Awesome and fearless noise texture! So cool to hear what you're experimenting with! Nice choice of chords, they complement the noise and push it forward, and nice wailing voice. I gotta listen again on good speakers but it's already evoking wild imagery when listened on the phone. I guess for this type of sound art one might be pissed off at the listener for not hearing it "correctly" wonder what your thoughts are on that. For me, that's the job of the mastering, to make it good for listening in as many conditions.

Awesome and fearless noise texture! So cool to hear what you're experimenting with! Nice choice of chords, they complement the noise and push it forward, and nice wailing voice. I gotta listen again on good speakers but it's already evoking wild imagery when listened on the phone. I guess for this type of sound art one might be pissed off at the listener for not hearing it "correctly" :D wonder what your thoughts are on that. For me, that's the job of the mastering, to make it good for listening in as many conditions.

Thank you for listening! I don’t know if there is a correct way to listen to this one, i think the noise was pretty harsh sounding from the beginning and i added a good amount of harmonics to the bass so it should show up. I did listen it through on my phone speaker but it was on WB so i guess it was after the fact, but wasn’t thinking to much about that during the making. I was thinking about the problem of dynamics vs loudness when i was trying to do the mastering, and i guess louder and brighter tracks would help with listening through in-ears for example. I think in the end i was trying to get more clarity out which might have been in conflict with the harsh in your face kind of sound i was going for with the noise track. Listening to it now I feel like something is not quite right, but I can’t really put my finger on it.

[quote=horatiuromantic]Awesome and fearless noise texture! So cool to hear what you're experimenting with! Nice choice of chords, they complement the noise and push it forward, and nice wailing voice. I gotta listen again on good speakers but it's already evoking wild imagery when listened on the phone. I guess for this type of sound art one might be pissed off at the listener for not hearing it "correctly" :D wonder what your thoughts are on that. For me, that's the job of the mastering, to make it good for listening in as many conditions.[/quote] Thank you for listening! I don’t know if there is a correct way to listen to this one, i think the noise was pretty harsh sounding from the beginning and i added a good amount of harmonics to the bass so it should show up. I did listen it through on my phone speaker but it was on WB so i guess it was after the fact, but wasn’t thinking to much about that during the making. I was thinking about the problem of dynamics vs loudness when i was trying to do the mastering, and i guess louder and brighter tracks would help with listening through in-ears for example. I think in the end i was trying to get more clarity out which might have been in conflict with the harsh in your face kind of sound i was going for with the noise track. Listening to it now I feel like something is not quite right, but I can’t really put my finger on it.

This is also an interesting train of thought when considering a listener's mindset/expectations/reactions instead of their listening environment and equipment.

[quote=horatiuromantic]I guess for this type of sound art one might be pissed off at the listener for not hearing it "correctly" :D[/quote] This is also an interesting train of thought when considering a listener's mindset/expectations/reactions instead of their listening environment and equipment.

Love this! Really great job of wrangling the harsher timbres as the piece progresses into something that has a surprisingly warm overall tone. It can be really tricky working with sounds like these in a way that doesn't result in something fatiguing or startling to the ear and you've done an excellent job here.

Love this! Really great job of wrangling the harsher timbres as the piece progresses into something that has a surprisingly warm overall tone. It can be really tricky working with sounds like these in a way that doesn't result in something fatiguing or startling to the ear and you've done an excellent job here.

what a neat experiment - the sounds are really interesting

as someone who's really sensitive to high frequency (i can hear dog whistles etc.) sound - this was a rough piece for me as a listener - i had some discomfort even at the lowest setting on my laptop speakers

this might be able to be adjusted in the eq with some filtering without loosing the cool sounds

you can either do that in the individual track in the mix stage & or during your mastering process - i've just started learning more about this - this article does a good job explaining some of the filters

i'd be curious to know where the high frequency sound is sitting on this track in hz

what a neat experiment - the sounds are really interesting as someone who's really sensitive to high frequency (i can hear dog whistles etc.) sound - this was a rough piece for me as a listener - i had some discomfort even at the lowest setting on my laptop speakers this might be able to be adjusted in the eq with some filtering without loosing the cool sounds you can either do that in the individual track in the mix stage & or during your mastering process - i've just started learning more about this - [url=https://www.musicguymixing.com/eq-filters/]this article[/url] does a good job explaining some of the filters i'd be curious to know where the high frequency sound is sitting on this track in [url=https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/]hz[/url]

i think that part top left is some kind of air variable capacitor[/img] perhaps from an early crystal radio set of some sort? - that company name on the dial REGAL made parts for radio's & amps in the 1920's era [url=https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=1886]American Specialty Co., The; Bridgeport (CT)

i think that part top left is some kind of air [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_capacitor]variable capacitor[/img] perhaps from an early crystal radio set of some sort? - that company name on the dial REGAL made parts for radio's & amps in the 1920's era [url=https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=1886]American Specialty Co., The; Bridgeport (CT)[/url] [img]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/THQAAOSwcrJjQaXe/s-l1600.jpg[/img]

That sounds right… to be honest i find it difficult to think in this way when making music, as listeners come in many different kinds, especially here where someone might listen to it by complete coincidence.

Thank you! I think listening to it now I would want it a little bit warmer. Those sounds definitely got my ears tired when i was mixing it.

Thank you! I’m sorry to have done that to your ears, but thank you for telling me, at least now i have a reference for something that is too much. Even as someone whose hearing is nowhere near yours I also find it slightly fatiguing to listen to (somehow i was thinking of it as kind of feature of the track maybe it really isn’t..). In future maybe i need to consider that if find it fatiguing at all, someone else might find it painful… sorry. And thank you for the information on the components, makes sense with the variable capacitor thing, and very fun too see the illustration of the dial looks so similar.

[quote=ineff] This is also an interesting train of thought when considering a listener's mindset/expectations/reactions instead of their listening environment and equipment. [/quote] That sounds right… to be honest i find it difficult to think in this way when making music, as listeners come in many different kinds, especially here where someone might listen to it by complete coincidence. [quote=v0]Love this! Really great job of wrangling the harsher timbres as the piece progresses into something that has a surprisingly warm overall tone. It can be really tricky working with sounds like these in a way that doesn't result in something fatiguing or startling to the ear and you've done an excellent job here.[/quote] Thank you! I think listening to it now I would want it a little bit warmer. Those sounds definitely got my ears tired when i was mixing it. [quote=emily]what a neat experiment - the sounds are really interesting as someone who's really sensitive to high frequency (i can hear dog whistles etc.) sound - this was a rough piece for me as a listener - i had some discomfort even at the lowest setting on my laptop speakers this might be able to be adjusted in the eq with some filtering without loosing the cool sounds you can either do that in the individual track in the mix stage & or during your mastering process - i've just started learning more about this - [url=https://www.musicguymixing.com/eq-filters/]this article[/url] does a good job explaining some of the filters i'd be curious to know where the high frequency sound is sitting on this track in [url=https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/]hz[/url][/quote] Thank you! I’m sorry to have done that to your ears, but thank you for telling me, at least now i have a reference for something that is too much. Even as someone whose hearing is nowhere near yours I also find it slightly fatiguing to listen to (somehow i was thinking of it as kind of feature of the track maybe it really isn’t..). In future maybe i need to consider that if find it fatiguing at all, someone else might find it painful… sorry. And thank you for the information on the components, makes sense with the variable capacitor thing, and very fun too see the illustration of the dial looks so similar.