How many white noise transitions can you have?

[XXDarkShadow79XX]

I think I overuse white noise transitions, which is hard to believe, I know. But I'm working on an industrial song and it has 10 (2 variations: one sweep and one downlifter for the drop) that sound almost the same in the span of 3 minutes! Is this alright, or will the listener get bored eventually?

[Foxtrot89]

Honestly, I found that if I had to ask myself "is this too repetitive " that chances were that it likely was. Can't say without hearing the song, but ten in three minutes sounds like there would be a constant stream of white noise. An awful lot of build up for such a short amount of time.

[penguindf12]

I'm working on an industrial song and it has 10 (2 variations: one sweep and one downlifter for the drop) that sound almost the same in the span of 3 minutes!

Whoa, before you change it, this I gotta hear!

[prettiestPony]

How about varying the transitions more? Change the filter frequency sweeps (or however you're changing the "pitch") to cover a different range each time. (Possible suggestion: if your noise sweeps upward and ends high, then over the course of four repeated transitions, make it end a little bit higher each of those four times. It subtly builds intensity.) Alternatively, change the duration--start with quite short white noise bursts, then make them longer, and looonnnggerrr; or vice versa.

Failing that, you might try making them less obtrusive--whether that means turning the gain down in the mix or adding more reverb or a second low-pass filter or whatever. I think people are more forgiving of of repetitions when they don't notice them.

[Facade]

I'm working on an industrial song and it has 10 (2 variations: one sweep and one downlifter for the drop) that sound almost the same in the span of 3 minutes!

Whoa, before you change it, this I gotta hear!

i second this

[5COPY]

Can't really tell. I usally turn down the volume on white noise to keep it in the background but make sure you can still hear it, if you pay attention to it. One of the big things people do a lot is turning white noise sweeps up too loud so the listener will get overloaded in builds.

But for white noise a lone you really will want it to keep it as a background thing because white noise usally just is for fitting out missing freq.

[5COPY]

Fun Fact: If you trigger white noise with an oscillation parable you can make (with enough oscillators) a cloud synth. :3

r u a srs nigguh

[penguindf12]

Fun Fact: If you trigger white noise with an oscillation parable you can make (with enough oscillators) a cloud synth. :3

How zactly duz i do this

[prettiestPony]

Fun Fact: If you trigger white noise with an oscillation parable you can make (with enough oscillators) a cloud synth. :3

r u a srs nigguh

yersh i srr nggh

wut
wuts a cloud synth
wuts a oskilation prble

Dear Princess Celestia, I'm so confused.

[the4thImpulse]

wut
wuts a cloud synth
wuts a oskilation prble

Quote:
"The term ‘Cloud Oscillator’ was first used by ambient musician Robert Rich when he was recording his ‘Bestiary’ CD. He wanted to define a new type of “buzzing, swarming cloud of sine waves” and after some experimentation, was able to create such a timbre using 24 individual MOTM modules."

Its basically a bunch of OSCs that are all detuned from each other and each of their fine pitch controls are modulated by an LFO.

Back to the OP, Its hard to know without hearing the song but I would imagine thats far too many noise sweeps. If we could hear it we may be able to give you a better suited answer.

[prettiestPony]

Oh! Cool, thanks, 4thImpulse!

[XXDarkShadow79XX]

http://soundcloud.com/xxdarkshadow79xx/antique-factory-wip

HERR TEH SONG.

The uplifters at around 1:08 and 3:02 aren't purely white noise, and they're samples so I don't think they count.

[the4thImpulse]

HERR TEH SONG.

I think if you changed each one in a small way, diffrent amounts of reverb and filter (openness?) amounts, you could easily get away with it.

[XXDarkShadow79XX]

HERR TEH SONG.

I think if you changed each one in a small way, diffrent amounts of reverb and filter (openness?) amounts, you could easily get away with it.

Sweet! I'll try it out.