What's the most disgusting noise you've created so far?

[NotBasho]

I’m trying to build some new patches for a harsh noise album I’ve had planned for some time now, but I feel like I’ve sort of hit a wall creatively. I’m looking for new textures and tones that sound, well…bad. Lots of screeches and hissing and static. Does anyone have anything that they’ve found make some particularly cool noise?

[robertsyrett]

You checked out @stschoen’s recent modules?

Reverse Delay

[12%20AM] Reverse Delay @Stratfieldbrake posted a question the other day about a reverse delay. I came up with an initial design that worked but only played backwards 1/3 of the time. After thinking about it, I decided I could use 3 delays to get a more or less continuous reverse. I/O Input Signal Range Notes audio input audio -1 to 1 Output Signal Range Notes audio output audio -1 to 1 Controls [Knob, Button, Spline, and/or Mapper] Function Notes mix wet/…

Random Oscillator

[45%20PM] Random Oscillator I originally developed this for the Ridiculously Complex Waveform Generator and I thought it might be useful on its own. It loads a 16 channel mux with a set of random values and uses them as a wavetable to generate the output wave. To ensure that there is a strong fundamental, the table is scanned forward and positive values are output and then the table is scanned backwards and negative values are output. A gate on the scramble input will load a new set of values a…

Ridiculously Complex Waveform Generator

[56%20PM] Ridiculously Complex Waveform Generator This was inspired by Softube Modular’s virtual recreation of the Buchla 259e Twisted Waveform Generator. The original 259e hardware was a digital version of the all analog Buchla 259 Complex Waveform Generator and was wavetable based. Since Audulus doesn’t lend itself well to wavetable synthesis I decided to take a blended approach. This is not an attempt to clone either Buchla unit, but a complex oscillator in the same general style. The unit …

Some definite noises waiting to be discovered.

[stschoen]

This is pretty obnoxious :
Irritating.audulus (561.5 KB)

[NotBasho]

This all looks awesome! Much thanks, guys!

[NotBasho]

Actually, now that I’m here, here’s a strange question: I’ve noticed that in a lot of modules knobs are fed through a multiply node? Why bother? Doesn’t that end up creating more of a curve instead of a simple 0-1 knob?

[stschoen]

Feeding a knob through a multiply node (squaring it) or using an expression node to raise it to the 3rd or 4th power is a low-CPU load way to get a curve similar to an exponential curve rather than a linear one. It’s often nice to have a bit more fine control at the low end of a knob’s range. The downside it that it affects the behavior when modulating the knob where a linear response is often preferable. It’s one reason I prefer having a modulation input when possible rather than modulating the knob directly. It’s particularly useful for volume knobs because our hearing response to sound intensity is roughly exponential. There’s a link to a good article in this post: Programming Volume Controls

[NotBasho]

Okay, I get you—thanks for the info!

[viilis]

From what I’ve heard the Serge ResEq is something noise artists like to use. This stschoen version can get pretty nasty if you crank it up.

Ten Band Resonant Equalizer

[3] Ten Band Resonant Equalizer I put this together in response to a post by @jbaptiste64. He asked if I could modify the 16 band equalizer into something resembling the Serge Resonant Equalizer. The Serge design is a 10 band equalizer where the band spacing is a seventh apart rather than the more traditional octave or half octave spacing. Additionally, in his design the band becomes “resonant” when the gain is set to less than 25% or more than 75%. I’m not really sure exactly what this means i…

[NotBasho]

Oooh, good recommendation! Thanks!

[RileyGuy]

Don’t forget about some good ol’ feedback for a signal to beef into some gnarly tones. Check out the Feedback Mixer by @stschoen: Feedback Mixer

[biminiroad]

Speaking of feedback, I’ve found the Diode VCA based on @stschoen’s diode emulation can add a lot of squelch while keeping the bass intact.

Diode VCA.audulus (28.6 KB)

[NotBasho]

Oooh, thanks, dudes! And @stschoen,for being my noise benefactor, haha.