I am working on warm ambient music. Is their any free vst that would sound like the instruments in Brian Eno's 1/1 from "Music for Airports", the dripping synth from Dan Gibson Solitude's "Origins", or the instruments that Liquid Mind uses in "Velvet Morning" .
Thanks,
micaht
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWu4ieBqGFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_faJkfUuu6U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp3BuiupOrc
Free Warm Ambient Vsti?
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- KVRist
- 108 posts since 3 Dec, 2009
A good subtractive synth paired with a smooth reverb should get you there for most of that.
Tyrell is a free VST:
http://www.u-he.com/cms/tyrelln6
Your DAW probably has a usable reverb, though the Valhalla verbs are great and inexpensive.
You might also want to pick up a copy of Computer Music magazine, as it should come with a DVD containing some good free synths.
Tyrell is a free VST:
http://www.u-he.com/cms/tyrelln6
Your DAW probably has a usable reverb, though the Valhalla verbs are great and inexpensive.
You might also want to pick up a copy of Computer Music magazine, as it should come with a DVD containing some good free synths.
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- KVRAF
- 40243 posts since 11 Aug, 2008 from clown world
Valhalla Shimmer is $50 = 45.91 Euro (because of the over inflated dollar). Nothing free about that.
I'll start the list of freebies by mentioning SuperWave P8:
SuperWave P8, a completely FREE virtual analogue synthesizer.
If you're looking for great leads, pads and strings, then check out this beast of a synth. Don't forget to check out the P8's big brothers, the Professional and Trance-Pro which both feature upgraded specifications and new preset patches.
http://www.superwavesynths.co.uk/product_p8.htm
Windows 32bit.
I'll start the list of freebies by mentioning SuperWave P8:
SuperWave P8, a completely FREE virtual analogue synthesizer.
If you're looking for great leads, pads and strings, then check out this beast of a synth. Don't forget to check out the P8's big brothers, the Professional and Trance-Pro which both feature upgraded specifications and new preset patches.
http://www.superwavesynths.co.uk/product_p8.htm
Windows 32bit.
Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
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- KVRAF
- 25852 posts since 20 Jan, 2008 from a star near where you are
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- KVRian
- 943 posts since 11 Dec, 2014 from one rocky mountain to another
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- KVRist
- 38 posts since 25 Dec, 2011
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fluffy_little_something fluffy_little_something https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=281847
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- 12880 posts since 5 Jun, 2012
I don't feel like listening to those long videos, can you specify a moment? 
For ambient stuff I find the usual analog-type synths not very helpful, I guess synths which use samples are better for that. Usually those are not free, though. But there are affordable ones such as Psychic Modulation's Aethereal at 39 dollars.
For ambient stuff I find the usual analog-type synths not very helpful, I guess synths which use samples are better for that. Usually those are not free, though. But there are affordable ones such as Psychic Modulation's Aethereal at 39 dollars.
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- Beware the Quoth
- 33173 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Absolutely anything. its all about the effects, and in the case of MFA that would notably be tape looping.
my other modular synth is a bugbrand
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fluffy_little_something fluffy_little_something https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=281847
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- 12880 posts since 5 Jun, 2012
There are some synths which allow you to load your own samples, but I wonder if it is legal for instance to sample the sound of the demo version of a quality commercial synth and import those samples into a free synth 
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- KVRian
- 505 posts since 2 May, 2014
Brian Eno:
"Which puts me in mind of the first piece on Music For Airports (Editions EG). I had four musicians in the studio, and we were doing some improvising exercises that I'd suggested. I couldn't hear the musicians very well at the time, and I'm sure they couldn't hear each other, but listening back, later, I found this very short section of tape where two pianos, unbeknownst to each other, played melodic lines that interlocked in an interesting way. To make a piece of music out of it, I cut that part out, made a stereo loop on the 24-track, then I discovered I liked it best at half speed, so the instruments sounded very soft, and the whole movement was very slow. I didn't want the bass and guitar - they weren't necessary for the piece - but there was a bit of Fred Frith's guitar breaking through the acoustic piano mic, a kind of scrape I couldn't get rid of. Usually I like Fred's scrapes a lot, but this wasn't in keeping, so I had to find a way of dealing with that scrape, and I had the idea of putting in variable orchestration each time the loop repeated. You only hear Fred's scrape the first time the loop goes around."
Sleeve notes : "1/1" (Acoustic and electric piano; synthesizer.)
"Which puts me in mind of the first piece on Music For Airports (Editions EG). I had four musicians in the studio, and we were doing some improvising exercises that I'd suggested. I couldn't hear the musicians very well at the time, and I'm sure they couldn't hear each other, but listening back, later, I found this very short section of tape where two pianos, unbeknownst to each other, played melodic lines that interlocked in an interesting way. To make a piece of music out of it, I cut that part out, made a stereo loop on the 24-track, then I discovered I liked it best at half speed, so the instruments sounded very soft, and the whole movement was very slow. I didn't want the bass and guitar - they weren't necessary for the piece - but there was a bit of Fred Frith's guitar breaking through the acoustic piano mic, a kind of scrape I couldn't get rid of. Usually I like Fred's scrapes a lot, but this wasn't in keeping, so I had to find a way of dealing with that scrape, and I had the idea of putting in variable orchestration each time the loop repeated. You only hear Fred's scrape the first time the loop goes around."
Sleeve notes : "1/1" (Acoustic and electric piano; synthesizer.)
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- KVRAF
- 7691 posts since 11 Jun, 2006
ambient? free? hook up PG8X with TAL Reverb2
HW SYNTHS [KORG T2EX - AKAI AX80 - YAMAHA SY77 - ENSONIQ VFX]
HW MODULES [OBi M1000 - ROLAND MKS-50 - ROLAND JV880 - KURZ 1000PX]
SW [CHARLATAN - OBXD - OXE - ELEKTRO - MICROTERA - M1 - SURGE - RMiV]
DAW [ENERGY XT2/1U RACK WINXP / MAUDIO 1010LT PCI]
HW MODULES [OBi M1000 - ROLAND MKS-50 - ROLAND JV880 - KURZ 1000PX]
SW [CHARLATAN - OBXD - OXE - ELEKTRO - MICROTERA - M1 - SURGE - RMiV]
DAW [ENERGY XT2/1U RACK WINXP / MAUDIO 1010LT PCI]
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- KVRist
- 38 posts since 25 Dec, 2011
For more earthy sounds, I like Synth 1 and charlatan(with delay and reverb). There are soundbanks of pads for
both of them that are worthwhile. With the H.G. Fortune synths, I turn off one or two of the oscillators for a more transparent and less "scary" sound.
I also recommend STW Reflex Free for spaciousness.
both of them that are worthwhile. With the H.G. Fortune synths, I turn off one or two of the oscillators for a more transparent and less "scary" sound.
I also recommend STW Reflex Free for spaciousness.
