How do you make steam noises for bridging?

Robot Criminal · Post by **Robot Criminal** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:16 pm

maybe make a rly long reverb tail and send it back to itself (feedback loop) and add bit reduction and distortion along the chain? that should give u like endless noise whatever sort.
or just take audiodamage deverb. or whatever.

my point is, why not just f*in experiment. its not like mastering compression or some tricky eq technique u should "learn from the pro's" or smthn

k rant over

boudo · Post by **boudo** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:48 pm

Robot Criminal wrote:
my point is, why not just f*in experiment. its not like mastering compression or some tricky eq technique u should "learn from the pro's" or smthn

Definitly with you on that one. I've learned that way, and i think that you can develop your own sound easier that way. You might fck up things but then realize it sounds good. It's awesome

nicktem · Post by **nicktem** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:15 am

i think it would be safe to say everyone experiments with their music, its just some things might escape someone and coming onto a forum, specifically a dedicated section on "production", to ask other people who are on said same forum for a tip or push in the right direction, kinda makes sense for that person to do, right? Though sometimes this notion escapes people and what we get is guys cluttering up a perfectly good thread with sh!t like "why dont you just fukin experiment." Wasting the persons' - who needs help - time by having to read that crap, right?

That feedback loop idea is good though too, so thanks.

BlueFog · Post by **BlueFog** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:33 am

for those kind of sounds use pink noise instead of white. you can control it much better.

suli.belarto · Post by **suli.belarto** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:53 am

I try and use as much yellow noise as possible, it becomes much rounder and conducive for automation.

::BLM:: · Post by **::BLM::** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:33 am

Mate like I said before, check out some synthesis based drum machines. MicroTonic is one that is perfect for doing that sort of white noise stuff. If you need some patches I dont mind giving you some to have a play with.

nicktem · Post by **nicktem** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:47 am

No thats cool, dont want patches.
I have worked out how to do it now. Thanks ppl.

gavin@FAW · Post by **gavin@FAW** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:30 pm

I'd say if you get any softsynth, find a hi-hat/snare patch and then play around with the envelope release time you should be able to get that steam sound. In the sample they are running white noise into a high pass filter, as they increase the release time they are also increasing the cutoff of the high pass giving it a thinner sound as time passes, like a pressure release.