Insen and Vrioon are two of my favorite albums, but that is still one of the most hilariously pretentious pieces of bs I have ever read. It's enjoyable music with beeps and clicks, not the "essence of pure electricity." Get over yourself.kaffein wrote:From wikipedia:Nicolai plays with the rules of physicality. Sound is changed and evolved into time and space and transformed by looping oscillators and tone generators. Through these processes the essence of pure electricity is made audible. He works without sequencers, but mathematically edits his work to give his compositions precise rhythmic structures. Clicks and glitches are not used as ornamental additions to the compositions but make up the essential elements of the work and these sound sources are applied to the rhythmic groove of Hip-Hop and R&B. The sounds of electronic information transmission such as fax tones, modem sounds and telephone pops and clicks are sampled and organised into loops to which Nicolai adds longer electronic tones in the background and foreground as the piece progresses.
On topic, though...I too have been wondering the best ways to get good beeps and clicks, although lately I prefer the glitchy clicks that mum gets in songs like "smell memory" to Alva Noto. Exper's suggestion of using the gate tool has worked fairly well. Unfortunately I'm too poor right now to upgrade to Live 7 so I can't try out slice to midi.
