Getting started

NOISE turns a single sample into a playable instrument. Load a sound, play it from MIDI or the on-screen keyboard, then shape its tone, movement and space. This manual covers the desktop version of NOISE 1.7.0.

Install and open

1. Run the NOISE installer for your system and follow its instructions.
2. Restart your music software, then insert NOISE on a MIDI or instrument track. On Mac, choose AU, VST3 or AAX as supported by your host. On Windows, use VST3 or AAX. NOISE is also available as a standalone application.
3. Open the gear icon. Confirm that Settings shows v1.7.0. Use License → Manage if activation is required, and follow the licensing window.
4. Send MIDI notes to NOISE, or click Reveal keyboard along the bottom to play with the mouse.

Your first instrument

1. Click the sound name at the top and choose a sound from Sounds, or choose a complete starting patch from Presets.
2. Play a few notes. Use the sliders icon at the top-right for the detailed Parameters view.
3. Try the circular Macro control while holding a note.
4. Adjust Master → Vol to fit your mix.
5. Use Save → Save Patch + Sound to preserve the patch together with a copy of its source audio.

Finding your way around

Use the circle icon for the large Macro view and the sliders icon for Parameters view. Both views control the same instrument. A power icon in a sound-shaping section enables or bypasses that section.

Sounds presets and search

Search in 1.7.0

Type in Search to search across all collections. The browser displays Searching all collections while a query is active. Clear the query with the X to return to your browsing scope. For ordinary browsing, choose a collection and, where available, an instrument type or personal folder.

The arrows beside the current name step through entries. A name with an asterisk indicates changed settings. Save a patch you want to keep before loading another preset.

Loading your own audio

Load a sample

Choose Load → Load Sample and select a WAV, AIF or AIFF file. You can also drag a supported audio file onto the waveform. Play MIDI notes to hear the sample across the keyboard.

Load a folder

Choose Load → Load Folder to add a sample folder to your library. Find registered folders under Yours → Folders. Keep source folders in a stable location so saved patches can find their audio later.

In Settings → Library, use Load to choose a folder and Rescan to refresh the library after adding or moving content. The folder list includes a Remove control for removing a registered folder from NOISE’s library.

Use recordings from NOISE on iPhone

Transfer your exported WAV recording to the computer, then load it like any other sample. The desktop instrument is where you turn that recording into a playable patch.

Sample start loops and Sync

Choose where a note begins

Drag the Sample start handle at the top of the waveform. Moving it past the initial transient makes the sound begin further into the recording.

Create a sustained loop

1. Enable Loop. Loop in and Loop out handles appear along the bottom of the waveform.
2. Drag the handles to choose the region that repeats while the note is held.
3. Drag the dotted grip inside the region to move the region together.
4. Enable Fade and adjust the fade grips to smooth the boundaries. Listen for clicks as you hold notes.

Ping-pong alternates forward and backward loop playback. Try it with Sync off when exploring evolving textures.

Choose a musical loop interval

Enable Loop, then Sync. Drag the interval readout at the waveform’s top-right to select a rhythmic value. Choices range from 1/32 through straight and triplet note values to 1 Bar and 2 Bars. The displayed grid shows the selected interval.

Sync uses tempo information for loop timing. The right loop handle represents the Sync length while this mode is active. Test your loop against the DAW transport and listen at the pitches you intend to play.

Hold Shift for finer waveform positioning. Focus a waveform handle and use the arrow keys for small changes. The Sync readout also supports arrow keys; double-click it to return to a quarter-note interval.

Voices and glissando

The voice menu offers 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 or 16 voices. Use a single voice for monophonic lines or more voices for chords and overlapping notes. Gliss adds pitch glide with Off, Short, Med and Long choices.

Waveform tools

Shaping the sound

EQ

Drag HP to remove low-frequency energy and LP to reduce high-frequency energy. The L, M and H points shape the low, mid and high bands. Move a band vertically to boost or cut its level and horizontally to place it in the frequency range. Start with small moves while listening in context.

Shape

The three white points describe the beginning, middle and end of the amplitude contour. Drag a point horizontally to move its timing and vertically to change its level. Move the first point right for a softer entrance, lower the middle point for a more pronounced drop, or move the final point to adjust the ending. Double-click an individual point to restore its default position.

Color

Reverb

Size selects Small, Med or Large space. Width adjusts the reverb’s stereo spread; Mix sets how much reverb you hear. Begin with a low Mix and raise it until the sound sits in the space you want.

Master

Width adjusts the instrument’s stereo image. Vol sets its output level. Check the output meter and your DAW meters after changing Drive, EQ, reverb or the Macro.

Drag knobs vertically to adjust them. Double-click a knob to restore its default value.

Macro performance and automation

Drag the Macro point to change several parts of the patch together. The large view labels the surrounding character as Air, Weight, Focus and Space. Switch to Parameters view to see the section controls beside the smaller Macro.

The EQ, Color, Shape and Reverb buttons beneath the small Macro choose which sections respond to future Macro movement. These are routing choices. Use each section’s power icon when you want to bypass its processing.

The lock icon beside the small Macro locks patch controls and the randomizer. Unlock it before dragging or resetting the Macro. Double-click the unlocked Macro to return its point to the center.

Automate Macro X and Macro Y in 1.7.0

1. Load the patch and choose the sections you want the Macro to affect.
2. Open your DAW’s automation or parameter list for NOISE.
3. Select Macro X and Macro Y. They appear first in NOISE’s parameter order.
4. Draw automation, or use your DAW’s automation recording mode and perform a Macro movement.
5. Play the passage back. Macro automation continues to work with NOISE’s editor closed.

Your host project and saved patch retain the Macro coordinates. DAW controls and recording-mode names vary, so use your host’s normal automation workflow.

Randomize

The dice button creates a new musical variation. In the large Macro view, Random Patch + Sound chooses a shuffled sound and creates a random patch. Save results you like; use Undo to step back from the last change when available.

Saving patches and sounds

1. Open Save and choose a mode.
2. Enter a meaningful patch name. The name field supports a folder and patch name, such as Textures / Soft Piano.
3. Click Save. Find your patch in Yours → Preset.

When moving a patch between computers, keep its copied sample assets with it. Saving your DAW project also preserves the instrument state, but a referenced source file must still be available.

Reset and Undo

Reset restores default settings while keeping the current sound. Undo restores the previous change when the curved-arrow button is available. Save a patch before experimenting if you want a dependable return point.

Keyboard and performance settings

Click the on-screen keys to audition notes. Use your MIDI controller or DAW MIDI clips to play and record the instrument. The keyboard drawer also contains Pitch, Mod and the Out meter. Click Hide keyboard to return the space to the main interface.

Settings

Use the gear icon to open Settings. Here you can check the version and license, manage library folders, rescan content, set voice count, Fade and Auto Gain defaults, and choose animation quality.

If the interface feels sluggish, try Low or Off animation quality. If dense chords are demanding, reduce voice count and compare playback.

Three starting recipes

Make a short pluck

1. Load a piano or guitar sample and turn Loop off.
2. Keep the sample start close to the transient.
3. Use Shape for a quick beginning and a lower, shorter body.
4. Add a little Drive and a low Reverb Mix. Save the result.

Make an evolving pad

1. Load a sustained source and enable Loop.
2. Choose a steady region and enable Fade to soften the boundaries.
3. Move Shape’s first point right for a slower entrance.
4. Add Warble and reverb, then move the Macro slowly while holding a chord.

Make a tempo-based texture

1. Load a recording with interesting changes over time.
2. Enable Loop and Sync, then choose a musical interval.
3. Move the loop region to audition different sections.
4. Add a small amount of Start Variation. Record Macro X and Y automation for movement across the arrangement.

Troubleshooting

When requesting help, include your NOISE version, operating system, DAW version, plug-in format and the steps that lead to the problem. Screenshots of the waveform and relevant controls can help.

Circles support · NOISE product page

Getting started

NOISE turns a single sample into a playable instrument. Load a sound, play it from MIDI or the on-screen keyboard, then shape its tone, movement and space. This manual covers the desktop version of NOISE 1.7.0.

Install and open

1. Run the NOISE installer for your system and follow its instructions.
2. Restart your music software, then insert NOISE on a MIDI or instrument track. On Mac, choose AU, VST3 or AAX as supported by your host. On Windows, use VST3 or AAX. NOISE is also available as a standalone application.
3. Open the gear icon. Confirm that Settings shows v1.7.0. Use License → Manage if activation is required, and follow the licensing window.
4. Send MIDI notes to NOISE, or click Reveal keyboard along the bottom to play with the mouse.

Your first instrument

1. Click the sound name at the top and choose a sound from Sounds, or choose a complete starting patch from Presets.
2. Play a few notes. Use the sliders icon at the top-right for the detailed Parameters view.
3. Try the circular Macro control while holding a note.
4. Adjust Master → Vol to fit your mix.
5. Use Save → Save Patch + Sound to preserve the patch together with a copy of its source audio.

Finding your way around

Use the circle icon for the large Macro view and the sliders icon for Parameters view. Both views control the same instrument. A power icon in a sound-shaping section enables or bypasses that section.

Sounds presets and search

Search in 1.7.0

Type in Search to search across all collections. The browser displays Searching all collections while a query is active. Clear the query with the X to return to your browsing scope. For ordinary browsing, choose a collection and, where available, an instrument type or personal folder.

The arrows beside the current name step through entries. A name with an asterisk indicates changed settings. Save a patch you want to keep before loading another preset.

Loading your own audio

Load a sample

Choose Load → Load Sample and select a WAV, AIF or AIFF file. You can also drag a supported audio file onto the waveform. Play MIDI notes to hear the sample across the keyboard.

Load a folder

Choose Load → Load Folder to add a sample folder to your library. Find registered folders under Yours → Folders. Keep source folders in a stable location so saved patches can find their audio later.

In Settings → Library, use Load to choose a folder and Rescan to refresh the library after adding or moving content. The folder list includes a Remove control for removing a registered folder from NOISE’s library.

Use recordings from NOISE on iPhone

Transfer your exported WAV recording to the computer, then load it like any other sample. The desktop instrument is where you turn that recording into a playable patch.

Sample start loops and Sync

Choose where a note begins

Drag the Sample start handle at the top of the waveform. Moving it past the initial transient makes the sound begin further into the recording.

Create a sustained loop

1. Enable Loop. Loop in and Loop out handles appear along the bottom of the waveform.
2. Drag the handles to choose the region that repeats while the note is held.
3. Drag the dotted grip inside the region to move the region together.
4. Enable Fade and adjust the fade grips to smooth the boundaries. Listen for clicks as you hold notes.

Ping-pong alternates forward and backward loop playback. Try it with Sync off when exploring evolving textures.

Choose a musical loop interval

Enable Loop, then Sync. Drag the interval readout at the waveform’s top-right to select a rhythmic value. Choices range from 1/32 through straight and triplet note values to 1 Bar and 2 Bars. The displayed grid shows the selected interval.

Sync uses tempo information for loop timing. The right loop handle represents the Sync length while this mode is active. Test your loop against the DAW transport and listen at the pitches you intend to play.

Hold Shift for finer waveform positioning. Focus a waveform handle and use the arrow keys for small changes. The Sync readout also supports arrow keys; double-click it to return to a quarter-note interval.

Voices and glissando

The voice menu offers 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 or 16 voices. Use a single voice for monophonic lines or more voices for chords and overlapping notes. Gliss adds pitch glide with Off, Short, Med and Long choices.

Waveform tools

Shaping the sound

EQ

Drag HP to remove low-frequency energy and LP to reduce high-frequency energy. The L, M and H points shape the low, mid and high bands. Move a band vertically to boost or cut its level and horizontally to place it in the frequency range. Start with small moves while listening in context.

Shape

The three white points describe the beginning, middle and end of the amplitude contour. Drag a point horizontally to move its timing and vertically to change its level. Move the first point right for a softer entrance, lower the middle point for a more pronounced drop, or move the final point to adjust the ending. Double-click an individual point to restore its default position.

Color

Reverb

Size selects Small, Med or Large space. Width adjusts the reverb’s stereo spread; Mix sets how much reverb you hear. Begin with a low Mix and raise it until the sound sits in the space you want.

Master

Width adjusts the instrument’s stereo image. Vol sets its output level. Check the output meter and your DAW meters after changing Drive, EQ, reverb or the Macro.

Drag knobs vertically to adjust them. Double-click a knob to restore its default value.

Macro performance and automation

Drag the Macro point to change several parts of the patch together. The large view labels the surrounding character as Air, Weight, Focus and Space. Switch to Parameters view to see the section controls beside the smaller Macro.

The EQ, Color, Shape and Reverb buttons beneath the small Macro choose which sections respond to future Macro movement. These are routing choices. Use each section’s power icon when you want to bypass its processing.

The lock icon beside the small Macro locks patch controls and the randomizer. Unlock it before dragging or resetting the Macro. Double-click the unlocked Macro to return its point to the center.

Automate Macro X and Macro Y in 1.7.0

1. Load the patch and choose the sections you want the Macro to affect.
2. Open your DAW’s automation or parameter list for NOISE.
3. Select Macro X and Macro Y. They appear first in NOISE’s parameter order.
4. Draw automation, or use your DAW’s automation recording mode and perform a Macro movement.
5. Play the passage back. Macro automation continues to work with NOISE’s editor closed.

Your host project and saved patch retain the Macro coordinates. DAW controls and recording-mode names vary, so use your host’s normal automation workflow.

Randomize

The dice button creates a new musical variation. In the large Macro view, Random Patch + Sound chooses a shuffled sound and creates a random patch. Save results you like; use Undo to step back from the last change when available.

Saving patches and sounds

1. Open Save and choose a mode.
2. Enter a meaningful patch name. The name field supports a folder and patch name, such as Textures / Soft Piano.
3. Click Save. Find your patch in Yours → Preset.

When moving a patch between computers, keep its copied sample assets with it. Saving your DAW project also preserves the instrument state, but a referenced source file must still be available.

Reset and Undo

Reset restores default settings while keeping the current sound. Undo restores the previous change when the curved-arrow button is available. Save a patch before experimenting if you want a dependable return point.

Keyboard and performance settings

Click the on-screen keys to audition notes. Use your MIDI controller or DAW MIDI clips to play and record the instrument. The keyboard drawer also contains Pitch, Mod and the Out meter. Click Hide keyboard to return the space to the main interface.

Settings

Use the gear icon to open Settings. Here you can check the version and license, manage library folders, rescan content, set voice count, Fade and Auto Gain defaults, and choose animation quality.

If the interface feels sluggish, try Low or Off animation quality. If dense chords are demanding, reduce voice count and compare playback.

Three starting recipes

Make a short pluck

1. Load a piano or guitar sample and turn Loop off.
2. Keep the sample start close to the transient.
3. Use Shape for a quick beginning and a lower, shorter body.
4. Add a little Drive and a low Reverb Mix. Save the result.

Make an evolving pad

1. Load a sustained source and enable Loop.
2. Choose a steady region and enable Fade to soften the boundaries.
3. Move Shape’s first point right for a slower entrance.
4. Add Warble and reverb, then move the Macro slowly while holding a chord.

Make a tempo-based texture

1. Load a recording with interesting changes over time.
2. Enable Loop and Sync, then choose a musical interval.
3. Move the loop region to audition different sections.
4. Add a small amount of Start Variation. Record Macro X and Y automation for movement across the arrangement.

Troubleshooting

When requesting help, include your NOISE version, operating system, DAW version, plug-in format and the steps that lead to the problem. Screenshots of the waveform and relevant controls can help.

Circles support · NOISE product page