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Posted by MoonWeapon on Apr-20-2004 00:26:

Ambient Background Noises

I have written a few tracks but today I noticed they are all missing a sense of ambience. I hear incredible ambience in almost every trance track I listen to, from wierd sounds just randomly comming in to sweeps and strange noises. I don't think its possible to create any of these noises with Vanguard or any of the other VST's that I currently own, was just wondering where most people get these sounds. Thanks for the info.

-Ben

Posted by DJ-Fuq on Apr-20-2004 01:42:

Crystal, reaktor, synth1, zeta and loads of effects

Posted by Tranc3 on Apr-20-2004 04:35:

For synthetic ambience, Atmosphere and Absynth are probably your best bets...only thing is they're not cheap.

Edit: Wow that's awesome, I managed to get 5 words in a row that start with "a." Haha guess that's just the nerd in me talking.

Posted by alanzo on Apr-20-2004 04:42:

quote:
Originally posted by Tranc3
Wow that's awesome, I managed to get 5 words in a row that start with "a." Haha guess that's just the nerd in me talking.

I only count 4

quote:
ambience, Atmosphere and Absynth

Posted by Vert on Apr-20-2004 04:45:

quote:
Originally posted by alanzo
I only count 4

ambience, Atmosphere and Absynth are

5

es :P

Posted by Etherium on Apr-20-2004 04:46:

I recommend Atmosphere, the Distorted Reality CDs, and this:

USB

Posted by alanzo on Apr-20-2004 04:50:

quote:
Originally posted by Vert
ambience, Atmosphere and Absynth are

5

es :P

oh *insert blush icon here*

i'm tired.. and I still havn't gotten very far on that paper..

Posted by Tranc3 on Apr-20-2004 05:59:

quote:
Originally posted by alanzo
oh *insert blush icon here*

i'm tired.. and I still havn't gotten very far on that paper..

Heh, actually I counted 4 the first time around too. Ok enough hijacking.

Posted by Jay M on Apr-20-2004 10:29:

I used V-station and Superwave p8 to create some of these.

They're good for the simple fx, just play with the lfo.

Posted by hey cheggy on Apr-20-2004 10:34:

Atmosphere is very nice, although expensive as mentioned. The CS-80v is also very cool at doing those kind of sounds. The demo is fully functioning expect for those SSSSHHHHH sounds every now and then but you can work around them if need be. Absynth is apparently good too, although not something I use.

Posted by dj-rob on Apr-20-2004 14:39:

what I would recommend doing is taking these vsts and create your effects with them, then render to wav.. this way u can cut down on your CPU usage because these sounds are really just ambient so u dont need 3 instances of vstation, for example, running just to make a swish sound.

If your gonna make swells, swishes etc, I usually take pro-53 and a bass preset, then I make 1/16th notes and have the volume and filter gradually move up.

Just some ideas to help you.

Posted by Dj Thy on Apr-20-2004 18:18:

In fact you can create atmospheric noises and strange sounds with everything, it doesn't need to be a synth. Just tweak the hell out of it, put effects on it, tweak further, other effects. When I worked on some movies I had to do this all the time. Be original, that's all.

If you don't know about it yet, check out Spectral Relativity. Those guys made lot's of impulse responses for plugins like Voxengo Pristine space, Waves IR-1 etc (the convolution reverbs). Even on everyday sounds they can add a whole new dimension to even the most boring sounds. Listen to the demo samples on their site.

http://www.spiritcanyonaudio.com/spectralrelativity.php

If you look at Atmosphere, it sounds good, but look behind it, it's nothing but "regular" sound sources (synths, samplers, etc...) tweaked and effected to death.

Posted by Red Room on Apr-20-2004 21:40:

I'm currently checking out VirSyn Tera. I was just playing around, looking what it's capable of and I was able to get some very nice ambient pads with just one oscillator. The key words are LFO, chorus and delay.