free ambient plugins??

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ryggen
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free ambient plugins??

Post by ryggen » Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:28 am

Any good advice in regards to free ambient plugins??

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Re: free ambient plugins??

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miwray
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Re: free ambient plugins??

Post by miwray » Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:43 pm

Elogoxa do some really cool stuff for PC
In particular Elottronix and Sun Ra might be useful
http://www.uv.es/~ruizcan/p_vst.htm

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Re: free ambient plugins??

Post by 3dot... » Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:58 pm

+ 1000
extreme time-stretching ROCKS !!!

Lives' own...
Grain delay.. Reverb 'freeze' .. pingpong delay 'freeze'... looper...sampler/simpler sample manipulation
operator is perfect for pulsating drones/pads
and if you have m4l.. tons of stuff to check out !

vsts...
Oatmeal...Crystal..lost technology...autogun..alchemy player...ReverbrateLE...EpicVerb...NastyDLA..SIR...Boogex...
some of NI free stuff is well suited...
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Re: free ambient plugins??

Post by JMFOne » Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:29 pm

Any freeware alternatives to PSP vintage warmer?
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Re: free ambient plugins??

Post by 3dot... » Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:38 pm

check out 'variety of sound' vsts (pc)…
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Re: free ambient plugins??

Post by pepezabala » Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:00 pm

max for live: robert henke's grain freeze and the granulator open the doors to sonic landscapes.


easy ambient pads: live's reverb with very long tails, hit the freeze button.

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Re: free ambient plugins??

Post by simmerdown » Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:34 pm

paulstretch and crystal have been mentioned...thatll keep you busy for a few years, lol

Reaktor Player from NI is free, theres a free Space-somethingaruther plug thats very nice

also, for Simpler...from Togeo Studios there are 4 free abLive packs called Dreamscapes, good startoff point for some ambient sound design

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Re: free ambient plugins??

Post by antarktika » Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:18 pm

James Fowler wrote:Any freeware alternatives to PSP vintage warmer?
nothing directly mimicking it that I'm aware of, you could maybe chain a saturation plug to a multi-band compressor?

http://www.kvraudio.com/product/c3_mult ... low_slider

with:

http://www.kvraudio.com/product/tal_tub ... audio_line

maybe?

Probably not going to get the same results, but it's worth a shot at least.

ryggen
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Re: free ambient plugins??

Post by ryggen » Wed Feb 22, 2012 7:06 am

Thanks all for the feedback Im going to give em all a crack!! Just started using ableton and maschine, only a beginner but starting to get my head around things... Some would say obsessed at the moment!! :P

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Re: free ambient plugins??

Post by 7 Chakras » Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:00 pm

I will suggest paulstretch too. I think it will be able to satisfy your requirement. Inform whether it has helped or not.

ryggen
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Re: free ambient plugins??

Post by ryggen » Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:46 pm

7 Chakras wrote:I will suggest paulstretch too. I think it will be able to satisfy your requirement. Inform whether it has helped or not.
Sorry for slow reply...Yes Paul Stretch is nice... Find it makes some great soundscapes using classical music especially:-)

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Re: free ambient plugins??

Post by Fernando Carvalho » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:37 pm

If you have the suite, collision & tension are perfect for ambient stuff.

ryggen
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Re: free ambient plugins??

Post by ryggen » Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:03 am

Fernando Carvalho wrote:If you have the suite, collision & tension are perfect for ambient stuff.
No suite but I do have maschine and there is some nice stuff on that! Thought I would probably double up on a few things if I also got suite...

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Re: free ambient plugins??

Post by craftycurate » Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:13 pm

Try Chimera - it's not always stable in Live (like many SynthMaker based plugins, or is it SynthEdit) but produces some lovely textures. Safer to create textures then freeze tracks.
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