Databending and Datamoshing Audio 1: Databend with Audacity | Simon Hutchinson

[@SimonHutchinson]

Super-stoked that so many people have watched this video, and I love picturing all the beautiful databent sonic creations that you're all releasing on the world. 👂If you liked this video, consider subscribing for more experimental audio ideas! kzbin.info

[@thisistheglasshouse]

Here comes the Tantacrul subs... (great tutorial btw)

[@SimonHutchinson]

Thank you! Did Tantacrul give me a bump? That's awesome! Looking for it now. Thanks for the heads up.

[@leonn1074]

@@SimonHutchinson not exactly, but databending was mentioned in his newest video. Made me super curious! Really enjoyed your video :)

[@thisistheglasshouse]

@@SimonHutchinson he linked this video in the description of his newest video about audacity

[@Xyz-77]

@@SimonHutchinson I came for the same reason (the fact that Tantacrul mentioned databending made me really curious about how it is done) lol. So yeah... probably a lot more Tantacrul subs will look for this video.

[@SimonHutchinson]

@@Xyz-77 Ha! Good to know. Thanks! I'll have to send him some chocolates or something.

[@AddlerMartin]

Ok. Here is my blue thumbs up! This technique is amazing! _Abraços do Brasil_

[@SimonHutchinson]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@bringerofdoom3750]

Such an easy way to find new sounds. I'm sitting hear sampling foobar2000 playlist files... brilliant😄

[@SimonHutchinson]

Glad you like it!

[@bringerofdoom3750]

@@SimonHutchinson so... I went down a ridiculous sampling rabbit hole with these concepts and ended up making this (1 of 2 so far): kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5CqY4WGfLh7grs&ab_channel=bringerofDOOM All derived from the first few sec of an exe file render. Thanks again for the great ideas.

[@dalkont222]

4:27 the sound that follows is a fire beat like omg

[@AloneWithStone]

Why don't you got more clout man!? The way you put your video together is very clean and easy to understand!

[@SimonHutchinson]

Thanks! Feel free to spread the word!

[@thetrikka]

"noise is the unconsciousness of music" oww this is a pretty nice definition for noise as an artistic expression

[@SimonHutchinson]

I know! Right? 😃

[@HA11EYS_COM3T]

Ohhh my god the end of the photoshop file would sound SO GOOD as a lead

[@SimonHutchinson]

Absolutely! There's probably a good way to load that into a looping sampler and do that. 😆

[@ProfessorVoid]

I never been so excited to try something out!!!

[@SimonHutchinson]

Excellent! Share what you come up with!

[@iiaaiiaannaaiiaaii]

this is so cool, thank you!

[@motelflamingo]

Wonderful stuff, man!

[@SimonHutchinson]

Thank you kindly!

[@RolandKuit]

Fantastic Simon!

[@SimonHutchinson]

Thanks, Roland! And thanks for watching!

[@robsinHL]

2 days ago I became a subscriber. Today I became a fan. What's next?

[@SimonHutchinson]

Ha! Thanks I appreciate it. I'm not sure what the tiers are (subscriber, fan, etc.), but always glad to hear these videos are helpful.

[@frankmunro3303]

dude I'm so happy I found your channel. I'm a sound designer and just finished your tutorial series for beginner Reaktor primary and using all that to help me build a sampler. This is next level. My general understanding of audio and synthesis was pretty okay but you are helping me unlock so many doors thank you!

[@SimonHutchinson]

Awesome! So glad I could help!

[@sandstealers476]

I like to do .exe files with Audacity, because you always get very similar sounds, but in different places and with slightly different sounds.

[@iosmusicman]

Ace! Cheers. Lee

[@anfanger4]

and is there a way to convert the audio back to a .psd file again? this would be cool for puzzles or something.

[@SimonHutchinson]

That's an interesting idea. I don't actually know much about .psd files, but I would guess that they might be pretty delicate (i.e. easy to corrupt beyond readability). They've got all that photoshop info about layers, etc. But, check out Part 4 of these videos, and I do show some stuff with working with .bmp files in Audacity (and audio files in photoshop)!

[@MadaraUchiha-oh3iv]

Yes, but you should know how the file is made. Generally speaking there is a part for flags and info, and one for data. If you mess with the data you can get pretty good shit. For example try using the pictures, with different extensions. Open them up in audacity, apply some audio effects in the middle(where there is no header) and save it back in the same format. That will give you some glitch effects on the image

[@robloxarchiver]

@@SimonHutchinson stay away from the start of the file

[@matthijsblomjous3671]

everything I try to import ends up as static noise. does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

[@SimonHutchinson]

Maybe try some different file types. I started out with JPGs, and had that exact problem.

[@brazilianuselesstransmissi7762]

Thanks for this nice tutorial

[@SimonHutchinson]

Thanks for watching!

[@ZealanTanner]

I'm actually blown away by how cool this is. I've learned so much

[@jahnoahs]

Burst of scribble sound. "Let's call that one our snare". Laughing!! I am in the right place

[@SimonHutchinson]

Welcome!

[@DR4GON8IT3music]

OMG - dude this is super sick :D need to try serum fx / comb- reverb filters and izotope trash on this stuff... yes and lotts of OTT xD so interresting, tnx a lot! Peace

[@jonbellona]

Like the end result Simon! :)

[@Rayo75]

Fantastic work!

[@s-j-e-1]

Thank you!

[@jackindustriesanimates]

Does a .blend file work with this?

[@SimonHutchinson]

I've never tried, but it certainly should. The only question is whether you'll get something interesting or not!

[@jackindustriesanimates]

Welp I've tried it and it's terrifying aka very interesting. I'm planning on using these sounds for some analog horror projects I have in the works. thanks for teaching me how to do this!

[@SimonHutchinson]

@@jackindustriesanimates Ha! Excellent! Glad to hear it. Sounds like a great project!

[@crackinkid]

I recommend opening power point presentations -> pure madness muHAHAHA, love it :>

[@mogawa451]

Oh god my headphones are dying😂

[@SimonHutchinson]

Ha! I think I say to make sure you turn things down!

[@AcapellaFella]

This is interesting

[@SimonHutchinson]

I know, right?

[@sandstealers476]

The end of the PSD file is literally just dubstep.

[@SimonHutchinson]

Ha! Totally!

[@kevincowart362]

I did this for an entire evening and felt really uncomfortable. Listening to digital artifacts for hours is horrifying

[@SimonHutchinson]

Yes! For some, at least to start, small doses might be best. There are a bunch of those found-footage horror films that use these kinds of effects in their sound design. I'm blanking on a concrete example off the top of my head, but they're in there.

[@DonKynos]

Gives me some slight death grips vibes

[@SimonHutchinson]

Ha! Yes! I didn't think about that, but you're right!

[@DonKynos]

@@SimonHutchinson 5:10 especially

[@CHIEFJAC]

The way you applied it to pd was great wow

[@VincentSteenstraToussaint]

sweeet

[@robinovvelociraptor809]

Thats dope

[@whimsy5623]

I do not like at 4:33 when you can imagine human screams.

[@SimonHutchinson]

"The ghost in the machine"

[@KMS00000zero]

gotta love some music corruptions

[@SimonHutchinson]

I could not agree more.

[@RainaPCB]

I'm going to destroy dubstep with this.

[@KaitlinGaspar]

wOOOOOOOOOO

[@KillingTimeWithNorman]

That second psd is FULL ON DnB action!

[@SimonHutchinson]

Right? Those .psd files are the best!