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how can i turn a fart into a melody?
Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2019 6:19 pm
by melodymessiah
hi.
i'd like to turn this fart:
https://soundcloud.com/songshine/fart-3/s-yqB1A
into this melody:
https://soundcloud.com/songshine/i-pass ... et/s-VPyS0
it''s for a song i wrote.
i'm not an expert sound guy, so i wonder if anyone can recommend a software i can use for this. bare in mind, i don't want it to get to distorted, it's still gotta sound like a fart
i may use a different fart sound at the end though, but hopefully you get the idea...
Re: how can i turn a fart into a melody?
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 9:02 am
by ochaim
i’d probably start by making sure its in tune with something like melodyne, at the least the body of at the beginning. the falling tail at the end is probably fine. then put it in any sampler, and play along. kontakt might be a preferred choice because you can make it timestretch on the fly as you play (cant remember where that is but its in the same section as “beatmachine”). just so it isnt shorter at higher pitches.
unless you want to have the option of tighter or loosey goosey farts
Re: how can i turn a fart into a melody?
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 11:00 am
by Casey H
Next time you fart, do it to the exact melody and rhythm and have a mic ready. Easy-peasy!
Casey
Re: how can i turn a fart into a melody?
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 11:54 am
by funsongs
Re: how can i turn a fart into a melody?
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:15 pm
by Casey H
ochaim wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 9:02 am
i’d probably start by making sure its in tune with something like melodyne, at the least the body of at the beginning. the falling tail at the end is probably fine. then put it in any sampler, and play along. kontakt might be a preferred choice because you can make it timestretch on the fly as you play (cant remember where that is but its in the same section as “beatmachine”). just so it isnt shorter at higher pitches.
And then see if it passes the smell test!
Re: how can i turn a fart into a melody?
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2019 6:32 pm
by melodymessiah
ha-ha, very funny. if you don't give me some real advice, i'm gonna fart on you all!!
Re: how can i turn a fart into a melody?
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 4:28 am
by cosmicdolphin
Squeeze your glutes
Re: how can i turn a fart into a melody?
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 7:12 am
by Kolstad
You took it literally when they said “send us your best shi*”!
Re: how can i turn a fart into a melody?
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:13 am
by ochaim
whoa i took this way too seriously lol
Re: how can i turn a fart into a melody?
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 12:21 pm
by andygabrys
cut and paste from another forum:
How to turn a room into an instrument: a (very informal and DIY) tutorial inspired by Hildur Guðnadóttir's approach for Chernobyl.
Step 1: record room tone.
Step 2: identify the "key" of the room by boosting frequencies with EQ
Step 3: use "additive synthesis" by boosting the frequencies that would make up the harmonic series for said key of the room. repeat this EQ boosting to taste based on whatever frequencies you wish to emphasize
Step 4: annihilate (use effects to taste. here i'm using granular synthesis, distortion/saturation, and filters)
Step 5: bounce your processed sample and load into a sampler of your choosing (I'm using Kontakt, but EXS and other could work just as well)
Step 6: enjoy your new instrument. 
Another ref:
There is this piece, written by Alvin Lucier in 1969.
Even if you don't listen to the whole piece, try to listen to at least the opening, which explains the piece, then "dip in and out" are regular intervals in the piece:
https://youtu.be/fAxHlLK3Oyk
The idea is that every sound has a tonality. If you enhance that, and map it to a sampler at the right pitch then you can play the sound up and down the keyboard.
