How to make drones and notes from field recordings

[ducter]

GRM has a promo on right now. They might be in your price range now.

I have been using them for a long time now and people still ask how I got that "new" sound.
Makes me laugh.

Try Evolution out as a demo on anything, it can give you sounds you couldn't even imagine. If you want something "spooky" real fast, it is the one to go for.

[highkoo]

I have been using them for a long time now and people still ask...

+1
GRM remain a 'secret' weapon somehow.

Yep, great deals on em at DontCrack-
http://store.dontcrack.com/index.php?ma ... rers_id=70

edit:
Should be said, some of them are pretty taxing on a computer when you really work em.. I use lots of automation and instances, etc, and while I would not call GRM buggy, some of them are 'intensive' when the are really workin.
(In my experience anyway. PC. Similar symptoms going from a P4>i7.. Love them though. )

[Aroused by JarJar]

One of the most important things for ambiences is reverb- I recommend Valhalla Room and the other Valhalla delay effects.

If you really get into reworking sounds, the best audio editor I have found over the years is one you probably won't see mentioned much here, Adobe Audition. It used to be called Cool Edit, an inexpensive shareware program that still hasn't been beaten for all kinds of detailed manipulation of samples.

[ducter]

I have been using them for a long time now and people still ask...

+1
GRM remain a 'secret' weapon somehow.

Yep, great deals on em at DontCrack-
http://store.dontcrack.com/index.php?ma ... rers_id=70

edit:
Should be said, some of them are pretty taxing on a computer when you really work em.. I use lots of automation and instances, etc, and while I would not call GRM buggy, some of them are 'intensive' when the are really workin.
(In my experience anyway. PC. Similar symptoms going from a P4>i7.. Love them though. )

They won't be a "secret weapon" for very long if we keep telling people about them.

I like to use them to "inspire" songs.

Take a drum loop and run through almost one of them and you will get something crazy and very original.
Bounce it and then fade it and out with the real drum loop. Instant gratification!!

Take a guitar or keyboard and let the filters at it, (tune them a bit) and you have a "drone" that nobody else does. Atmosphere guaranteed.
And for the moment, very different from everyone else.

About the CPU usage, yep you can have your Mac or PC on its knees if you keep adding GRM inserts and automating the hell out of them.

I hear people say "GRM is buggy and it crashed my computer, but I wonder if they monitored their CPU usage.
GRM Plugs are heavy and have a big appetite, Use them to "create" loops or new sounds, then bounce them.
If you must let them in an Aux or Insert, give them a big plate of CPU power to eat from and you won't crash into anything.

But most of all have fun with them, that what I do.

[Phantom V]

The free program Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch:

http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/

is fantatastic for stretching things into drones.

Thanks man!