Starship Krupa Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 I posted another topic about a favorite new sound design toy, Freakshow Industries' Dumpster Fire. They would no doubt be delighted to know that it has already inspired me to commit horrible acts. Only 3 days into the trial period. The one I wish to confess is that I put it on lovely, mellow, sweet Quiet Music Serenity (which I like enough to pay for the SE version that just came out). Yes, I took an instrument (accurately) described as "built on 10 different layers of sound to create a perfect relaxing environment, 4 layers of pad sounds and textures created with the Deepmind analog synthesizer, and 6 layers of high-quality sound from various field recordings we made" and used an effect (accurately) described as "THE SHIFTING NIGHTMARE" on it. Although I feel as if I have committed a grave sin, it actually sounds amazing. Dark drone for days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatstand Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 I just got the quiet music bundle including Serenity now I am tempted to give Dumpster Fire a go and mangle those crickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 On 3/10/2021 at 10:44 PM, Hatstand said: I am tempted to give Dumpster Fire a go and mangle those crickets Even if you're not as into dark drone sounds as I, there is a joy to be had in uniting the flagship products from the plug-in company with the mellowest marketing pitch in the industry and the company with the most disturbing one. I don't know what it says about me that Serenity was one of the first instruments I tried Dumpster Fire on. Or even that I have both of them to try this with. The crickets and the birds were helpful. I did turn them on for the initial experiment. If I could still make them out, it let me know that I hadn't taken it completely off the rails with Dumpster Fire. I also found out some more things about Dumpster Fire: it may have some sort of threshold detection or something, I had things kind of manageable with the animals chirping away, but when I hit the rainstorm button, they got lost in this huge wall of sound. As I pointed out in my initial review of Serenity (in the Freeware Instruments thread), it's possible to do a sonic presentation of the biblical Great Deluge using its sound FX from left to right. Those humongous thick pads in Serenity actually work pretty well as fodder for filter-y and glitchy FX that impart their own rhythms. It's like rolling out a big blob of delicious cookie dough and then using cookie cutters on it. Rhythmic subtractive synthesis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael A.D. Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 I gave the Dumpster Fire demo a trial run a few months ago and really had fun with it. However, at $20 I think it's a bit overpriced. When they have a sale for around $10 I intend to grab it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starship Krupa Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 11 hours ago, Michael A.D. said: When they have a sale for around $10 I intend to grab it. If you go there and click on the "Steal" button, you can "underpay" and get a license for a variety of prices from $15 down to $5, also, reportedly, other prices depending on how you answer their question as to why you want to Steal it. Caveat: they say that the "steal" licenses are not eligible for support or future updates. I also don't see a way to upgrade a "stolen" license to the full one. I read that they had a half price sale last Friday 13, but there's no Friday 13 this year. I thought about waiting for a sale, but they'd probably rather have your $10 now than have you waiting for it to drop to that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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