Posted by: rattley
When does noise become music or............?? - 10/12/09 03:34 PM
When does noise become music or vica versa??
I've had my Tyros3 for almost a year and have marveled at all it's voices. I have always made the assumption that everything it produces is musical................
Lately I have purchased FL Studio9 and have indulged into the world of VST instruments and effects. I've been reading about sound synthesis and experimenting creating new voices. Many of these voices do not occur in nature and are 100% synthesized, yet they can be musical. This got me thinking............. So many voices today are sampled recordings of real instruments and the keyboard playing them doesn't really synthesize them. Its processing power is capable of playing back these samples as such to emulate the real thing. Even "real" instruments that are synthesized can sound live. A program called Pianoteq uses modeling technology instead of samples and sounds very impressive! I create sounds with Nexus and Morphine that are completely synthesized. Many have full harmonic structures and can sound orchestral, but are clearly not. I've made sounds that have very long attack and decay settings. I guess these might be called "industrial" and they make excellent background for a synthy lead. I consider all these sounds to have musical qualities.
I've run into several "purists" who play electronic keyboards as well as real pianos and organs (pipe and electric) and they poo poo my VST and other sound creations as being "not real". I can somewhat understand this attitude coming from the acoustic piano and pipe organ players. Their sounds are made physically within their instruments. But what about the others? Is a Hammond or other electric organ any different than a computer VST instrument? I'm interested in your thoughts. I believe I create so much more than noise! -charley
I've had my Tyros3 for almost a year and have marveled at all it's voices. I have always made the assumption that everything it produces is musical................
Lately I have purchased FL Studio9 and have indulged into the world of VST instruments and effects. I've been reading about sound synthesis and experimenting creating new voices. Many of these voices do not occur in nature and are 100% synthesized, yet they can be musical. This got me thinking............. So many voices today are sampled recordings of real instruments and the keyboard playing them doesn't really synthesize them. Its processing power is capable of playing back these samples as such to emulate the real thing. Even "real" instruments that are synthesized can sound live. A program called Pianoteq uses modeling technology instead of samples and sounds very impressive! I create sounds with Nexus and Morphine that are completely synthesized. Many have full harmonic structures and can sound orchestral, but are clearly not. I've made sounds that have very long attack and decay settings. I guess these might be called "industrial" and they make excellent background for a synthy lead. I consider all these sounds to have musical qualities.
I've run into several "purists" who play electronic keyboards as well as real pianos and organs (pipe and electric) and they poo poo my VST and other sound creations as being "not real". I can somewhat understand this attitude coming from the acoustic piano and pipe organ players. Their sounds are made physically within their instruments. But what about the others? Is a Hammond or other electric organ any different than a computer VST instrument? I'm interested in your thoughts. I believe I create so much more than noise! -charley