white noise where did it come from

[thomasjaldemark]

the first techno track with whitenoise used in this way that I know is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nTFkezFJlU
drops @ 1:44.

Maybe before this? probably... but this is my favorite.

that one is so... freaking good. gets me everytime

[dubgil]

the first techno track with whitenoise used in this way that I know is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nTFkezFJlU
drops @ 1:44.

Maybe before this? probably... but this is my favorite.

thanks for reminding me of that, but we can agree that is much better than the stuff we hear nowadays, I'm simply curious how it caught on - laziness - one thing I believe; a simple filler effect to build tension, yes, but ultimately a representation (to me) that the producer lacked ideas.

what a bull!
just because something is overdone (which happeness with EVERYTHING that once gets super popular...2 years ago it was click clack, 10 years ago it was the 909 ride cymbal, since a while it's vocal samples and some white noise here and there..)

the white noise effect was actually a cool effect to cause tension and a break out..that simple, or not?

there's still SOME productions where i think "hmm..it fits, sounds good" and it was the same for 808 clave or whatever 2 years ago. if it's done GOOD, then why not?

every overkill makes things unattractive after a while.

I'm saying the laziness is in the recent brush fire use of the technique...
like it's used just to be used and fit within the context of a certain sound...

in other words contrast the latest great Electro house tune with that of the Jeff Mills example....

[miro pajic]

yes, and as i said, everything gets overdone once people get that it's "working".
of course things are being used "just to be used"...exactly what i'm talking about. most of the beatport top 20 is made that way
it's not the white noise fault...it's the *cough* "producers" *cough*

i don't like it...but what can we do?!

[dubgil]

i don't like it...but what can we do?!

we do... what we do, that's all

[hydrogen]

very good points miro! 909 rides!! i remember wanting to make those but couldn't figure out how to do the production. Its the same when people come here and ask about the whitenoise.

[NewSc2]

yes, and as i said, everything gets overdone once people get that it's "working".
of course things are being used "just to be used"...exactly what i'm talking about. most of the beatport top 20 is made that way
it's not the white noise fault...it's the *cough* "producers" *cough*

i don't like it...but what can we do?!

go onto forums and bitch about it

[Dusk]

White noise contains all frequencies so it's a shortcut to a full sound, at least temporarily until the ears tire.

In other words, it's easier to drop some white noise than it is to actually layer stuff until the freq spectrum is full.