Is it possible to make noise with radios? Or has anyone done it?

[moch]

Consumer Electronics – Leathersex
is just a bunch of radio sounds and people talking.

[tiny_tove]

get a cheap radio that still as AM function. get a microphone or two. move the radio next to microphone as if you are playing with a paper plane. DONE.

I still use two radios for has parts using this simple thing I started playing with as a little kid.

[skyloop]

get a cheap radio that still as AM function. get a microphone or two. move the radio next to microphone as if you are playing with a paper plane. DONE.

I still use two radios for has parts using this simple thing I started playing with as a little kid.

Oh so that's how you would do it because those little radio don't have much power to them and even if I turn my loop level down enough in my chain to mix it in, it'll still sound really underwhelming. Could also just get a portable speaker for a phone if you're doing it like that and unlock even more ridiculous possibilities.

[tiny_tove]

The radio that makes the most noise is about 20 cm large and it is pretty loud and becomes louder when mic passes through the appropiate boxes. although I prefer to record clean and then edit later passing digital recorders through effects and mixer

[skyloop]

The radio that makes the most noise is about 20 cm large and it is pretty loud and becomes louder when mic passes through the appropiate boxes. although I prefer to record clean and then edit later passing digital recorders through effects and mixer

You'd be surprised how much louder a cleaner signal is. I've noticed this myself when I'm applying distortion to one from my synth or whatever else because same rule applies. One distortion turned on will be louder in certain aspect while 2 causes an overload and the volume actually drops as the sound gets more incoherent regardless. This is useful though for me because the heavily distorted signal can actually sound like a completely different source than the same cleaner signal from the same source. I've just taken notes on what is the best settings for what on my pedals with anything I use because everything behaves a little differently. Taking pictures with notes of settings to revert back to on the fly was also a huge help.

[+hp+]

dj smallcock - yinyue was all radio

[4xAM]

dj smallcock - yinyue was all radio

That's a fun release. It just motivated me to buy a little shortwave radio and see what trash I can get out of it

[Cranial Blast]

I just ask because I swear I've seen people who make noise with radios. Currently I make noise walls by connecting a small radio playing static to my pedal chain via 1/8" to 1/4" cable. But is there are other ways? Like maybe a way to make more dynamic sound with radios? I don't know really anything about radios... but maybe people use shortwave radios or HAM radios? Just an idea. also sorry for all the question posts. I'll pump the breaks after this one hahah. Thanks!

Indeed you can. I've made it with no effects, just by the weird signals I was able to randomly come across. Sometimes you don't need anything, but just the signal. Other times I was able to come across a wall of interesting AM static through signal and just changed the pitch down and got a nice result that way too. There is no wrong or right way to do anything.

[groesk]

What i personally have is a Sports Walkman WM-SXF44. Basically its a Walkman with am/fm. I use an aux cord to plug it into the headphone jack and directly into the amp I use. Pretty cool since I can adjust the sound of the radio directly from the Walkman, and since it's a tape player there's other stuff I can do.

An idea I've been thinking of is recording the noise from my synth onto my looper pedal, then plug in my Walkman into my setup using an 3.5mm to instrument cable. But usually what I do is find grainy stations playing either music or some radio talkshow, then go from there. Just straight radio static is also an option, but I have enough noise through my synth.