Pack: Notes, Intervals, Chordioids, and Chords 001 - Sytrus Version 01
Using FL Studio and the virtual instrument (VST) Sytrus, I have picked and tweaked a preset to give a fun, 8 or 16-bit sound, then I recorded every note that the VST could play (from C0 to D#10). Each whole note is saved and named as such, along with it’s note name. For the sake of my sanity, I have only used sharps in the naming convention, but, you can mentally replace any letter sharp with the next note letter’s name and a flat (i.e. C sharp is D flat).
You may notice that the timbre/harmonic structure of the notes generates accessory tones (or secondary tones, not sure what to call it) which often sound like lower tones especially at the higher end of the spectrum which is sort of neat. For the Whole Note series the audio for the remainder is wrapped which should allow for better looping if that’s what you’re using it for.
For the interval series I have decided to constrain the intervals to a 2 octave range (24 note, at least in 12EDO/12TET). Like the Whole Note Series, these intervals are all a whole note long. Some of the intervals may not be particularly useful as the lower limit on “usable” intervals is at a higher pitch than some of these intervals (such as C0-C#0, it’s pretty muddy and hard to differentiate, from say C0-D0). Regardless, I have included all the intervals for the sake of completeness. Additionally, I stopped the interval series at C4, again, mostly for the sake of my sanity.
Chordioids and Chords (i.e. clusters of three or more notes, which may or may not adhere to a musical theory or a “useful” musical framework) are going to be named by the notes contained therein, not by a name (i.e. no F major, or A sharp minor add 7, etc.).
Personally, this reflects the way I think about notes and collections of notes, I think in terms of spacing and interrelations not so much by functionality.
At any rate, I hope you find this useful and I encourage you to use these in your own work with just two (that’s right, count ‘em, 2) small caveats:
1. All the audio is under the attribution license so just be sure to cite where you got any of the audio you take for a project that you publish. Please cite this link https://freesound.org/people/Hewn.Marrow/ and my name, Hew Kilbride.
2. None of this audio is to be used for royalty free material.
Thank you,
Hew
