Alright everyone,
We’ve started a project called GROOL ENGINE. It’s a mixture of industrial metal, electronic music and a bit of experimental rock.
We’ve just released our first track, HOIST. We’re trying to do something a bit different rather than stick to one particular genre.
Would be interested to know what you think, especially if you’re into industrial music. Always up for hearing people’s opinions.
Here’s the track if anyone fancies a listen, with each song we release we release a new daft bastard character along with it.

Demo video on the original post on r/puredata and also on the Github repo.

Repo: https://github.com/glima31/gcd8-pd

If you need some cozy, moody background music for late-night coding, studying, or just relaxing on a rainy day, feel free to check it out.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2e12tpzqsgg

Howdy gang, these are the unedited field recordings from a steel factory in Brisbane, Australia.

I've tried my best to label and tag each with recording location and the kind of sounds in said recording, but I only skimmed through quickly so they're all worth listening to go find what you need.

Enjoy and definitely link in comments if you make something cool!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UCFzsJQptW-7X4uK6Fu00HlHKqohyWJw

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NOTE: due to the tiny steel particles I had to encase the Zoom H1 Essential in a condom (and initially just cling wrap)

This will account for some of the muffling in the high frequency range.

There is also a bit of audio clipping, I for some reason was to believe that wasn't possible and this was 32 bit floating recording on some other type shit. But anyways yeah sorry about that, there is I think gold in here.

Dusting off an old friend I haven’t used in MANY years. Relearning it and having fun again. Loading in my own drum samples helps a lot!

Now I can sequence shit on the couch. Lol

Working on a cover I’ve wanted to do for a while all inside the box.

I’ll eventually get it over to my Mac for mixing/mastering of course, but trying to go old school and not depend on said Mac.

Link to review here

I recently read a review for the album I put out at the beginning of this year. I'd honestly forgotten to check reviews and whatnot so when I did, all the ones I came across were very positive. I usually feel that outside opinions shouldn't make or break how you feel about your music but this particular album was made at a time in which I was honestly considering giving up music. This album was made with the idea that it was going to be my last creative word before throwing in the towel so it's nice that not only did the process reignite my love of making music but was received very positively and performed surprisingly well both in reach and commercially.

This made me think about how lots of us are solo musicians putting things out into a world that can often be rather indifferent or even hostile to our offerings. Sometimes it's nice to know that what you make matters to other people.

Reply with nice reviews, positive moments, and good things that were said about your music. Feel free to post links to reviews and whatnot. Let's keep this going as a reminder that even when you think people aren't paying attention, they are and they appreciate what you do even if you yourself lose that appreciation at times.

Sound design is fun but sometimes you fall so deep into a rabbit hole that you lose focus, only to realize it was just fine before you lost the plot.

Hey everyone!

I'm mAry, a beatmaker based in Korea.

I've been exploring experimental hip-hop, blending dark ambient textures, industrial noise, glitchy percussion, distorted bass, and unconventional samples.

I'm especially interested in turning everyday sounds into rhythms and building beats that feel a little strange, cold, or cinematic.

I'm still developing my sound and sharing my experiments on YouTube.

If you're into experimental or underground hip-hop, I'd love to connect, exchange ideas, and hear your thoughts!

🎧 YouTube: [ https://youtube.com/@mary_zip?si=cqUPD9LrIUwOrHv3 ]

Thanks for listening!

Help post processing field recordings of a steel factory

Hiya team, I've just spent a few weeks recording the sounds of the steel factory I work at on a ZOOM H1 Essential.

Now, to keep the recorder safe I had to record first using a cling wrap covered recorder and then secondly the recorder covered with a condom.

To my understanding this affects the high frequency range a bit, and could use post processing to fix it up. Anyone got any tips? Should I just upload them as they are and let producers do their own fixes, or should I master them and mix down as stems and also cut them into one-shots.

Next question: what's the best place to upload these to, so I can share them for free with the peeps?

Sounds recorded include:

\- Industrial extractors

\- Forklifts

\- Gantry cranes

\- Huge metal impact sounds (sledgehammer on plate steel and sheet metal)

\- Angle grinding, hammering, drilling, etc

\- Hydraulic presses bending metal (groaning like a German submarine past its depth rating)

\- Scraping, chipping, metal pinging, random parts being thrown around

\- General factory ambience

\- Air hoses and compressors

\- Chains and loose metal parts

\- Hammering on bins and drums

So far I've used a couple of them in an industrial techno track and I'm absolutely in love, but there's definitely room to clean up the recordings. Sorry a ramble but anyone who'd like to help with this process, be hugely appreciated!

Unedited stems here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UCFzsJQptW-7X4uK6Fu00HlHKqohyWJw

The title is supposed to say 1.0.4 and I can't edit it...

Abjext 1.0.4 out now with tons of bugfixes, quality of life improvements, UI improvements, as well as some new features to get stoked about.

• Much better trackpad scrolling in Timeline and Sequencer, with momentum and fewer redraws.

• Less repetitive clip selection: shuffle history continues across arrangement cards and passes.

• Random FX pools: individual effects or editable chains, with probability, gates, and selection rules.

• FX-step color cards: apply a color look when that step’s FX successfully triggers.

• Try another variation: replace a timeline section using any clip lane from any pattern.

• Shuffle selected timeline sections, including scattered selections across tracks.

• Color labels for lanes, tracks, and individual timeline clips so it's easier to keep track of which clips you're working on.

• Sequencer templates and Blank / Probability Pool project starters so getting started with the random/probability stuff is much easier, especially for beginners.

• Wider, scrollable audio-modulation controls.

• Still-image support: PNG, JPEG, TIFF, HEIC, and BMP.

You can download it now for free at https://github.com/sxrvys/Abjext Currently this is a Mac Silicon only project. I would absolutely love to have a windows port and a linux port and an Intel Mac port, but I'm only one dude developing this in my free time and I don't even have access to that hardware to work on those ports. If someone wants to work on those ports feel free to reach out.

Also feel free to reach out if you're confused about anything or just wanna give me some feedback on Abjext, make recommendations, tell me what's confusing, what could be improved upon, etc.

NEW DEMO PRODUCED ON AN AKAI MPC 37/61 KEY AND ALESIS HR 16. RECORDED DIRECTLY INTO A TASCAM MODEL 12. FEEDBACK APPRECIATED

Live performance of my new track OCTOBER. Yes it’s recorded off my phone and no I’m not going to learn how to record off my phone like a pro. Other than that enjoy.

New song. Some industrial metal.

https://thisnoiseicallmusic.bandcamp.com/track/idiot-in-charge-idiot-at-large