Noise & ambient sound generators?

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-andrew-
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Noise & ambient sound generators?

Post by -andrew- » Wed May 31, 2023 10:33 am

I'd love to be able to create tracks using non-sampled, noise-based "natural" sounds such as rain, running water, oceans, fire, wind, wind through trees, crickets, frogs, birds, etc.

Is there anything either within Live or available as a plug-in you'd recommend?

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Re: Noise & ambient sound generators?

Post by Tarekith » Wed May 31, 2023 2:29 pm

Not sure if it has exactly what you’re looking for, but I always thought this was a really cool app:

https://www.tracktion.com/products/biotek
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Re: Noise & ambient sound generators?

Post by scg » Wed May 31, 2023 2:34 pm

You might check out the 'Inspired by Nature' pack if you haven't already. I've found some of the M4L devices (in this and other packs) to be a little squirrelly, but the 'Tree Tone' instrument can create some interesting effects. And of course as long as you have a noise generator (of which I think there are multiple available - Drift has one, for example), you can create wind/rain/surf/etc. sounds with appropriate processing. The Echo device can also create some interesting ambient effects with its noise feature (don't have a link handy now, but I've seen at least one video on that topic).

Another pack to check might be 'Drone Lab' (although I think Harmonic Drone Generator has some bugs with its tuning).

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Re: Noise & ambient sound generators?

Post by yur2die4 » Wed May 31, 2023 3:38 pm

I’ve had my eye on Texturize by Aura for a while but haven’t pulled the plug. I don’t have any first hand experience with it so I don’t have any real input. But based on what you mention, this is similar in some regards and has been on my personal watch list heheh

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Re: Noise & ambient sound generators?

Post by -andrew- » Wed May 31, 2023 8:24 pm

Thanks all! I'll check these out.

I guess there's no way to "like" a response here?

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Re: Noise & ambient sound generators?

Post by scg » Wed May 31, 2023 8:27 pm

-andrew- wrote:
Wed May 31, 2023 8:24 pm
I guess there's no way to "like" a response here?
I've often wanted to do so, but as far as I know it's not a feature here :(

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Re: Noise & ambient sound generators?

Post by Tarekith » Wed May 31, 2023 8:48 pm

Unfortunately not, but it's something I too have asked to be implemented.
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