what effect will create ambiance?

[ikijapan]

OK, not having much luck on my drum mixing thread due to the files being too large I guess.

Can someone at least tell what kind of effect emulates ambiance?

On my roland drum kit, there are 2 effects that do not transfer through the recording outputs. One is reverb, OK easy, I have lots of reverb plugs ins.

The other is "ambiance". The ambiance settings in the brain of the kits, let you specify the position of the ambiance mics, size of the room,and type of wall material (plaster,wood,etc).

How would someone emulate this?

 

[IronFlippy]

The room mics are capturing the natural reverb of a room. So a reverb that is very wet can emulate it. Fool around with the early reflections to taste. Of course, it's better to actually use room mics in a good room, but not all of us have that, unfortunately.

 

[BRIEFCASEMANX]

you could try a very very short room reverb, mix that in til it sounds good, then add the longer reverb.

 

[six]

sometimes a little chorus can give you some ambience, sometimes a short reverb or - as ironflippy mentioned - try tweaking the early reflections.

I once even had a plug-in for ambience called RoomMachine (i think it's free). In the end it sounds a bit like chorus though.

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

Can someone at least tell what kind of effect emulates ambiance?
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The other is "ambiance". The ambiance settings in the brain of the kits, let you specify the position of the ambiance mics, size of the room,and type of wall material (plaster,wood,etc).

How would someone emulate this?

You just gotta find the right reverb, is all. There are a lot of verbs out there with settings like "Warm room", or "Warm ambience". And there are also echo chambers and room modelers just like you describe that are available as seperate plugs.

But ambience - if you're talking about the same thing I am - is pretty simple. Typically you just want a fairly short reverb decay time and a signal that's not too wet. Ambience typically fits that old addage about reverb in general: "If you notice it's there, you probably have too much."

G.

 

[slidey]

You just gotta find the right reverb, is all. There are a lot of verbs out there with settings like "Warm room", or "Warm ambience". And there are also echo chambers and room modelers just like you describe that are available as seperate plugs.

But ambience - if you're talking about the same thing I am - is pretty simple. Typically you just want a fairly short reverb decay time and a signal that's not too wet. Ambience typically fits that old addage about reverb in general: "If you notice it's there, you probably have too much."

G.

alesis midiverb I 12 bit sampling but it's great for me

I also run a roland RS550 SFX for rverb from the same outs as th M/verb I

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