Over the years I've messaged a few composers whose work I found quite unique and strange in terms of sound to ask what equipment they use (most are happy to talk gear and stuff). Almost always the answer was samples that they'd recorded themselves.
I think samples are sort of the endgame for sound generation, but at the same time I think there's a lot of unexplored territory in terms of what we can do with samples. Most of those composers exhibited quite a lot of creativity in how they recorded and manipulated those samples. Aside from granular (which like physical modelling I think is very fun for the person making the sound, but always sounds a bit similar and underwhelming) there aren't many recent innovations in sampling and I think there's a lot of potential there.
I think samples are sort of the endgame for sound generation, but at the same time I think there's a lot of unexplored territory in terms of what we can do with samples. Most of those composers exhibited quite a lot of creativity in how they recorded and manipulated those samples. Aside from granular (which like physical modelling I think is very fun for the person making the sound, but always sounds a bit similar and underwhelming) there aren't many recent innovations in sampling and I think there's a lot of potential there.
Statistics: Posted by abstractdolphin — Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:22 pm