nightmind 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2017 Hey together! I just started to create ambient and chillout music. But it's very complicated, to find out all these things to know. To learn, I try to rebuild my favourite tracks. But I can't find out, how these lovly stings in the background of the attachted sample are made. Can you tell me, which VSTs I can use to create this wonderful lazy strings? Or do you know a place (another forum or something) where I can find an answer to my question? Thanks for your help!! sample.mp3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andorra 117 Report post Posted July 12, 2017 Hi! And welcome to the forum I can't listen the sample right now but I'd start with DSK Music instruments. Most of them are free and can create quite nice orchestral sounds. Some DSK plugins are what I use quite often http://www.dskmusic.com/category/vsti-all 1 Psilopylot reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psilopylot 9 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 Well the most obvious thing is that the strings do not reach out into higher frequencies. So either using the right waveform or filter settings will give you a good start. Also the strings are two sounds in my opinion, the higher one goes higher as the lower (more bass-y) goes lower in the progression, so you need to keep that in mind. It has longer release, which makes it overlap itself, there's also probably some lfo modulation (maybe for velocity?) with speed that alternates, or it's phasing (but I don't really think it actually is phasing) or it's just the effect of unison. The waveform could be from a wavetable plugin, but I can't really tell, though the harmonics aren't very even. Maybe the the lower one is a saw that has a stable low pass (no keytracking) with a sine wave that is one octave lower to provide bass, but I'm just speculating. I'm pretty sure you could get this sound if you were to use serum, it's just a very capable and flexible plugin. Also definitely use unison for this one, play around with it. Also, of course use a nice reverb, but that's probably very obvious. And lastly maybe chorus can help you to achieve this sound. Overal though your best bet is to look at this sound in spectrum analyzer and spectogram and see what the harmonic information is and use that (and your ears of course) as a guide. Maybe some HG Fortune's plugins could have some wavetables that could sound alike, or any wave-table plugin. Honestly I think you could achieve this in many substantive synths like Sytrus, or additive like Harmor, all you need is an option to manipulate the oscillator more precisely. But it's definitely all about having the right wave form, separating each sound into it's correct frequency range, using correct spatial tools (unison, chorus, reverb and etc. (also the lower frequencies could benefit from being more mono)) and just tweaking it a lot. 1 andorra reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Psilopylot 9 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 http://www.dskmusic.com/category/vsti-all Wow, I need to thank you for mentioning these. I am surprised these slipped by my sights since they look like nice quality plugins for free. 1 andorra reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andorra 117 Report post Posted August 10, 2017 Wow, I need to thank you for mentioning these. I am surprised these slipped by my sights since they look like nice quality plugins for free. I think most of them are sample based so they have their flaws but I still like and use them... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites