Ambienteer » abstract http://www.ambienteer.com Electronic Ambient Sound Stuff Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:45:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 326 – Snowfall http://www.ambienteer.com/2012/02/03/326-snowfall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=326-snowfall http://www.ambienteer.com/2012/02/03/326-snowfall/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:45:40 +0000 admin http://www.ambienteer.com/?p=2885 My creative juices are not quite as flowing as they sometimes can be so in the early hours of the morning as a light flurry of snow was settling outside, I decided to try and make something generative in Ableton Live using a Max for Live step sequencer and its randomisation feature. Just like the individual snowflakes, as each note landed and was captured the overall piece seems to have a natural feel to it.

Hope you think so too?

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]]> http://www.ambienteer.com/2012/02/03/326-snowfall/feed/ 0 325 – Alba http://www.ambienteer.com/2012/01/16/325-alba/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=325-alba http://www.ambienteer.com/2012/01/16/325-alba/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:53:28 +0000 admin http://www.ambienteer.com/?p=2880 Spurred on by yesterday’s little piece, I turned my attention to using a couple of single second samples of Judie Tzuke’s vocal, from the magical Stay With Me Till Dawn, to create a gentle lullaby soundscape. Made in the early hours, just before the sun came up.

All done in Ableton Live using multiple instances of Simpler and internal effects.

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]]> http://www.ambienteer.com/2011/12/18/322-inverno/feed/ 0 321 – A Song From 7.30 MHz http://www.ambienteer.com/2011/11/30/321-a-song-from-7-30-mhz/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=321-a-song-from-7-30-mhz http://www.ambienteer.com/2011/11/30/321-a-song-from-7-30-mhz/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:46:41 +0000 admin http://www.ambienteer.com/?p=2845 Another experiment scanning the shortwave bands. Seeking out some odd melodic interlude and once captured, adding reverb and a few other effects and tricks to transform it into a sleepy, filtered soundscape, reminiscent of the imperfect signal, bandwidth and output of my little 1970′s transistor radio.

I love this type of sound and I hope you like this as much as I do?

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]]> http://www.ambienteer.com/2011/11/30/321-a-song-from-7-30-mhz/feed/ 3 Ambient Compilation 32 http://www.ambienteer.com/2011/11/30/ambient-compilation-32/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ambient-compilation-32 http://www.ambienteer.com/2011/11/30/ambient-compilation-32/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:43:05 +0000 admin http://www.ambienteer.com/?p=2832 Here is my thirty-second compilation for you all to (hopefully) enjoy.

Consider checking out all my releases on Bandcamp? You can grab pristine versions of most of my work so far and have a variety of formats to choose from. They are free to download, but if you can contribute a just couple of pounds/euro/dollars, it would help and delight me v.much.

Thanks for your support.

There are two zip files, one for lower bitrate MP3s and the other for the rather better 320kbps files.

All of the tracks here are free for you to download and distribute.

311 to 320 – 96kbps – zip file (54Mb)
311 to 320 – 320kbps – zip file (176MB)

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]]> http://www.ambienteer.com/2011/11/23/320-brume/feed/ 2 Benton (Fenton) http://www.ambienteer.com/2011/11/21/benton/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=benton http://www.ambienteer.com/2011/11/21/benton/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:25:39 +0000 admin http://www.ambienteer.com/?p=2823 My little insomnia driven ambient take on the #Benton #Fenton meme…

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]]> http://www.ambienteer.com/2011/11/21/benton/feed/ 1 319 – Utah http://www.ambienteer.com/2011/11/20/319-utah/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=319-utah http://www.ambienteer.com/2011/11/20/319-utah/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:34:33 +0000 admin http://www.ambienteer.com/?p=2813 The final piece in this series of five. It’s an odd one though. Whilst not detached, it’s haunting, dissonant and unsettling. I visited the beaches, experienced a range of emotions and heard voices of every course. When we look at the world today with its economic and political turmoil, we must remember the losses suffered and rememeber that love and respect is the only way forward for us all.

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