Need some atmospheric stuff

Ernest Buckley · Post by **Ernest Buckley** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:33 am

I produce lots of Seal sounding tracks. However, I`ve been getting by with about 3 atmospheric sounds which was fine for my first CD. Now I`m looking to expand. So what are you using?

I would prefer to keep everything in the box. No keyboards. I know... blasphemy.

Thanks.

dave pine · Post by **dave pine** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:47 am

check out camelion 5000 on special group buy

FM · Post by FM » Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:48 am

i love atmosphere.
it's been quite stable on my system and it can produce a huge range of sounds beyond the presets.
mind you though, i'm still on DP4.12 so i can't vouch for the newer versions.

also Tera and Cube are absolutely amazing, they are CPU hogs though.

cheers!

FM

FM is elementary, my dear Watson.

maintiger · Post by **maintiger** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:14 am

I second atmosphere

aeon · Post by **aeon** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:12 am

Ernest Buckley wrote:I produce lots of Seal sounding tracks. However, I`ve been getting by with about 3 atmospheric sounds which was fine for my first CD. Now I`m looking to expand. So what are you using?

I would prefer to keep everything in the box. No keyboards. I know... blasphemy.

Thanks.

I would go with absynth 3, or Cronox 3 by linplug, both of them are amazingly good to make good atmosphere.

Atmosphere from spectrasonic is nice, but it is sample based, and the edition is quite very limited to compare with absynth and Cronox 3.

sdfalk · Post by **sdfalk** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:28 am

I second cameleon5000..though the linplug stuff is very nice as well.

Rainman · Post by **Rainman** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:56 am

Give Sonik Synth a look and listen.

Rainman

studiodog · Post by **studiodog** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:37 am

http://www.greenoak.com/crystal/

Sylver · Post by **Sylver** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 2:09 pm

And Crystal is FREE!!

sdfalk · Post by **sdfalk** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:20 pm

That's true..Crystal is pretty amazing.

midilance · Post by **midilance** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:10 pm

Check out the Korg Legacy Collection. The Wavestation has some awesome sounds.

chrispick · Post by **chrispick** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:37 pm

As you can see, there are a multitude of opinions on this issue. I'd tell you that, if you consider yourself capable of manipulating many of DP native plugs (like delay, sonic modulator, flanger, chorus, pattern gate, ring modulator, phaser), all you really need thereafter is a VI with a broad selection of pads. Most synth VIs offer as much.

That is, try not to let yourself get overwhelmed with choices. There are many that would prove suitable.

Of the VIs mentioned previously, I think Sonik Synth and Atmosphere offer the simplest-to-use solutions, should that be an important variable to weigh in. Their interfaces are geared toward basic-level-understanding users. I'd add USB Ultra Focus to the list with the caveat that it samples older synths, but runs them through a UVI engine allowing for some modern tweaking.

Also to consider: Adding a third-party multimode plug-in can get you user-friendly filter sweeps and the like. Antares Filter is a popular one. Others include CamelSpace, izotope Spectron and PSP Nitro.

Just another opinion.

BKK-OZ · Post by **BKK-OZ** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 6:22 pm

Chrispick is right (as are some of the others!). I would have to say that Sonik Synth isn't worth the money - I bought it and Sampletank and I hardly use either. Absynth 3 is the king of the big, long atmosphere, but you will have to invest time learning it. CronoX 3 is one of my all-time favorites, but it can take some coaxing to get things to evolve with it. Another one worth considering is Filterscape. Do a google looking for reviews (you may even find some of mine) and you will see what I mean.

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