The one feature I'd like to see out of an ambience mixer app is a post-processor. If you gave me a nice digital reverb running through a compressor into a peak limiter, I think I'd be on cloud 9.
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#12This is fun! Needs a random button that does something like 20% chance to set a switch to a random value.
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#13I love this.
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#14The one feature I'd like to see out of an ambience mixer app is a post-processor. If you gave me a nice digital reverb running through a compressor into a peak limiter, I think I'd be on cloud 9.
Do you have some example of this? Either an actual app that does this or some Youtube video or music sample that shows what you're talking about?
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#15Okay this is fun.
Some thoughts:
* The volume ramps up a bit too quickly. In trying to blend hese, I don't think I've taken a single one above 10. Finer gradations in volume, if possible, would be great.
* It would be great to set some of the sounds to happen randomly or intermittently pop or fade in and out, and possibly at different intensities. E.g. if you're chilling in a coffee shop that's playing lo-fi beats while it's raining outside, there probably not going to be a constant wind, but occasional gusts, some stronger than others.
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#16I love these ambient noise machines. Hope folks don't mind some shameless self promotion, but I made one as well: https://abetusk.github.io/noixer/ I had a hard time finding one that was open source and used libre/free sounds, so I made one. Code and other digital artifacts can be found at: https://github.com/abetusk/noixer
This is pretty nice. I really like the sounds, presets, and minimalistic look & feel.
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#17Really enjoying "playground on fire".
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#18The one feature I'd like to see out of an ambience mixer app is a post-processor. If you gave me a nice digital reverb running through a compressor into a peak limiter, I think I'd be on cloud 9.
if you're on windows, you can load 64-bit VST plugins into Equalizer APO. Can confirm, cloud 9.
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#19The one feature I'd like to see out of an ambience mixer app is a post-processor. If you gave me a nice digital reverb running through a compressor into a peak limiter, I think I'd be on cloud 9.
if you're on windows, you can load 64-bit VST plugins into Equalizer APO. Can confirm, cloud 9.
I could do the same thing on Linux with Pipewire or Jack, but it feels kinda hack-ish to me. Still though, it's nice to have the option if I need it!
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#20The one feature I'd like to see out of an ambience mixer app is a post-processor. If you gave me a nice digital reverb running through a compressor into a peak limiter, I think I'd be on cloud 9.
Do you have some example of this? Either an actual app that does this or some Youtube video or music sample that shows what you're talking about?
Reverb is pretty simple, it's the "echo" of a sound without the repetition side of it (also called an impulse response). If you have multiple sounds from different recordings, mixing them together with a single reverb effect creates a sense of space around the sounds.
Then, to control the amplitude of the overlapping recordings, it would be wise to run it into a compressor. It's a little hard to explain how it works, so it's probably a better idea to link to a YouTube video[0] instead. The basic gist is that it brings sounds together, reducing the range between their loudest and quietest points (colloquially known as 'dynamic range').
Finally, a peak limiter is a more extreme version of a compressor that prevents a signal from becoming too loud and risking damage to your audio equipment. It's mostly a safety net, but it's a very necessary one when you start toying with dynamic range.
Hope this was able to help!