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Old 26th January 2010   #14
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It occurs to me that "noise floor for character" could mean many things:

"Room tone" can be used to make edits (and/or gating of instruments) sound more natural.

...Or character can be added by mixing in noise (a la "She's So Heavy").

"Noise" is like "weeds." --Any plant in a place you don't want it is a "weed."

A lovely piano chord where one wants a rest is "noise."

A crackling guitar cable that sounds really cool right before the coda is music.
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