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    Noisia's DmC Soundtrack

    in General Discussion

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    This is a stupid simplification. The definition of noise tends to vary, but the idea that "noise" is synonymous with "sound" is one that only makes sense if you don't really know anything about any of the many contexts in which the word noise would be used.

    The usage of the word as I used it implies two connotations. One of the denotative definitions of noise is sound (so yes they are in fact synonymous). But the other was to imply that despite how we order the tones we produce in music, technically none of this is sensible in the outside world. Music isn't this objective force found in nature, comprehension and recognition of it (as with all other sound) only arises through a mind. It doesn't really matter what we call it, the things that exist out-there-in-the-world only make sense once processed by the brain then consciously recognized by our "mind." So yeah for all intense and purposes all sounds at some basic level are just noise, in the sense that noise can be used as a synonym and in that all sounds capable of being produced cannot be ordered, comprehended, recognized, or appreciated until a mind processes it.

    Noisia's DmC Soundtrack

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I disagree entirely.

    Music evolved through the ages as a science just as much as an art.

    The art of performing and perfecting performance and composition is indeed a very logical and sensible art, but the fact is like everything we hear is just noise. Simply because we produce and organize it doesn't make it not so. No disrespect to music, lol. I only brought that up because if one genre is simply "noise" then all others might just as easily be considered noise. Unlike with language, I don't think there is an innate capacity to "understand" music. And while music clearly revolves around ordered and structured laws, music still just consists of noises we subjectively prefer, arrange, and make sense of. You might argue there are aspects that appeal to our "reptilian brains" so to speak (and thus exist in nature) but these things (like rhythm) are just a fraction of what makes up our understanding of music at this point in time.

    Noisia's DmC Soundtrack

    in General Discussion

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    I'm just not a fan of music that tries to pass off noise as having the same artistic merit as actual music.

    All music is just noise that we trained ourselves to give merit to.

    I like this music and I kinda see how it fits with the new image.. but I'd rather just listen to this outside the game.

    Advice on using wordbuilder?

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    @Moseph & dannthr: Thanks

    This is probably my best opportunity to ask - how do you even open Wordbuilder? I have EWQL Choirs, but I haven't found where Wordbuilder is yet and I've not been able to play with it.

    The recommended setup at least in standalone is to find the application and have it open simultaneously with the symphonic choirs (while having one of the WB multi patches running). What I did (which for some reason wasn't openly recommended or suggested) was just open symphonic choirs, load a wb patch, then select wordbuilder (it's one of 3 buttons atop the choir engine). That makes it really easy if you're running it in a DAW.

    General adivce/discussion

    in Music Composition & Production

    Posted

    Yeah I know the topic is very vague. I have some questions though that might lead into open discussion. How do you know if you're stagnant or not improving? What do you do when you feel that way with certainty? Do you know when a song is finished for real? And how many times do you find yourself moving on to something new while an older project is still "open?" (ie: how many projects have you found yourself having unfinished at a time?)

    Orchestral piece. Looking for feedback.

    in Post Your Original Music!

    Posted

    Yeah I was thinking drums and I was thinking of having some of the strings (or just a bass string) strum like aggregated chords to add more filling to the song. Or you could have woodwinds do it too, I just imagined strings first. I know there are probably better terms for what I am trying to describe (the timpani is actually kinda close to what I was describing), lol but I'm new to music, you'll have to excuse me. I can provide an example if I'm doing a poor job describing what I mean. Lol sorry about the confusion!

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