Hi everyone - I want to firstly say thank you to everyone that took the time to watch this video and supported it! I wanted to quickly write a comment about some things I didn't discuss in this video, as well as what to expect from this channel. I want to clarify that this video is just a surface level introduction to all of the concepts I've discussed. There are so many factors that go into ecological behaviors and sounds, it'd be impossible to capture all in one video. With that being said, I hope this video acts as the entrance to a rabbit hole if you will -- There are so many fields to explore like soundscape ecology, bioacoustics, etc. There are also interesting ideas adjacent to the topic of this video, such as: The acoustic adaptation hypothesis, auditory filter hypothesis, etc. which may change the ways you think about soundscapes and creating them. As for what's next, I'm currently working on my next tutorial. I've made a community post explaining what it is, but to summarize it's a tutorial on writing realistic and convincing piano MIDI. Again, thank you all for the support on this video! 💙
@coliny70278 күн бұрын
Yo if you ever make a patreon going into further detail of your racks/sound design I would happily sign up! Amazing attention to detail bro
@jSpirituS76 күн бұрын
How did you learn? Who taught you? Are you a self learner?
@Amfivolia6 күн бұрын
@@jSpirituS7 I learn mostly through researching online, watching other people work, collaborating with others, and experimenting on my own.
@jSpirituS76 күн бұрын
@@Amfivolia do you have any in person friendships with people who are also music creators? In the same type of field of study as yourself..
@SirkitBr8kerКүн бұрын
Just binged your whole channel lol. Flabbergasted at all the dimensions to your musical talent. It's transcendent. Beyond conception almost. Especially for being so young. Are you still working on your electronic music album? Excited for that. Your gift is a blessing that I hope wish you will continue to share with the world as much as you can.
@edwardlonin889118 күн бұрын
this makes the possiblity of living in a simulation more of a reality than I wanted it to be
@Amfivolia18 күн бұрын
we all live in a phase plant patch
@NateGerber18 күн бұрын
@@Amfivoliatoo real
@5amJones6915 күн бұрын
@@Amfivolia I automatically read this comment in the tune of ''we all live in a yellow submarine''
@TheEagleFace15 күн бұрын
no it doesn't, hope this helps
@MattStevens982413 күн бұрын
@@Amfivolia DAMN! Winning quote, man! The Matrix is just a Phase Plant patch!
@mindinthesand18 күн бұрын
this is a literal science class
@marcuwu199016 күн бұрын
When u dont understand something.. like audio spectrum, harmonics, low end, high end, space, etc around sound design then u can read something like this as science.
@mindinthesand15 күн бұрын
@@marcuwu1990 i feel like you said what i said, but with more words
@rhinoskin755015 күн бұрын
Did you forget the time when you didnt understand these things?@@marcuwu1990
@buckycore19 күн бұрын
Dude. You're a genius. I don't know anyone who knows this arcane level of sound design, let alone someone who could explain it in an easily digestible format which inspires me to want to make things with this knowledge, let alone someone who is 18 doing all this stuff. Most 18 year olds I know in the music community are all making the same sounding beats in FL Studio (which is still rad. Not meant as a put down) But seriously, you're totally next level protege stuff
@Amfivolia19 күн бұрын
Agh this is an amazing compliment, I really appreciate this ♥ I hope this video inspires you to innovate and come up with something cooler than I have :)
@atomictraveller18 күн бұрын
there are people but as you say, you don't kNWO them. music used to be real important to ideas and behaviour, before the HSS MK improved. anyone who wanted to help the public become more articulate was taken out so those fat b4574rds can sell you things and keep you simple minded. they're all there, they are all so obvious, all you gotta do is understand what you're seeing is a certain lodge, it's very obvious, they kill people, like me. xoxos.
@sub-jec-tiv17 күн бұрын
@@Amfivolia Yep. Professional sound designer here, and you’re killing it. Subbed. Keep on rocking dude
@bskbskbskbskbsk17 күн бұрын
Check out "Scapes" by Francis Preve. He did some 100% synthesized "field recordings" in 2017. I think he did all the sounds with Live Operator and some effects. Same concept as this, just with a different theme. I'm very impressed with Amfivolia, as it's such an original take on this concept.
@twainnell4115 күн бұрын
Try look at the work of Ankha Nel. Legendary Audio Engineer/Sound designer
@lucnejame18 күн бұрын
This is game changing. Like seriously please keep posting about this. We need more novel production and sound design perspectives!
@Amfivolia18 күн бұрын
More is on the way!! Glad you enjoyed this
@atomictraveller18 күн бұрын
i can deliver, but youtube and the music industry will hide me and hide me because i'll actually help you and they won't like that sincerely, xoxos, the real mfr so you understand what this means - the cepstrum (eg. formant shifting) is derived fft(log10(fft())) see if anyone at kvr will tell you that except my old forbidden account.
@WhizPill15 күн бұрын
dude is clearly OP at what he does
@cicilubibilo15 күн бұрын
Professional sound designer here but man this is gold! I'm really impressed. Great explanation and the work itself is very inspirational. Thank you and please keep it coming, this type of extreme quality content is rare on sound design.
@SithLordC3P0Ай бұрын
This is well thought out. I always saw when I produced music as making an ecosystem of sound, or like a little pocket dimension, where my sound design dictates how everything interacts and functions or where it's specific place in the "story" I'm telling is supposed to be. I think of that almost like the laws of physics in a musical sense
@AmfivoliaАй бұрын
That's a really unique and awesome outlook on writing music, and I completely agree it's a wonderful way to tell the story & setting of your music!!
@AzuriumOfficial17 күн бұрын
It's such a treat when game devs have a consideration for proper sound design. Hope to hear more from you both. The lesson was intriguing.
@RainbexTheRain18 күн бұрын
This is like a college class i would definitely take *Takin notes rn*
@JohnnysaidWhat18 күн бұрын
“it’s important to be creative and follow your intuition” proceeds to give post doc thesis on advance acoustic physics and sound design with a dash of world building 😂
@Amfivolia18 күн бұрын
@@JohnnysaidWhat LMAO I could have clarified some more creative elements throughout the video perhaps
@PiercingSight19 күн бұрын
This is the kind of creative sound design that the world needs more of!! Fantastic work, and beautifully edited video!!! Well friggin' done!~
@Amfivolia19 күн бұрын
Tysm!! I hope it inspires/helps you on your own sound design journey
@fallenleaf2418 күн бұрын
Couldn’t agree with you more!
@sub-jec-tiv17 күн бұрын
@@AmfivoliaThat 3d render of the environment with the highlighted elements was cool. Blender? C4D? Nice art direction generally. You have your color palette and look/feel together.
@Amfivolia17 күн бұрын
@@sub-jec-tiv made it in blender!
@optimalystic18 күн бұрын
This video is a gem! The project itself is researched very well, more thoroughly dissecting environmental density, medium, and acoustics than most people do (that I know of) for their own augmented reality audio projects, and the sound design is simultaneously unique between sources and cohesive as an artificial reality. On top of that, this video is made really well; not only organizing and explaining everything in a digestible way, but painstakingly rendering, editing, and syncing all of those video clips of synths, effect chains, waveforms, frequency spectrums, spectrograms, background music, text, and probably more, all to aid in making this video easily digestible. You even did highlighting work to focus our attention on certain sections, added your own background music and/or ambience around the piano pieces, as well as made a whole 3D scene just to explain a visual metaphor! (when I saw the bird at 2:33 move I was flabbergasted). I hope that I can make compelling visuals like that for my ambient music one day. I also really liked the visual backgrounds you had, the color palette you chose, and the watery visual effect that permeated most of this video. It always kept me in the mood that your project had set, and made the whole learning experience very beautiful and inspiring. So yeah, I liked and subbed. Thank you for sharing your work with us, I really enjoyed watching and learning what you did, and I wish you the best as you continue your audio art pursuits!
@Amfivolia18 күн бұрын
Wow I really appreciate you putting the time in to write this comment and notice the details that went into this :) It was quite a lot of work but worth it if people learned from it -- there will be more on the way! goodluck with your ambient projects!
@ChronoMune13 күн бұрын
This along with your music you’ve put up, you’re one of the easiest subscriptions I’ve ever chosen. Can’t believe how much work you’ve put in at your age, and I can’t imagine what amazing things you’ll be doing in just another 10 years
@Amfivolia13 күн бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to write this -- comments like this motivate me greatly 🫶
@ChronoMune13 күн бұрын
@@Amfivolia and thank you for sharing with us! So interesting to see the kinds of things talented people are doing, and you also motivate us to wanna do great things, even if different from what you’re doing
@HexxedOfficial16 күн бұрын
I hope this video goes viral. This is really educational and nicely descriptive.
@Densle.9 күн бұрын
Dude, this is incredible. Thanks for sharing all this!
@uforeaofficial11 күн бұрын
I remember doing a similar project with sounds I programmed in python such as bird songs, cricket chirps, and rain. Glad to see someone taking this concept to another level!
@arunkarthikma312113 күн бұрын
Holy shit, this is genuinely magical. They way this guy just explains it so casually
@hybyrn11 күн бұрын
this is one of the best videos on youtube sound design js so so cool i love physics being used in sound design to emulate the physical world digitally
@Intikus16 күн бұрын
This feels like it nonchalantly manifested from another dimension just... onto youtube. awesome stuff
@typemyname27375 күн бұрын
it feels like I didn't really understand what sound design is before this video, thank you! this is so awesome feeling you gave me!
@KinophsiaFilms5 күн бұрын
The level of effort behind this is insane, thank you so much for putting this out there I learned alot from it. You've given me alot of inspiration by teaching in such a delicate way, it reminded me of how peaceful this line of work can be despite the tremendous amount of efforts and literal back pain that go behind it hahaha.
@Amfivolia4 күн бұрын
I find it very relaxing once you're immersed in the research haha -- Glad you enjoyed the video!
@nonlinearsound-0015 күн бұрын
I generally work very carefully and only sparsely with Doppler. Small insects around your listener position are noticeable as their relative speed reaches values where Doppler is audible. Animals moving around mid and far distance almost never produce Doppler regardless of how fast they move. (maybe really fast moving birds) It was a very interesting time researching this and finding out that almost no natural sources produce Doppler. Very nice work there, man! Lots of love!
@Amfivolia4 күн бұрын
This is a cool insight! Given there isn't too much noticeable movement in Biota, I hadn't actually researched some of the examples of Doppler in nature very much. I'm sure there is also much research to be done about geophysical sounds producing noticeable doppler effects as well. Thanks for watching, cheers!
@ShowPlusCo14 күн бұрын
you're a fckn genius man...the level of analysis and attention to detail is mesmerizing. Cheers!
@jonnyr50496 күн бұрын
This has such impeccable style and beauty, and seriously hard work and dedication. It's artworks like these that really make me want to delve deep into creating. Awesome!
@nocontextgonzalo17 күн бұрын
i had been toying with these ideas for a while but never realizing them and your video came as a godsend from the youtube algorithm not only to remind me I should be creating, but showing me the process of a master. thank you for making this
@singularit_y9 күн бұрын
i dont know a single thing about using a daw and still im learning a lot from this.. youre crazy good
@lye7391Ай бұрын
this is a really good video. I like watching sound design videos. I like to watch KZbin. I like to watch this Biota. Video. Thank you. For telling us your experiences. Remember, ! difficult roads often lead to.
@AmfivoliaАй бұрын
indeed they do
@lye739122 күн бұрын
@@Amfivolia don't give up on your dreams!!!! please keep sound design. we got to keep going. we got to commit to greatness. you either work or. ...tw
@MrSuzerain19 күн бұрын
Are these texts generated with some weird AI?
@ashballofficial17 күн бұрын
@@MrSuzerainprobably google translate
@ArvidOlson6 күн бұрын
This is not only deeply interesting, but also a very beautifully produced video. The aestethics as well as your presentation skills makes it a joy to consume. Thanks to being recommended this video I also discovered your music, which is very suggestive and to my ears impressive in itself. If you haven't made it big already, being so young, I can only see greatness in your future. Keep it up! Amazing work! I would love some more in depth showcases of the individual creature sounds you've created. You went through the general sound generating chains in this video, but talking a bit more about what each step does, and why you decided a sound should be a certain way, would be very interesting. Also, a lot of what you've described here could probably be done in max or pure data and then exported as a VST. Making an interface to easily control some parameters of this system would probably sell like butter to sound designers if marketed correctly.
@Amfivolia6 күн бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to write this, this motivates me considerably to create more content ! I think if I were to go very in-depth about my process and decision making for Biota, I would do something more casual like a livestream. These videos take an enormous effort to produce so I want to save them for unique topics each time, but still sound design and music composition of course. I may do a livestream some day to explore this project more thoroughly. Thanks again, hope the video was resourceful! :]
@Dynamicz.14015 күн бұрын
In highschool I did a beginners presentation on sound design and even played my first track for the class. I said because all sounds are sine waves with enough skill you could recreate any sound. Really cool finally finding a video about recreating the sounds of nature
@arunkarthikma312113 күн бұрын
Yeah, we can synthesize entire instruments already. That's why I've always been annoyed by the mysticism and marketing behind tone/gear. "Just buy this guitar, guys! It's got a completely different EQ curve!"
@mr.scruggs12410 күн бұрын
This is one of the best and most interesting videos on sound design i've ever seen, thank you so much for this amount of useful and precious informations and tips, i love this content
@ShanusDa-nus19 күн бұрын
Dude, that was so sick ...awesome you inspired me to approach things in my music and sound design in totally new mindset ...thank you for sharing this with everyone . Much respect ..
@Amfivolia19 күн бұрын
Very happy to hear that!! Goodluck with your music/sound design :)
@colton737316 күн бұрын
the choice of background music in this is legendary
@Amfivolia16 күн бұрын
piano >>>
@colton737315 күн бұрын
@@Amfivolia particularly ravel and debussy 🔥
@Maxarcc17 күн бұрын
What a gem of a video. I'm personally not into creating nature sounds, but I watched this from start to finish just because of how wonderfully you explain everything. I can see how dedicated you are to this part of production, and it paid off man.
@nissimtrifonov53149 күн бұрын
Simply amazing. I just wanted to mention that I felt that I didn't hear enough of the awesome sounds because you didn't let them play on their own, instead you kept talking over them; I'd gladly watch a 1 hour or ever 1 and a half with more of the sounds being played alongside of the explanations (which were top notch)
@Amfivolia9 күн бұрын
Thank you! And yes I agree, in hindsight I didn't let the individual sounds play enough on their own -- this is my first tutorial so I have plenty to improve on.
@the_door8 күн бұрын
"the shound is produshed with a shawtooth wave"... but honestly I'm jealous... this is brilliant
@grain96409 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for this❤ It's so hard to find good videos that are "intermediate" on a subject.
@ATolerableQuietude16 сағат бұрын
Wow, this is really fascinating! What an amazing project. Thanks for sharing it through the video.
@DarkRider60618 күн бұрын
I love how your system is so intricate and detailed. Before watching this video I never thought about midi chance, velocity deviations, and randomizing parameters. Really cool what you got going on here
@jonaskern804512 күн бұрын
You can easily turn this into an MA thesis. In fact, this is an MA thesis already. Not sure if you're aware of Practice Based Research, but that is in essence what you were doing - a lot of MA programs employ it nowadays. If it's true that you're 18 you could skip a couple of years and the BA and directly pick up your Master's at 19/20 ;) A lot of programs don't require a BA if you have sufficient practical or professional experience in the field. Either way, amazing video! Great editing, visual aesthetic and presentation, flow of information, sound design approaches, digestibility of material. Great work! You're going places.
@szymonsniegocki52818 күн бұрын
This format and explanation are great. You could easily create larger courses where you work on a specific project. All the tutorials would cover different aspects of this project-basically what you’ve done here, but bigger and deeper. Then put it on Gumroad, and I'll be your first buyer
@benjafarber179314 күн бұрын
I have made similar soundscapes, but didn’t think to make it generative! Great idea!
@dakotahrivers664010 күн бұрын
Dude…. I didn’t know I needed this until now. Time to retreat to the beat laboratory and design some ecosystems
@tilenpotokar831618 күн бұрын
Absolutely beautiful video all the way from the sound desing aspects to the presentation methods. I love sound design and have wanted to get more into it so this has enspired me greatly, thank you
@Amfivolia18 күн бұрын
@@tilenpotokar8316 that's motivating to hear, have fun sound designing!!
@RESEDE17 күн бұрын
You inspire me to learn more about sound design and to practice more.
@Maradnus18 күн бұрын
This was just amazing what great video! Thanks! I would love to watch a long play of you just making sounds without talking even. I like to watch people do what they do!
@Amfivolia18 күн бұрын
@@Maradnus hmm maybe I'll do a live stream some day if I get more familiar with YT stuff :) and yea I'm the same way, I learn a lot from just watching people create
@Maradnus17 күн бұрын
@@Amfivolia Awesome stuff this is VERY inspiring stuff & I never thought to take this journey in sound! seeing it & having some idea now of how this is assembled is amazing so huge thanks! & good luck I think this kind of stuff will but a huge hit! Thanks!
@Wpeoif18 күн бұрын
This is awesome. I love the in depth explanations. The video itself is super well-made as well. Super cool
@TruzzleBruh17 күн бұрын
Holy shit you're amazing I'm saving this for a day where I have more time 😂
@Hattnanin17 күн бұрын
Never gonna learn this completely like this, but gives a lot of inspiration for other things like synthesizing musical sounds for me
@2.SPIRITED18 күн бұрын
why is your subcount so mindfuckingly low, with this quality of content you deserve at least 50k or so 😭
@05degrees12 күн бұрын
Oooooooooh!!!! 🌿 Judging by the samples, I soooo need to learn this. Thanks for making a whole video! I had some thoughts it would be nice to sound design simple bird calls but I haven’t come to even starting with analysis; all I ever did was synthesizing crickets, and just one particular species I heard and had a relatively clean recording of. But now _this_ is a food for thought!
@HristoGoleminov9 күн бұрын
Videos like this are what KZbin is meant for. Great job and thank you!!
@simongregory311418 күн бұрын
this is so fascinating. Also, the little music fragments between sections are lovely
@OffGrit18 күн бұрын
This is awesome. I have a whole new respect for sound design
@dogmouth413818 күн бұрын
Wow really impressive! You have a lot of deep sound design knowledge at such a young age. Really looking forward to seeing how you grow with this channel and your creative endeavors. Cheers!
@vraalten17 күн бұрын
Wowww, your look behind the scenes is simply brilliant and inspiring!!! Keep up the great work!
@fallenleaf2418 күн бұрын
what a Gem of a video! the video production was brilliant! the story told! the information shared! I have ver been more happy to subscribe in my life! Thank you!
@dogmouth413818 күн бұрын
Only 10 minutes in but this is amazing information so far. Looking forward to watching the rest!
@julienkianmaneshrad137113 күн бұрын
I don’t usually comment on YT but wow! This is great. Gives me hope for the future of content and sound design. Great work, keep it going :)
@naitsavesmusic18 күн бұрын
Such a masterclass, thank you 🐦
@michaelovertonbrown19 күн бұрын
well done - love this framework for conceptualizing soundscapes
@Seolgyeol_1875 күн бұрын
Truly amazing and inspiring, You and your sound deserve more attention! Not only this video, your other work too.
@asperganoid10 күн бұрын
This is what comes to my mind when people speak of us living in a simulation!
@Ambrosia283022 күн бұрын
Very unique and innovative, thank you for sharing this!
@blurredaudio18 күн бұрын
That was dope! Doesn't happen a lot that sound design blows me away anymore, but this was very very interesting! Thanks for sharing :)
@ringsystemmusic18 күн бұрын
Hoooly mackerel! Dude! I had this exact idea (alien soundscape) but you executed *way* better. Looks like it’s lecture time
@Amfivolia18 күн бұрын
If you ever make one let me know! I'd be happy to put any soundscapes people made in the description if they were inspired by this video!
@Craftal18 күн бұрын
Hell yeah man. I had to do this exact thing for Meow Wolf Denver when I made a soundscape for an alien underwater planet. So much fun.
@Amfivolia18 күн бұрын
@@Craftal that sounds awesome!!
@VitTrully6 күн бұрын
we gotta have a live synth thing for games. this could be fire for a low poly LSD game.
@HappyBowser77718 күн бұрын
Another way I found for create interesting alien swamp / cricket sounds is by re-synthesizing images in Harmor. I really like your video!
@Amfivolia18 күн бұрын
That's super cool!! If you ever made a video about that I'd be happy to check it out - Admittedly I don't know Harmor too well but I want to learn it
@HappyBowser77718 күн бұрын
@@Amfivolia Basically it resynthesize the image into sound using sine waves.
@LouieTaylorMusic7 күн бұрын
Very fucking interesting, potentially limitless applications within video game audio. Nice choice of Ravel Une Barque sur l’océan, cool rendition of it that suits the video perfectly.
@DashGlitch19 күн бұрын
Great work!
@Pierreduchzy17 күн бұрын
That was amazing, thank you! 👽🐦
@alex_opr16 күн бұрын
Beautiful work, I'm always amazed when I see people synthesize ambiance sounds but this video takes it to a new level. Thank you!
@xcorvidae666x6 күн бұрын
this is brilliant. Can't wait to incorporate these techniques into my own productions.
@TheColourAwesomer18 күн бұрын
Wow dude this is incredible work. Super impressive stuff. Well done
@viviansutherland216917 күн бұрын
The algorithm rocks cuz I was literally just thinking about how to do this yesterday
@sub-jec-tiv17 күн бұрын
A good outdoor impulse response is so useful for creating shared space of all the elements, in this type of work. It’s easy to make your own IRs, bring a field recorder along if you go camping. And clap loudly or burst a balloon. I tend to do it a few times, at different distances from the recorder, so i have multiple depths to work with, of the same space. I’ve gotten some of my best environmental IRs this way. You don’t have to own a $10k human head mic (though that helps, of course. Haha). I use an Olympus field recorder and it works just great for making IRs. Nice sounds! 👌
@Amfivolia17 күн бұрын
@@sub-jec-tiv agreed, and I plan to try and build up my own IR library someday!
@iamsaintlewis22 күн бұрын
would love to see breakdowns of any of your tracks too
@Amfivolia22 күн бұрын
Was planning on potentially doing a breakdown on some of the seawards tracks or other such music!! If you have any recommendations for which ones to break down lmk
@sebastianegli380719 күн бұрын
this video is really good and informative, subbed!!
@maokusАй бұрын
Wonderfully illustrated and edited :)
@AmfivoliaАй бұрын
@racktooblatch227316 күн бұрын
This is a very interesting approach of Sound Design that should be studied in MAO classes. It would allow student to manipulate multiple tools from the analysis to the differents synthesis and modulations that exist without the melodic and rythmmics constraints.
@koopylupa664716 күн бұрын
This is a masterpiece in every aspect.
@ktothej117 күн бұрын
I am in awe of your talent. Keep up the great work!
@bskbskbskbskbsk17 күн бұрын
This is some Francis Preve level sound design! Well done!
@lofilullaby122819 күн бұрын
love it!
@amado776018 күн бұрын
really nice, beautifully done and explained.
@lulzd935518 күн бұрын
just... WOW
@MrRexBaron18 күн бұрын
wow - simply wow - great project and wonderfully explained.
@schbwpАй бұрын
holy cow the amount of detail in this video is incredible. keep it up!
@AmfivoliaАй бұрын
thankyou!!
@ilyandilymusic13 күн бұрын
Just wow man. This is such a fantastic video and your presentation and visuals are incredible.
@regrub.nitram18 күн бұрын
10/10 bro you're incredible
@RESEDE17 күн бұрын
I swear this video needs more views
@VikkiStephen-m1r26 күн бұрын
Absolutely Brilliant!
@reliquisound22 күн бұрын
good vide on video man. ULTRA CHILLIN
@H.Haller-ot5rh17 күн бұрын
Awesomely cool soundscape and wonderful tutorial, thanks so much!
@pwhi225119 күн бұрын
lovely video
@julesdukers836012 күн бұрын
Just wow.... Thank you for sharing really. You and your illustrator friend could team up with a procedural animator for some mesmerizing results imo. You could be interested by projects such as the game called Rain World. I totally could see your work fit in this kind of piece
@rhinoskin755015 күн бұрын
You make other youtube ppl seem like marketing tools :😜 Thank you for the pure, direct information and knowledge.
@kevinsmeis921017 күн бұрын
This is really beautiful. Good work
@4i2018 күн бұрын
Just amazing
@GaelleValle-q3q18 күн бұрын
Amazing proyect! ❤ Its so exciting see the way modern sound design / music is going for. Congrats ✨️ Thank u