Using a Fixed Filter Bank (with inductors) to achieve the sound of Eraserhead and 2001: A Space Odyssey

EPTC · August 23, 2020, 9:03pm

Hey Hlp, I hadn’t heard of the Antumbra version! You mean this?

Certainly looks VERY cool, though I’m skeptical of anything without the hardware. Agree that I have noted before the YuSynth sounds very close. Sound is a lot of it, but I think what any of these models without inductors miss is the irregularities, I haven’t had enough time with the Yusynth to say it gets there with the random interference. Sounds very good when you first listen to it. I like how inductor models are always a little different each time, however. That’s the tricky quality of them.

I think someone could approximate things if they placed an antenna in the signal path to either introduce interference or just the smallest amount of signal instability. A very low current of ramping up and down irregular noise into the CV of one of the FFBs that accept into into a VCA might get there.

soysos · September 26, 2020, 2:10pm

Great pod! I just subscribed. Funny I was just making a drone in this vein with Drambo on ios as a sort of night time noise wash for sleep. Drambo doesn’t have a fixed filter bank but maybe something like a parallel set of narrow band pass filters might get me in the zone. Thank you for this wonderful resource.
I’ve been thinking of pulling together a bunch of noise sources from various places. I do a lot of VCA/band pass percussion with a live radio as noise source. There is a diverse range of noise between programming on the radio.

soysos · September 28, 2020, 9:31pm

Works great! I’m sure not much like the hardware, but really good in the application I’m using it in.

EPTC · September 28, 2020, 10:19pm

That’s awesome, soysos! Any method that works well for someone is a great method to use! I like the visuals of that design a lot, too.

Tons of incredible things on iOS. Thanks for the kind word about the show and the introduction to Drambo!

I agree on the tonal value of radio frequencies. You can get portable world radios on Amazon that have AM/FM and a few shortwave bands. They’re terrific for placing noise sources around the room in a variety of different sound colors. — The TECSUN R-9012 AM/FM/SW is a great $20 model with a bunch of noise to be found, as you mention.

Happy noisemaking, E