier of trial and error for that form of evolution: where humans can get used to fast forms of change without dangers of physical/emotional/socioeconomical/etc. disturbance; clicks and pops used to be much more offensive, seeming like mistakes/errors caused by an unintended abruptness in amplitude-change, nowadays, they're a purposefully admired part of some people's musical style... digital aliasing, too(another media-artifact born of harsh/sudden change), used to be seen as much more offensive, but nowadays, samplerate-reduction and bit-crushing is purposefully used to add more presence in the highs, or more crunch to a percussive attack too... the digital aliasing adds trebly sparkle, and also affects how percussive transients punch through a compressor and other effects later in the chain... lofi producers use distortion like this and other kinds to color a serene tone with a texture that's made more complex, therefore intriguing to the ear because it's familiar/nostalgic, but with a newer 'grain' to it that draws your ears in for a closer listen...
...i feel like i went off on a tangent... like i was on a soapbox, or maybe narrating a documentary, yes, that's it: "...and so the humans learned in time to embrace change! first through the 'sounds' of change, where it was most seductive and easiest to accept, and then eventually through their own behaviors, where it was most difficult, yet somehow they persevered and evolved into energy-beings serving as catalysts-of-change in the universe themselves" *robot emoji* *alien emoji*
okay then, enjoy! 
Audio works licensed by author under:
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That was an interesting read too, I find this kind of auditory stimulation to be somewhat meditative since it kind of distracts me from my own thoughts and causes me to focus exclusively on listening. 
