Use of Crackle in Music

[lovelydivot]

Is it wrong to mix basslines...


and don't say back and forth forever...lol

[dickman69]

yeah b/c they clash & are 2 loud no?

i like to get all knobby turny w/ the basslines tho and flip between the 2

[lovelydivot]

So - You are saying flip one off and the other on real quick...

durrr...I'll try that



What if I like a discreet transition - don't want my bass salivas getting all juggly...
Can I do a rinse and spit without affecting the momentum...




ridiculousness

[Terpit]

K, didnt mean to sound shitty,maybe try slowly turning the bass up as opposed to switching it up (if thats what your'e currently doing)? And some tunes sound good with the bass turned up when their being brought in I reckon, a cyrus tune in particular that I cant recall, especially if its a drawn out noise as opposed to a beat.

I really hate it when you turn the bass off a tune and you can still hear like a really weak thud, really bugs me.

[dickman69]

K, didnt mean to sound shitty,maybe try slowly turning the bass up as opposed to switching it up (if thats what your'e currently doing)? And some tunes sound good with the bass turned up when their being brought in I reckon, a cyrus tune in particular that I cant recall, especially if its a drawn out noise as opposed to a beat.

I really hate it when you turn the bass off a tune and you can still hear like a really weak thud, really bugs me.

i get this all the time b/c i have highs & lows

neighbor's mixer has his mids lows and it sounded so clean

[Terpit]

K, didnt mean to sound shitty,maybe try slowly turning the bass up as opposed to switching it up (if thats what your'e currently doing)? And some tunes sound good with the bass turned up when their being brought in I reckon, a cyrus tune in particular that I cant recall, especially if its a drawn out noise as opposed to a beat.

I really hate it when you turn the bass off a tune and you can still hear like a really weak thud, really bugs me.

i get this all the time b/c i have highs & lows

neighbor's mixer has his mids lows and it sounded so clean

DJ MADD - Deeply gives me grief every time I mixe it, on second drop I wanna keep the vocals in but when the bass is turned off it sounds so poo, such a weak but loud thud replaces the bass

[dickman69]

what i end up doing is cut the trim a bit and push the highs as loud as they go

[Terpit]

haha really? as in, maxing out the treble?

[dickman69]

yeah but trim it so it pretty much cuts the lows more

[topblogger]

cracke crackl cracckl crack

[lovelydivot]

Yeah - It's almost like turning on a pan effect...

I don't want my mixes to sound like I'm using pan effect every 2 minutes...

[Ficticious]

I'm currently working on my final project in high school, and I have to write a long thesis. I'm trying to find out what's so appealing about the sound of crackle/hiss/static, which is a fundamental part of the aesthetic of producers like Burial, Pole, and Nicolas Jaar.

Any idea why we perceive these sounds as pleasant? It would be great to get some opinions on this, since I've found it kinda hard to find any usefull sources on the internet haha.

Simple, Same reason that humans love the sound of rain and water. Same reason humans gravitate towards similar types of sounds on the spectrum.

Same reason that we always tend to like certain scales better than others.

Simple answer : Because our ears tend to like certain sounds and frequencies on the spectrum. Certain crackles and hisses fall right into that spectrum.

And as others have said : PEOPLE LOVE REALISM The more realistic you can get to a sound, the better your song techincally will sound. Even if the melody isn't that great or what not. This is because it gives you the feeling of being "in the moment"

A.k.a Why you hear people always talking about "feeling vibes from songs/ why movies videos are intriguing in songs/why certain synths if not used right sound generic and crappy, and why a lot of people hate certain types of genre's etc. etc. I'm just rambling now.

But don't take my word for it, I don't know what I'm talking about.

[Genevieve]

I'm not sure if people necessarily like 'realism'. I think some of the older generation just got conditioned into it. Lots of younger kids can't stand to listne to vocals that aren't autotuned (like... pitch-corrected, not necessarily sounding vocoded). And perfectly pitched vocals are def not natural sounding.

[the wiggle baron]

disagree

[hubb]

Something I have noticed about the use of "artificial" crackles is that the volume of the crackle itself tends to be quite loud compared to a real crackle with regards to the overall record volume.

This gives the weird effect of the music feeling quite distant and quiet despite the volume you may be playing it at.....for me it's about the relativity of the sound with regards to other sounds around it, and I think this has some weird profound effect.
Dunno if anyone else feels the same way, I just saw lots of posts about nostalgia and stuff and I am not sure I buy that argument tbh.

I agree completely, its about the context it creates and not necessarily just affecting the tone or dynamics but everything.

[wolf89]

that realism argument doesn't work at all.

[zerbaman]

You don't mix records Terpit?

Yeah I do, not sure what you meant by 'drop the bass for a few measure', what's a measure? And the retreating bit aswell

Measure is the American musical term for "Bar"

[leeany]

I think I figured out why people enjoy vinyl crackle - because it resembles the sound of bacon being fried.

[Terpit]

I think I figured out why people enjoy vinyl crackle - because it resembles the sound of bacon being fried.

Burial said he recorded bacon crackle for most of his tracks in that interview.

[BonerJams04]

can never get to much crackle srsly