Mixing Experimental Music: Unconventional FX and Sound Design
Can you suggest some tools or software that are essential for creating and mixing experimental music?
Experimental music thrives on the unknown and the uncharted. Its composition isn’t just about melody and rhythm, it’s also about introducing unfamiliar sounds and creating distinctive auditory experiences. This makes the mixing and sound design of experimental music a unique challenge—bound not just by musical theory but also by the exploration of sound itself.
For experimental sound designers, this space is an open playground. It allows for unconventional methods, mixing genres, and incorporating non-musical elements to create an original composition. There is no limit to what you can use as a sound source. From digital synthesizers, through noise generated by everyday objects, to the sounds of nature—innovation and originality take the foreground.