What's your favorite synth for ambient music?
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thecontrolcentre thecontrolcentre https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=76240
- KVRAF
- 37262 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from Scottish Borders
- KVRAF
- 3664 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
thecontrolcentre wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2024 4:05 am Dawesome Abyss and Novum are my "ambient" favourites.
These for sure & lets not forget the good old free SYNTH1.
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- KVRian
- 923 posts since 8 Aug, 2011
For ambience Jamcat you really killed the mood there. But you did make me laugh !jamcat wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:40 pm Ambient music? Is that music for the cats while you're away, or is it like regular music, but without a point?
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- KVRAF
- 3664 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
Jamcat is an Ambient Bad Boy.
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- KVRAF
- 1892 posts since 9 Jul, 2014 from UK
So just name our favourite synth??
I wonder what happens if I press this button...
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- KVRian
- 1402 posts since 7 Oct, 2023 from Tokyo
Reaper
(For a serious answer - any will indeed work. However ones that will help you out a little more are ones with a lot of interesting support for internal motion within a patch. For me a few stand out there; Korg Wavestate, UVI Falcon, Synthmaster, and Pigments from my own experience; others will have other favorites. Phase Plant and Korg Modwave could be good choices too but neither screams "ambient" to me.)
(For a serious answer - any will indeed work. However ones that will help you out a little more are ones with a lot of interesting support for internal motion within a patch. For me a few stand out there; Korg Wavestate, UVI Falcon, Synthmaster, and Pigments from my own experience; others will have other favorites. Phase Plant and Korg Modwave could be good choices too but neither screams "ambient" to me.)
- addled muppet weed
- 111275 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
strega.
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- KVRer
- 9 posts since 1 Jul, 2024
Okay, not a synth, but I really like using paulstretch and autoconvolving (using a sample as an impulse response that you are applying convolution reverb to). I think they create some really nice ambient sounds. 
- KVRAF
- 3664 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
Are you talking about the old Python - script that popped up a few years ago in here?brandflake11 wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2024 12:34 am Okay, not a synth, but I really like using paulstretch and autoconvolving (using a sample as an impulse response that you are applying convolution reverb to). I think they create some really nice ambient sounds.![]()
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- KVRian
- 517 posts since 28 Dec, 2007 from The Netherlands
There is also a new kid on the block, "Sloom": https://www.kvraudio.com/news/anemond-r ... hing-61070 . Haven't tried it yet.
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- KVRer
- 9 posts since 1 Jul, 2024
I usually do it in audacity with the nyquist prompt. Load a sample, select it, then in the nyquist prompt do a (convolve *track* *track*), peak normalize the result, and get your sample.El°HYM wrote: Fri Jul 26, 2024 7:24 am
Are you talking about the old Python - script that popped up a few years ago in here?
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- KVRAF
- 3664 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
Cool, thanks a lot! Might need to re_install Audacity then. That Python - script was also quite promising btw.
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- KVRian
- 1365 posts since 2 Mar, 2018
This is a nice little freebie geared to ambient (although often dissonant) sounds:
https://rigid-audio.com/products_metawave.html
https://rigid-audio.com/products_metawave.html