Questions tagged [ambience]
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What synths and pads are those, and where to find?
I've been listening to a modern (not EDM, but not acoustic as well) band, and I'm pretty amazed by their sound quality. I'd like to know what library I need, and which is best to achieve those sounds. ...
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Nature Sounds Libraries in HQ: where?
can you point me to the best Nature Libraries that include ambience loops in super High Quality?
I mean paid ones .. (so no Freesound or such) .. I need optimum quality and clarity
so far I didn't ...
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Oktava or Audio-Technica for Omni Ambience Recording?
I´m getting a rig to record quiet ambience with a Jecklin disc or simply using a spaced technique and would like to know if anyone has experience comparing the Audio-Technica AT4022 and the Oktava ...
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Stadium Reverb Ambience
I need to put this samba track into a stadium
obviously a single reverb instance won't do the trick (at least I've tried but it didn't - Space designer from Logic)
It sounds dirty and confused while ...
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Would it be Stereo or Mono?
I am recording ambience and sound effects for a room and there is one open window in the room with traffic outside. I was wondering if that traffic sound coming through only the window would be stereo ...
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Scales vs. Harmonic Notes
If an ambient sound is to be generated with specific frequencies, would it, in general, sound better if those frequencies are notes selected from a specific scale, or frequencies that are all harmonic ...
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Room tone/Ambience/Atmosphere loudness question
I recorded room ambience at -50db and I'm not sure how loud it actually should be (in relation to other sounds). I realized that I started to use this to mask the noise of foley recordings, then I ...
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How To: Record Foliage/Trees
I am creating foliage sound by different types of dried grass, leaves, fake plants, etc. I am having a major problem though because after I put them into my DAW and hear them through my studio ...
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seeking prison fx and ambience libraries
I'm on a feature that takes place exclusively in a prison. I have all the big libraries that have prison fx... I've had them forever and am feeling like I want something new.
Anyone got any good ...
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Low ambient noise in silent sections
I used a pair Behringer C-4 connected directly to the Marantz field recorder in manual mode to record a grand piano in a live performance (not a studio). Now I have low amplitude ambient noice sounds ...
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Recording room ambience
What would be the best way to record room ambience for ambience fx (not room tone for dialogue) with one mic? I'm limited on that side. Should i just transform mono to stereo later?
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Stereo Width in Oktava M/S recordings
I wanted to experiment with M/S as I had not tried it before so set up a cheap rig using a couple of Oktavas with the figure of 8 adapter.
I've done a few recordings outside my window and mastered ...
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How to make a lead similar to a circular saw
How to make a lead like in Notre-Dame de Paris - La monture at the first 4 seconds?
This sound is similar to a circular saw. It is often used to represent aridity. ...
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Ambiences - MKH418S / Sony ECM MS5 / Rode NT4 (x/y)
Good morning from Prague,
today, I'm recording some stereo ambiences for a short film.
Shame on me, but I used M-S mic just once so far for a school exercise. (We had to create some layered ambiences ...
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Any tips at constructing a "Press Conference" ambient track?
I'm working on a short film features a scene where lead character's making a press conference. Been trying to find ambient sound of conference room and quiet crowd but had no luck. Crowd sound often ...
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How to create ambient sound effects for video games?
I am very new to sound design, and I'm wanting to make background ambient sounds for a dark-feeling game. How would I go about doing this? Would I use music creation software like FL Studio, or would ...
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Telinga EM23 vs Line Audio CM3 vs DPA 4060
Which one of the 3 is your favourite city ambience recording mic & why? any pictures of stealthy rigs using these 3 mic would be really nice guys.
Thanks!!!
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Desolation / Desert Ambiences
I am working on a short film that was shot in a middle-eastern desert. The visual scenery is mainly composed of dark sand, deep blue skies and a general desolated atmosphere. Unfortunately, all field ...
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Surround sound ambience library
Working on a film set in the jungle and the director wants it mixed in 5.1,
wondering if any of you know of any sound libraries which have great surround ambience recordings.
Or can I use a ...
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Small XLR connecotrs for ORTF setup
Im planning to setup an ORTF setup in my RODE Blimp with a pair of Line Audio CM3 & Im looking for small XLR connectors so i can setup ORTF easily.
Please check out this image
I saw this image ...
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Short film based on ambiences/background sounds/walla
I could use some help with short film I'm working on.
The thing is that there are no dialogues in it (that's ok with me, I don't like talkies anyway:)) and the mighty director is against the use of ...
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Which DAW should I use when editing ambience recordings?
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I have been recording alot of ambient sounds the last weeks and now i got over 100 of 1-2 min clips that im going to edit into useble ambient sounds in 48.1kHz/16bit from 48.1kHz/24. What DAW ...
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BGs with no birds, bugs, or any other animals (make/fake/or break the bank)
I'm working on a film right now where there are only 3-4 people left on earth and everything else is dead, but I'm having trouble finding the right ambiances for this piece because it's really ...
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Looking for right Car Park ambience...
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Been searching for the right ambience for this scene and all my car park ambiences are too busy, or in the daytime, or just not right.
I'm wondering if anyone knows a sample library that has ...
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Samples of a single storm building wanted
I'm working on a max msp patch that will allow the transition from calm weather through to breezy/ light right right through to a heavy storm as part of some kind of "ambience engine".
I'm basically ...
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Ambiences with intelligible speech or not?
Hi all!
First of all, a BIG thanks to everyone at this forum, I've been learning a lot from you lately.
Here is a tiny question regarding ambiences and people talking. Do you see to it that it is ...
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REQUEST: Japanese fountain / Shishi-odoshi
Does anyone happen to have a recording of Japanese bamboo fountain they might be willing to share/trade? Unfortunately I'm not in a position to recording one at the moment, although I have wanted to ...
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Making recorded ambient/BG sounds more like they're coming through a wall/window effectively?
Hi all,
Currently working on a project where the use of "off screen" background sounds (ie streets, car passbys, crowds etc)in interior locations is very important. Any interesting tips on ...
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Mics for ambience recordings?
Hi all
Ive been thinking about upgrading my set of mics for ambience recordings.
So far, I am very happy with using a set of DPA 4060's, when recording more loud places, and for stealth like ...
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Building a Sound Library (For fun & For a living)
Hello everyone.
I am sure everyone of you must have thought of it when you first started off in this field. We do what we do, first, because we love it and ,second, because we hope we make some money ...
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Building ambience
Are there any good tutorials videos that can help me build ambience and a whole environment .
Thanx
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Sony PCM D50 vs PCM M10 ( internal mics)
Is the PCM D50 really woth twice the price compared with the M10?
I want them for recording ambiences, birds, waterfalls, animals...
Is there such a big diference with the internal mics or not (...
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Cleaning up noise from nature/ambience recordings?
Hello all,
i really really hate noise(mic/preamp noise), and my recording rig isn't that great(fostex fr2le, 2x rode nt5)...now, cleaning up some sfx, that were close mic'ed, is easy with izotope rx2,...
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Neumann KM 183 Stereo Pair
Just wondering if anyone has had any experience of using these for recording outdoor atmos and quiet room tones?
I would like a pair of omnis to record open outdoor spaces and from what I understand ...
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The sound/ambience of Seattle
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I'm about to start cutting some sounds for a scene taking place in Seattle. I haven't been there. For those of you who've been there or live there, is there anything I should keep in mind, ...
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Hawaiian ambiences
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Anyone willing to swap some sfx?
Im in need of some ambiences from Hawaii. Preferably from smaller cities, countryside, and forests
Need it for an animation short taking place in Honolulu in ...
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Anyone needing Australian Ambiences?
hi everyone, really enjoying the social sound experience.
just to let you all know, i operate a professional ambience recording recording service specifically catering to designers/editors who need ...
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recording ambience with perspective
guys.. there's this film i am working on where the whole story is set on a 2nd floor apartment in a city..since the film would be shot in a set, i'll have to lay ambience tracks from the scratch..i ...
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Favorite SW USA desert recording locals?
I plan on doing some southwestern US desert recordings this summer, was wondering if you'd share your favorite places to record in that region for "wild-west" "desert-y" ambiances? (anywhere in CA, NV,...
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About Backgrounds...
I was once told that you always need ambience in your films. Makes perfect sense anyway, right? If there isn't any ambience, the audience doesn't feel like they're in the environment and all.
Then I ...
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Field hints and tips?
I have taken the plunge and bought a sound devices 788T with SSD and CL8.
Also a M/S rig consisting of Senn. MKH40/30 combination.
I would love any hints or tips re cabling, bags, tripods, stands.. ...
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Middle Eastern Atmos
Heading to Saudi Arabia later this week for a doc. Should have several days off in which I plan to do as much field recording as possible. Any thoughts regarding what to record/specific requests?
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B&K 4006s for field recording?
I'm carrying out field recordings for a college project of ambiaances; so far my NT4 has been fine for the city ambiences due to the due to the healthy signal/noise ratio. But, I plan on going out and ...
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Distinct Ambient Noises: Consistency, or Variety?
As I am working through a scene, and contemplating this question on my own, I thought it wise to tap into the experiential resource that is SocialSoundDesign.... Let's get your insight!
The sound: ...
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Creating 5.0 atmospheres & Panning
Hey there,
Have been playing round with some stereo atmospheres i recorded, trying to make them into 5.0s I can bounce and use in the future as pre made surround backgrounds. I would normally just ...
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Where to go in L.A. for stealth crowd - WITHOUT MUSIC
I'm sitting outside Starbucks coffee here at Hollywood and Highland on a rare day off thinking I was going to get some good crowd walla with a couple of binaurals, stealth-like.
But, there is one ...
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Handheld recorders for BGs and Ambiences
Hi everyone,
I'm looking into a handheld for the sole purpose of recording those quick one-off ambiences: a subway station late at night, wind whistling in a stairwell of somewhere you're visiting ...
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Sony D50 internal mics for new Recordist
Hi, I am new to recording. I have bought a Sony d50 to record voices and ambient sounds as well as to hook it up to a parabola for distant pinpoint sound recording to for a stills photographic project....
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REQUEST: European BGz variety - birds, animals
Greetings!
I'm in a situation where a show calls for some "historically-accurate" (within reason, 'geographically-accurate' may be the more correct term) ambiences in terms of animal and bird choices....
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Recording City Ambiance
Hi everyone. Just wondering if anyone had any tips on recording city and town ambiances?
I have access to a few different kinds of microphone so is there any specific type I should record with? ...