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recorded 20130903

ambient


elements used:


ambient octave harp chord micro 1_genelements 1 synth (16 iterations)
tuned noise_genmix1 (4 iterations)


back to ambient, back to a minimal approach, I think I was so stunned and so surprised by the “out of nowhere” jazz piece “cinematic lovers sway”, that I sought solace and familiarity by doing what I do best – creating ambient atmospheres. In this case, I’m using just two elements, laid out in a very simple way, to create a sort of “heavenly” feel, looking for a light, floating ambience which I think to a large degree, I’ve succeeded in finding with this piece.

it’s what I might term “tinkling ambient” – it does have a bit of cheeriness to it, it’s not sombre, it’s more upbeat but only in tonality, there is of course, as with the best ambient pieces – no beat, or no discernable beat anyway – and that is partially why it succeeds – I think, whether we are in the generative music arena or not, that often (not always, but often) the old adage “less is more” is a generally true and reliable guideline – and that’s why I often keep the count of elements down very low indeed – in this piece, down to just two.

nominally, quite a quick piece, it definitely fits better under the “happy ambient” and “tinkling ambient” banners, but despite it’s quick pace and apparent high level of activity – you still get an underlying ambient mood – which comes mostly from the cloud of beautiful reverb that I’ve enveloped the entire piece in; and partially from repetition.

mixtikl has some reasonably decent reverbs built into it, since I use it mostly for ambient music, they are essential, and now that I think about it – if there was one change I would make to mixtikl, it would be to add more studio quality reverbs to it’s palette of available reverberations. However – what is present already is more than sufficient (up to 9 seconds of reverb – that’s not bad at all!) for most uses, and I do have that decades-old tendency to drown some of the more ambient / loopy sounding pieces in a nice reverb – it’s just beautiful, and it’s a key player in the atmospheric nature of “heaven’s verandah I”.

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from music for apps: mixtikl - an eternal album, released April 17, 2013
dave stafford: mixtikl application

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dave stafford Stirling, UK

ambient loop guitarist dave stafford performed on stage with robert fripp and the orchestra of crafty guitarists in early 2009, and again with robert fripp and the symphony of crafty guitarists in 2015, and has worked with ambient music and looping for over twenty years. stafford has a rich back catalogue of ambient and loop music, +rock, prog or acoustic crafty guitar music: www.pureambient.com ... more

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