VST's recommended for layers, atmospheres

anyone recommend any VST's for those really dark atmospheres/layers... nice deep, almost brutal, dark soundscapes or there abouts hehe

got a few things done but just looking for a few more options really

thanks

Well, the obvuios choice would be spectrosonics atmosphere, but it takas up 3gig of space and you can really change the sounds :roll: I usuallay do most of my soundscapes from my huge collection of Pc game samples.

metaphysical function

either atmoshpere or the crystal synth. The presets on the crystal synth arn't that good but its a really powerful synth if you actually make your own sounds. Also its a free download :lol:

absynth
although I tend to use more conventional synths, and really screw with them with fx.
You really can`t beat a good sample library of field recordings though.
Or do your own.

most sonically interesting noises come from 'real life' sounds, rather than synthesis.

mangling vocal samples can give good results....

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You really can`t beat a good sample library of field recordings though.

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Just fields?

I find lakes and beaches make good recordings also.

;)

im liking tera 2 for this kind of thing, uses 5 types of synthesis. demo version on here - http://www.virsyn.de/en/E_Products/E_TERA/e_tera.html

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im liking tera 2 for this kind of thing, uses 5 types of synthesis. demo version on here - http://www.virsyn.de/en/E_Products/E_TERA/e_tera.html

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yea man those virsyn vsts are amazing :love:

can get really geeky with them too :lol:

have a look at the demo of camel audio phat space i posted in a thread above this one, it claims to create nice textures from anything you feed it :cool:

Try USB xtreeme FX. Got some pretty dark atmosphere's but its also 8 gig.

i'm trying crystal now - thanks for the lead

Louk

haha makes me sound like a crystal meth fiend

Louk

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You really can`t beat a good sample library of field recordings though.

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Just fields?

I find lakes and beaches make good recordings also.

;)

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:lol:

Yeah a good mike and decent MD is all you need. And a car with a big bag of different shaped stick and poles in the boot. Drive to nearest river which runs underneath motorway/road and go bananas breaking stuff /hitting things/screaming underneath a bridge. Dont forget to hit record like we did. :oops: :lol:

Thats quite interesting auctually, me and splask have been meaning to get around to making some field recordings. I'm always sitting on the bus or whatever and think "that would sound great with a 4:4 behind it!"

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Thats quite interesting auctually, me and splask have been meaning to get around to making some field recordings. I'm always sitting on the bus or whatever and think "that would sound great with a 4:4 behind it!"

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u is a true freak :cool:

there's a plugin named 'field' by tweakbench:

http://www.tweakbench.com/screens/field.jpg

field is a multisample based ambience generator. using original field recordings by twerk, field allows you to generate suitable backing ambience for any track. version 1.1 adds a new interface, more responsive EQ, and small performance enhancements.

http://www.tweakbench.com/instruments.php?id=4

http://www.tweakbench.com/plugins/tb_field.zip

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absynth
although I tend to use more conventional synths, and really screw with them with fx.
You really can`t beat a good sample library of field recordings though.
Or do your own.

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Tee Hee You Know how we do steve ;)

Sun Ra
Ambient texture generator.
It's based on a dual synthesis engine ( 1substractive oscillator + 2 wave players), completed with several randomization options and a battery of built-in effects

http://www.uv.es/%7Eruizcan/sintes/sun_ra_v104.zip

preset waves: http://www.uv.es/%7Eruizcan/sintes/sunra_1_0_waves.zip

much appreciated guys, some wikid downloads cheers :)