Lovely atmospheric Track
I like the drums as they appear and disappear in FX

Lovely atmospheric Track I like the drums as they appear and disappear in FX

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Oh I know the feeling when you just want to throw the song out but you grit the teeth and submit it anyway.

My favorite parts of this are the faded, continually-shifting drum beats in the background that seem to circle around in this ethereal sea of sound. There's just enough of a hint of melody there in the loop. Your choice of pad is really pretty. I try, but rarely am able to pull off this kind of ambient sound that doesn't sound melodic, but yet is pleasing and pleasant from a composition point of view (my ambient songs tend to sound noisy, or overly melodic). Good work.

Oh I know the feeling when you just want to throw the song out but you grit the teeth and submit it anyway. My favorite parts of this are the faded, continually-shifting drum beats in the background that seem to circle around in this ethereal sea of sound. There's just enough of a hint of melody there in the loop. Your choice of pad is really pretty. I try, but rarely am able to pull off this kind of ambient sound that doesn't sound melodic, but yet is pleasing and pleasant from a composition point of view (my ambient songs tend to sound noisy, or overly melodic). Good work.

Thank you Matthias. I used one of my secret cheap tricks of the book: turn a bad beat oriented track into an ambient one by making it sounds "haunted"... Lots of filtering and reverb on this one.

When you stare at the abyss, the abyss stares back at you

Thanks Arcana for such comment. It's always interesting how other musicians approach their process. Reading your track's descriptions I realize our methods are quite different... and I think I could not do those melodies nor in a year's time!

I usually build pads like this one starting from one chord sequenced in loop, maybe one bar or two, tops. I mess with the synthesis part until I give the most slow attack / long fade out / envelope filter modulation... Then it's usually submitted to chorus / delays and bounced, then pitch shifted, then warped, then I turn it into a single one shot sample that I could load in a sample player, and then I start all over again if I had the time.

What I mean: Create the "texture" could take me a couple of hours, but I just end with a two bar loop worth of song, so I've learnt to make some interesting tricks out of modulating and fading in and out some element.

Wish I could play an instrument properly, like you

[quote=m2K7]Lovely atmospheric Track I like the drums as they appear and disappear in FX [/quote] Thank you Matthias. I used one of my secret cheap tricks of the book: turn a bad beat oriented track into an ambient one by making it sounds "haunted"... Lots of filtering and reverb on this one. [quote=Ipaghost][url="http://giphy.com/gifs/savannahgiffest-trippy-savannah-gif-fest-ambient-mNmkP1mYnEUXC"][img]https://media4.giphy.com/media/mNmkP1mYnEUXC/200.gif[/img][/url][/quote] When you stare at the abyss, the abyss stares back at you ;) [img]https://media3.giphy.com/media/xT0GqjBCkO9BEiSEOk/giphy.gif[/img] [quote=Arcana]Oh I know the feeling when you just want to throw the song out but you grit the teeth and submit it anyway. My favorite parts of this are the faded, continually-shifting drum beats in the background that seem to circle around in this ethereal sea of sound. There's just enough of a hint of melody there in the loop. Your choice of pad is really pretty. I try, but rarely am able to pull off this kind of ambient sound that doesn't sound melodic, but yet is pleasing and pleasant from a composition point of view (my ambient songs tend to sound noisy, or overly melodic). Good work.[/quote] Thanks Arcana for such comment. It's always interesting how other musicians approach their process. Reading your track's descriptions I realize our methods are quite different... and I think I could not do those melodies nor in a year's time! I usually build pads like this one starting from one chord sequenced in loop, maybe one bar or two, tops. I mess with the synthesis part until I give the most slow attack / long fade out / envelope filter modulation... Then it's usually submitted to chorus / delays and bounced, then pitch shifted, then warped, then I turn it into a single one shot sample that I could load in a sample player, and then I start all over again if I had the time. What I mean: Create the "texture" could take me a couple of hours, but I just end with a two bar loop worth of song, so I've learnt to make some interesting tricks out of modulating and fading in and out some element. Wish I could play an instrument properly, like you :)

Very enjoyable, beautiful pads, sounds like listening to beats in a smoke filled room after drinking too much and you are just about to pass out, but something keeps you going, I like it!

Very enjoyable, beautiful pads, sounds like listening to beats in a smoke filled room after drinking too much and you are just about to pass out, but something keeps you going, I like it!

This is pretty great.

I guess that makes me a "meh" addict.

This is pretty great. I guess that makes me a "meh" addict.

Basically what Jim said

Basically what Jim said :)

Really enjoy the atmosphere in this, makes me feel like being inside a continuously shifting cloud of sound

Really enjoy the atmosphere in this, makes me feel like being inside a continuously shifting cloud of sound

I totally know the feeling of "whoops, nothing working out/not enough time; let's go ambient."  This is a cool set of textures, though--not "meh" at all!  Before I knew it, I was floating out in the Kuiper Belt.

I totally know the feeling of "whoops, nothing working out/not enough time; let's go ambient." This is a cool set of textures, though--not "meh" at all! Before I knew it, I was floating out in the Kuiper Belt.

A fun journey!

A fun journey!

I love the presence of the drums throughout this.  It gave me the feeling of walking through an art installation and hearing the beat fold in, out and about   Nice job!

I love the presence of the drums throughout this. It gave me the feeling of walking through an art installation and hearing the beat fold in, out and about :) Nice job!