Ambient Tutorial Using Only FREE Plugins!

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Let's produce an ambient track from scratch using only FREE plugins so we can level the playing field and just focus in on the music and the production techniques.
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0:00 Only Free Plugins Introduction
3:10 Tutorial Start
3:57 Making a Pad in TAL NoiseMaker
10:11 Chords for Ambient Music
13:43 Supermassive Ambient Settings
15:32 Vital Ambient Bass Pad Tutorial
21:50 Stochas Sequence Tutorial
24:40 Surge XT Pluck Tutorial
31:04 Soundscape Pad in Vital
40:15 Final Result
41:20 Audiomodern Panflow
42:34 Final Thoughts
46:02 Ending
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  • @s1gns0fl1fe
    @s1gns0fl1fe Жыл бұрын

    What your your favorite FREE plugins? 🤔

  • @fenexj

    @fenexj

    Жыл бұрын

    Vital is vital.

  • @mondostrat

    @mondostrat

    Жыл бұрын

    Super Massive, TyrellN6, & Zebralette

  • @AUTOSAD777

    @AUTOSAD777

    Жыл бұрын

    The Analog Obsession stuff is great. Also, Melda production and Spitfire Audio.

  • @iamelohym

    @iamelohym

    Жыл бұрын

    Giant Verb, TAL-Reverb-4, Overheat, Surge XT.

  • @moondustweb

    @moondustweb

    Жыл бұрын

    Omnisphere,Granulator

  • @ryan.noakes
    @ryan.noakes5 ай бұрын

    "Bob Ross of Ambient" I like it.

  • @MikeRenouf
    @MikeRenouf Жыл бұрын

    Great vid as always Chris. Just a minor correction though in case any beginners get confused - when you increase the voices of TAL from one to six, its changing it from monophonic to polyphonic, rather than mono to stereo. Probably a misspoken point in the midst of flow 👍

  • @romanq8927
    @romanq8927 Жыл бұрын

    Yes, to create music, beautiful music, you do not need to have super magical plugins or a professional studio. After all, everything beautiful is already in us. You just need to be able to pull it out of yourself and tell it with the words of music, and You successfully did it and proved it! All ingenious is simple! But we often don't notice it. Thank you for your hard work and for sharing your experience and knowledge with us. All the best to you and new inspirations!!!

  • @TheBurdenOfHope

    @TheBurdenOfHope

    20 күн бұрын

    Well said. I see too much cork sniffing in the ambient community ❤

  • @MrMarcLaflamme
    @MrMarcLaflamme Жыл бұрын

    Just a small suggestion - maybe your camera overlay could sit in the bottom right corner where not much clicking happens? The first Vital part was a bit obscured.

  • @arcade_mntra
    @arcade_mntra Жыл бұрын

    Hey Chris another banger. The ease with which you made the TAL Noisemaker patch was amazing. When you make a part 2, I have some free plugin suggestions that are worth a try. - Odin II synth by TheWaveWarden. 11 oscillator types to select from, 3 filters, effects rack, huge mod matrix and an arpeggiator. It's my go to synth after Vital these days. HY-Plugins has free versions of their Pro plugins - HY-Poly free (synth) - HY-SEQ32 free (sequencer, generates midi file) - HY-ESG Euclidean sequencer (free collab plugin with Bedroom Producers Blog) MidiMonitor is a free plugin useful for recording the notes/pattern generated by Stochas. My free DAW doesn't provide midi note extraction from plugins.

  • @jayholm3285

    @jayholm3285

    Жыл бұрын

    HY-ESG Euclidean sequencer thank you !!

  • @addictedtocraic
    @addictedtocraic10 ай бұрын

    "The Bob Ross of Ambience' is so damn true. Thank you mate. After years of Psytrance production you've actually connected a lot of dots for me. You da man. I LOVE this channel.

  • @AmbientSpirit-nh7ir
    @AmbientSpirit-nh7ir11 ай бұрын

    You remind me of a mad scientist playing with a bunch of crazy chemicals. It's AWESOME!

  • @johncaccioppo1142
    @johncaccioppo1142 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful work, Chris, as always! This one was a treasure chest

  • @denyats294
    @denyats29411 ай бұрын

    Thank you master. Sure, it's not easy, but next level is to make ambient track with some free daw. Anyway, 10/10 video as always.

  • @billydenkmusic
    @billydenkmusic Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful instruction, Chris! Always inspiring, too!

  • @gylp2
    @gylp2 Жыл бұрын

    i really resonete with this free plugins rocks🔥👍

  • @symeondimakis366
    @symeondimakis366 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much Chris! I have been eagerly waiting for this video for some time now and just opened up ableton to tag along. I'm sure this will make a lot of people's introduction to ambient music production even smoother than you have already made it for many of us. You are the GOAT!

  • @VitorGuerreiroVideos
    @VitorGuerreiroVideos Жыл бұрын

    This was a great watch (again!) :D! I've been out of sound stuff for a while, but it's nice to see that Valhalla still does their free classics, Vital keeps improving, TAL still releasing their free "experiments" and the other ones I had never heard about before! Thanks for sharing! Really neat that you made a thing showing your general workflow. Love the vibes as usual! :)

  • @s1gns0fl1fe

    @s1gns0fl1fe

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much!

  • @dominikhaering
    @dominikhaering11 ай бұрын

    I like your euphoric way of ambient presentation although ambient is more about coming down ;)

  • @gylp2
    @gylp28 ай бұрын

    thumb one, surge xt, Giant Verb and vital is my fovorite free vsts for ambient

  • @ralph_s
    @ralph_s Жыл бұрын

    I love the idea you had with this video! It does show that you do not need to spend much money to make something great!

  • @JimCim
    @JimCim Жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial. I work only with free plug-ins, so this was valuable to me. Thanks.

  • @rosew1ther
    @rosew1ther9 ай бұрын

    Just stumbled across your channel, really happy to say you're uploading some real nuggets of tutorials and content. A lot of tutorials on here can be somewhat disingenuous and clickbait-y but you completely delivered and kept me interested and I can't wait to consume more of your content!

  • @RobertLiveMusic
    @RobertLiveMusic Жыл бұрын

    Just inspiring as always. It is a great help for those of us who are just starting out, being able to follow your tutorials with free tools. I really like Vital for its way of creating graphics. Thank you very much as always.

  • @MrAlottof
    @MrAlottof Жыл бұрын

    Now you cooking. I pick up things when you do this tutarial that i never (i think) gonna dream up my self. Hats of to you and all you out there, pls be a patreon....

  • @Revament
    @Revament Жыл бұрын

    Valhalla supermassive is so much for 0 cost.

  • @robmlisanti
    @robmlisanti Жыл бұрын

    Yeah Im still using Garageband, but one of these days I'll upgrade just dont have enough hard drive space right now plus I find it very easy to use for me

  • @MikeRenouf

    @MikeRenouf

    Жыл бұрын

    The best piece of gear is whatever you enjoy using!

  • @robmlisanti

    @robmlisanti

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh Vital and Supermassive are my fave free plugins

  • @bobdevore24
    @bobdevore24 Жыл бұрын

    These are the plugins I use. So many powerful free tools!

  • @ElbowEddie
    @ElbowEddie Жыл бұрын

    Loving your channel - new here to software, so free is important. Would love to see you rocking Pendulate if you havn't already.

  • @synkrotron
    @synkrotron Жыл бұрын

    a really worthwhile video, Chris 👍 all I need now is the S1gns Factor 😉

  • @owenfrozen
    @owenfrozen Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video! Please make more with free plugins!

  • @davidmcgirr
    @davidmcgirr Жыл бұрын

    Outstanding as always. I must use that wavetable randomize in Vital. Don't think I'll ever hit the skill ceiling with Vital.

  • @Bhodisatvas
    @Bhodisatvas Жыл бұрын

    I love your perpetual excitement about what you do, inspiring 🙃

  • @tomwawer5714
    @tomwawer5714 Жыл бұрын

    Instant sub. Im on Linux Ardour and open source plugins. Lots of fun!

  • @abhishekc1458
    @abhishekc14589 ай бұрын

    Great Job , i can't belive using free plugins can make this

  • @jjbing3
    @jjbing3 Жыл бұрын

    You’re the 🐐

  • @tamalitogirl
    @tamalitogirl5 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much :´) Congrats for entusiasm and good teaching :D Greetings!

  • @alexringess
    @alexringess Жыл бұрын

    You made an amazing video once again ^^ Thanks so much. You know, I love free tools. I'm a big fan of Vital. I have TAL NoiseMaker and SurgeXT installed and ready to be used but, and that's really unfortunate, I don't use them as often as I should. It's hard for me to figure out what will be the final result with NoiseMaker for example. And these Audiomodern tools. I didn't know that they exist. I downloaded them when I saw what we can do with them (there is not only Panflow but also Gatelab and Filterstep) so many thanks to put these tools to the light.

  • @SebastianBeyer
    @SebastianBeyer6 ай бұрын

    good job man

  • @fenexj
    @fenexj Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for supporting the broke men , amazing shit

  • @UpKickZ
    @UpKickZ9 ай бұрын

    It makes it look so easy, but at the same time it's so difficult.

  • @happytreeborders9530
    @happytreeborders953011 ай бұрын

    Thx tot this video Is discovered Vital and suddenly a whole new world opened...

  • @federicovalmassoni3827
    @federicovalmassoni3827 Жыл бұрын

    At the moment my favourite one is VITAL, sooo intuitive 👍🏻

  • @Emily_M81
    @Emily_M81 Жыл бұрын

    lol! I was looking at Stochas while this was going and you pulled it out XD Now do this with a free DAW :D :P Vital is such a treasure to us all, I bought the Pro version and then subbed after that. It's so amazing that it's free in the first place, I just wanted to support it ongoing. Thanks for sharing! Bitwig's Arpeggiator is one of my favorite "free" plugins - it's a GREAT step sequencer that you can easily modulate all the things. And then Bitwig has a step-sequencer modulator lol. Xzibit approved. "Yo dawg, I heard you liked step sequencers. So I got you a step sequencer for your step sequencer so you can step sequence while you step sequence."

  • @fenexj
    @fenexj Жыл бұрын

    Just finished the tutorial and WOW what an incredible sound you have shown us how to make. Thank you dude, incredible work. (noob Q) Can anyone shed some light on how to capture/record the Stochas output to a midi track? Thanks again. Edit: Figured it out, I was trying to record the Stochas channel, recording the Surge XT track gave my the notes. weeeeeeeee!

  • @johnhazlett3711
    @johnhazlett37112 ай бұрын

    Although it's a bit of a steep learning curve, the DAW, LMMS is free.

  • @kostanowhere7121
    @kostanowhere712110 ай бұрын

    your videos are so inspiring ! Thank you! What about Odin2 synth?

  • @s1gns0fl1fe

    @s1gns0fl1fe

    10 ай бұрын

    That's a great idea! I should do a video about it.

  • @danzil8057
    @danzil805711 ай бұрын

    Hi Chris! In your example in TAL Noisemaker sounds only one sub osc because with crush knob you turned off both osc 1 and 2

  • @ElbowEddie
    @ElbowEddie Жыл бұрын

    Pendulate!

  • @TheValueOfN
    @TheValueOfN4 ай бұрын

    19:22 I'm loving this so far... would it not make more sense to make your circular window substantially smaller?

  • @TheValueOfN

    @TheValueOfN

    4 ай бұрын

    26:51 Again, I'd rather see how you're routing in Live than your face, (no offense). :)

  • @TheValueOfN

    @TheValueOfN

    4 ай бұрын

    This was extremely inspiring!

  • @intolucidity7220
    @intolucidity722011 ай бұрын

    I was using free plugins on a linux machine for a while some are underrated.. I mean have you ever heared of Transition Plugin by CodeFN42? Its free on KVR :) i reckon you'd make some interesting music with it

  • @kamilkowalczyk9369
    @kamilkowalczyk9369 Жыл бұрын

    Audacity - best free software for me :)

  • @wellnesswithjon
    @wellnesswithjon7 ай бұрын

    When I added Stochas, the plugin didn't have the flashing indicators moving across the top and didn't provide output to the Surge channel that I pointed to it. Can't find how to activate Stochas. Help!

  • @lorien6678
    @lorien6678 Жыл бұрын

    14:00 - oh my.....

  • @TheCubeMusic
    @TheCubeMusic Жыл бұрын

    Is Vital infinite lol 😂🎉

  • @PEBeaudoin
    @PEBeaudoin Жыл бұрын

    I envy your Drone Zone t-shirt.

  • @s1gns0fl1fe

    @s1gns0fl1fe

    Жыл бұрын

    BOOM! store.somafm.com/collections/frontpage/products/drone-zone-tshirt

  • @TheValueOfN

    @TheValueOfN

    4 ай бұрын

    Me too.

  • @TheValueOfN

    @TheValueOfN

    4 ай бұрын

    @@s1gns0fl1fe $60 though... fuck that.

  • @cihankenar1
    @cihankenar111 ай бұрын

    What is a good free spectrum analyzer ?

  • @addictedtocraic
    @addictedtocraic10 ай бұрын

    Was that really 45 mins? I was lost in that.

  • @nihiqallam5616
    @nihiqallam5616 Жыл бұрын

    How to wided the sound cus it always sound thin compare to serum

  • @s1gns0fl1fe

    @s1gns0fl1fe

    Жыл бұрын

    Use unison, chorus, panning…these are all ways to “widen” the sound. Serum has a good sound though. Hard to duplicate that!

  • @_DRMR_
    @_DRMR_ Жыл бұрын

    Too bad not all of these run on free operating systems.

  • @igorbeuk4068

    @igorbeuk4068

    11 ай бұрын

    But they will soon after Windows goes Subscription 😉 it's already making so much problems to Pioneer Companies that made this possible and it doesn't mean nothing to MS and Windows is...2025. January will be turning point and shock for many .

  • @MrSkunky2009
    @MrSkunky200910 ай бұрын

    Stunning yet simplistic .... The Only way... !!! Valhalla !!!

  • @ElbowEddie
    @ElbowEddie Жыл бұрын

    Loving your channel - new here to software, so free is important. Would love to see you rocking Pendulate if you havn't already.

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