How to make ambient sounds?

kristoffer1989 · Post by **kristoffer1989** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:19 am

well i love what i think is called ambient sounds. i've heard people make them in reason but i have no clue how you do it.

if you're not shure what i mean go on youtube and search for "sp404 ambient noises" or "sp404 electronica"

jbl · Post by **jbl** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:59 am

who's a hoe?
on youtube there is a nice example just search sp-404.
i would just sit and watch em all if i were you. i do!

i sample from movies. from the vynal sim. from random sounds. apply efx, resample, do again.

kristoffer1989 · Post by **kristoffer1989** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:40 am

haha of course i mean HOW! I know just how they sound (just search on youtube as i mentioned on the first post)

I just don't know HOW to make them.. and i would love some tips..

i have a microkorg and i would love to know how you could program those sounds, in reason or on microkorg + sp-404

blast1 · Post by **blast1** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:37 pm

kristoffer1989 wrote:haha of course i mean HOW! I know just how they sound (just search on youtube as i mentioned on the first post)

I just don't know HOW to make them.. and i would love some tips..

i have a microkorg and i would love to know how you could program those sounds, in reason or on microkorg + sp-404

i guess sample a sound, chop it small or take a note, throw an effect on it & fcuk with them knobs, resample, then resample with a different effect, fcuk with the knobs again...throw it in the sequencer if you want & get pattern goin or just do it in real time... i dunno but this is how do it... just gotta fcuks with it... hope this helps

cartesia · Post by **cartesia** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:38 pm

microkorg im not sure how much you can modulate with LFOs and stuff..

just make a nice thick airy patch with a slow attack & lots of delay, modulate all sorts of things but in a subtle way that changes over a lot of time

then process with lots of effects

606man · Post by **606man** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:38 am

stupid amounts of delay or reverb always help...

Kuraden · Post by **Kuraden** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:00 pm

I usually just fart in the microphone and put an echo on it.

Dj Frantic · Post by **Dj Frantic** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:49 pm

filter with some resonance, add delay reverb and chorus. Flanger can be usefull also.

kristoffer1989 · Post by **kristoffer1989** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:04 pm

Dj Frantic wrote:filter with some resonance, add delay reverb and chorus. Flanger can be usefull also.

thank's frantic. your beattape was dope by the way! listens to it on the bus to my school every day;)