Glandular synths! What do these secrete? LOL
(Real) Ambient is all about feel. Ambient is one human expressing themselves with sound as paint. There is no formula. Sure there is a lot of dross out there, increasingly made with presets and worse, A frikkin' I (which is just presets playing random) BUT that is not Ambient in the proper sense. That can sell a bit at Pond5 or pass muster on those horrid $2 Nettlefix movies that suck after a few minutes but it is still not music, let alone what makes real Ambient.
So Dave, use what you have, if you want lots of reverb then use lots of reverb. You have to follow your feelings (and where the Scene & Story of your Song go).
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BTW, this is what I have done for approx 30 years and I have none of the usual name pluginz (except Reason). I make all my own sounds.
(Real) Ambient is all about feel. Ambient is one human expressing themselves with sound as paint. There is no formula. Sure there is a lot of dross out there, increasingly made with presets and worse, A frikkin' I (which is just presets playing random) BUT that is not Ambient in the proper sense. That can sell a bit at Pond5 or pass muster on those horrid $2 Nettlefix movies that suck after a few minutes but it is still not music, let alone what makes real Ambient.
So Dave, use what you have, if you want lots of reverb then use lots of reverb. You have to follow your feelings (and where the Scene & Story of your Song go).
BTW, this is what I have done for approx 30 years and I have none of the usual name pluginz (except Reason). I make all my own sounds.
Statistics: Posted by Benedict — Wed Feb 19, 2025 3:53 am