An Incredible Sound Design Tool You Probably Didn't Know About 🎻

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0:00 Howdy
2:33 My New Decent Sampler Instrument
3:01 Why I Built It / How I Use It
5:28 Starting From Scratch
5:57 Using EQ For Modal Synthesis
9:10 Duplicating The EQ For More Tone
9:50 Adding Density
10:48 Bouncing And Creating An Instrument
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12:59 Why I Love This Idea So Much / Final Result
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[@VenusTheory]

Go record something this weekend and make some noise. 🌳 Organic Orchestra ► venustheory.gumroad.com/l/organic-orchestra

[@patrick5301]

Hi, i just bought the 20$ version of the library and wanted to inform you that the interface seems to be buggy. I just see the three volume knobs but not the dropdown menus for the different noises, sub generators etc. Hope you can fix it 😊

[@VenusTheory]

@@patrick5301 if you can send over some details through my website contact form I can take a look! Sounds like that's a bug with DS however, but I'll see what I can find out!

[@user-lt2rw5nr9s]

I've never quite seen a channel like yours before. Maybe it's because I'm more on the production side, but wanted to tell you your videos are really great and feel like I've found a great resource for inspiration and sound design. Great work.

[@jetlag1488]

I love "tuning" field recordings and turning them into pads, or to automate EQs, vocoders and other "tuning" plugins throughout field recordings. It's such an easy way to create tonality and interesting harmonics and textures, especially if the recording has some kind of droning in it, like wind, or melodies, like bird song. Also, Kia (yes, the car company) recently released a free VST that is like the bare minimum version of Organic Orchestra lol.

[@VenusTheory]

Still need to try the Kia synth haha. But yeah this is a really fun technique I figured people would get a kick out of. Combining with other stuff like vocoders and whatnot you can get some really interesting things!

[@jetlag1488]

@@VenusTheory Vocoders are highly underrated imo. People here the vocoded sound and go "nah too bubbly and midrangey" and to them I say, process the sound further with distortion, chorus, bitcrushing etc.

[@Gdad-20]

Why your name isnt known as a top sound engineer/producer, I just have no clue. Quality Content as always and clear guidence. Brilliant.

[@VenusTheory]

Thanks so much! Hopefully things will continue to grow in the future.

[@Gdad-20]

@@VenusTheory yeh man. You certainly deserve all the good vibes that come your way and them that are on their way brother. Keep it up and we will keep up our end, I'm sure. Much love man 👍🧡

[@unduloid]

Nowadays when I hear rustling behind me I'll grab my field recorder to get a good recording of it. It'll be the death of me yet.

[@adamsmith7058]

Been doing this with Apqualize, (an eq which has poyphonic tuning of this type), and Pitchmap for sometime. Also been thinking of using Shade in this way, now that there's an upgrade , which I believe features featuring polyphonic tuning now, since it's one of my favourite filter and modulation effects combos. You're right about opening up the eq bands to let more of the original sound texture to bleed through. Without this you end with a sound that is too much like a physically modelled form of additive synthesis which, while it sounds nice, sometime loses the essence of what originally intended. For the same reason, when using Pitchmap, I often using a less "strict" tuning, otherwise it ends up a bit too vocodery or autotuney, to coin a phrase or two:). Good that you're teaching people about these techniques, rather than, "how to recreate screetchy Serum bassline: part 22".

[@sidekickstudios3985]

or put any sound in audacity, paulstretch, done.

[@Ali-Britco]

Underrated comment

[@hendricksam]

I'm so getting the organic orchestra. I need these sounds to simulate space. And they sound like space. Epic!

[@mimikova390]

It is sofa king good.

[@TraxtasyMedia]

also head out, use his techniques to come up with own stuff, I'll surely do.

[@GabeMillerMusic]

These sounds are hauntingly beautiful, and I love the philosophy behind them. Definitely have to try this!

[@philf4086]

Super creative, you can sense the "life" in these samples. Great stuff! I could even imagine harvesting childhood moments from old VHS or 16mm video recordings and abstracting them to make sound samples. Wow, the ideas are flowing.

[@xvAlien]

beautiful vid !! what kind of field recorder do you have on you?

[@VenusTheory]

Yo! Generally I have my Zoom H4n Pro - otherwise I may just use my phone mic in a pinch.

[@jamesjr2550]

I done something like this just Messing around in uvi falcon I wanted to see what would happen if I took a sine wave and white noise and use the eq to make a major chord and it made a steel pan/drum

[@VenusTheory]

Huh. Might have to try that out later!

[@jamesjr2550]

@@VenusTheory it's fun to do

[@Swedishstylek]

I could almost touch the joy emanating from you at the start of this video when you were describing remembering where you were when recording these! Feelsgoodman :D

[@hardwarejunkie9]

This is one of my very favorites, so far. You usually keep a distance when you're speaking, and this time you're so charmed by the whole embodiment of memory. It's a bit magical. Also, really love the friendship you and Hilowitz have going on in sharing thoughtful creations.

[@gregortorrence8487]

I tried this out in Cubase Pro with a restaurant ambience I happened to record last week. Notch filters in Frequency2 do the EQ quite well, although I have to tame the higher notches to avoid sounding too much like an organ. I rendered the EQ track and dragged that onto a sample track. That sounds OK, but what I like even more is dragging that rendered sound into Padshop 2. It sounds very good with with spectral oscillator, four to six playback heads, and complete randomness in the start points.

[@spice3d]

I remember Kermode basically showing this technique a while back. A much easier way to do this is with DJ Swivel's Knocktonal. It sets the fundamental note and harmonics automatically.

[@PlugInGuruVideo]

Very fun technique, Cameron. You can get similar techniques by running audio thru a convolution reverb that is playing a synth pad. I have a whole library called Signs of Life where field recordings from Costa Rica are fed thru convolution reverb with various synth pads are the IR. You are then using the frequencies of your pad sample to filter the field recordings. Love stuff like this. Congrats on the very cool free library - thank you.

[@lofreeq]

I discovered this channel only this year and I simply cannot get tired of your videos. Not only I learn so much from you but also dive into such a deep artistic content. It's just too good. Thnks for all the sharing.

[@ts4gv]

oh having a mix knob in an EQ is genius. it works like you'd think a normal dry/wet knob would work before you learned about phase shift & cancellation. helpful for dialing such extreme eq settings i'm sure.

[@danlwarren]

Oh I do this in Bitwig a lot! One of the things I really love about Bitwig is that you can set the resonator bank to track incoming MIDI notes and just do this on the fly without having to render the processed sample. It's monophonic, of course, but it's a really fun way to work.

[@HighwayNegative]

Hey, quick question! Was wondering what you're using for a mic and where you're placing it. As someone who's considering making more talking-at-the-camera videos, I'd love to know, since your voice always sounds so good in these. Thank you!

[@MarcoLongoMusic]

I was about to ask the same 😄

[@joederbyshire_]

Hi! Idk if u already figured this out but thought id help u out. Hes using a shotgun mic which is why u cant see it on screen. Its very directional so its probably near his monitor pointed right at his head. The mic in particular is the rycote hr 22. Hope it helps :D

[@presskeytoplay]

It's amazing how this technique seems to be something my mind already knew but never executed. It's so obvious but so smart at the same time. A very inspiring video, thank you!

[@BF-up5xw]

While I knew the different elements of this process, I had never yet put them together. I just tried it on a recording of a gate closing. It really works very well! Thank you!

[@fooltopia]

MSoundFactory has a specialized module for this called ModalFilter where you can define up to 32 resonators and play it with key tracking polyphonically. You can also analyze samples to recreate sounds from real objects. Check out Chandler's videos on physical modeling kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5zXknV4ar2KnMk

[@SirNotAppearing]

years ago, some friends did a Spring Break trip to Costa Rica. They brought back a lot of great photos (and this was pre-digital! they had to pay to have these processed and printed!). Some of the photos were of colonies of howler monkeys. And try as they might, they couldn't convey (to my satisfaction, anyway) what it was like to wake up to a colony of howler monkeys greeting the day. It made think that people always took cameras (and sometimes video cameras, but with crappy on-camera mics), but no one, really, had the opportunity to bring along a simple DAT and mic rig, so the folks back home could hear what the pictures were showing. I guess it's cool that things like Zoom recorders are now available and reasonably inexpensive that could capture decent-sounding field recordings of their travel destinations. It just takes some more people to think to bring an audio recorder with them (or a decent mic that can connect to their smartphone?) and bring home some audio of their trip. :)

[@watchaddicts1213]

Hey Cameron. Just a quick couple of questions. I've watched your reviews on LUMI and Sensel Morph. If you could have only one (and imagining Morph had but one overlay--piano keys), which would you select? Unfair, granted, since I can purchase LUMI today, but there's not a single Morph available on planet Earth (who knows for how long before that changes). Such great accompanying software with LUMI. That said, the cool 2-finger-Gliss-trick you did in the Morph video, I don't think would be possible on LUMI. Am I incorrect? Thank you!

[@VenusTheory]

Heyo! Morph hands down - the LUMI doesn't have the Y axis modulation, so you're not getting the full MPE experience. LUMI is actually a really fun and portable device, and the fact that it has actual keys means a lot less of a learning curve, but if it's real modulation power you're after and you want the full MPE experience the Morph wins by a mile. Due to stock/chip/etc shortages, Morphs are rare but maybe keep an eye on Reverb or Ebay in the meantime. I know Sensel is working on it, but obviously they are at the mercy of their suppliers.

[@watchaddicts1213]

@@VenusTheory I DO appreciate the quick reply, Cameron. You never stop, do you? I get that--the JOYS of self-employment! I'm not surprised by your pick...damnit. I've tried to warm up to LUMI, to JOUE PLAY...just can't. I need 1 Sensel Morph and 1 JAMMY E (to do my own strumming of my Ample Sound guitar samples) and I'd be content, I think. Frankenstein's monster, in our day, would say, "Modulation Power, Good!" Also, the big ROLI UNVEIL in MARCH, 2022, even if it were to contain a model price-competitive with MORPH, would likely have to be FOUR KEYS wide. So, that's out. By now, I want to vomit every time I read 'Touche' SE' in a list of MPE devices. I saw a video: "NEOVO, THE MPE KILLER!" Unchecked idiocy, rampant on KZbin, I'd say. I have zero desire to wear a RING (or rings) and play the arm-waving-conductor; my children would straight away begin hunting for Homes to put me in. And, lovely and innovative and talented and brave as she is, I can't imagine myself wearing a Imogene Heap MPE Body Suit. Ok, I think I've covered it: there is ONLY Morph, except... there is no Morph (to be had).

[@watchaddicts1213]

@@VenusTheory Well...that took ONE whole day to find. I made an OVER LIST offer, so we'll see. SENSEL MORPH with Piano, Drum & Music Production overlays.

[@watchaddicts1213]

@@VenusTheory I know...I've become: THE THING THAT WOULDN'T LEAVE (ernter Venus Theory HORROR SOUND DESIGN music. Just to note, I'm about to pay $377 for the MORPH including the 3 overlays. That may not be too bad. It's sold AS NEW sort of dealio. I choose to imagine you're reading this and [privately] cheering for me!🙄

[@ryan.noakes]

I did something very similar in an assignment for an electroacoustic music class where I recorded the sound of rain on my umbrella and ran it through a set of filters following the harmonic series. It was a neat, textured chord sound.

[@NiallDempsey]

Really enjoyed video, I'm a big fan of Decent Sampler too. I downloaded the Free Organic Orchestra from your website and noticed 2 small issues. The preset is set up for 15 samples but has only 8 samples included. so it gives a error message on loading and the Reverb Size and Tone position should be set to 1 in the preset file, not 2.

[@nickstalhood5380]

What keyboard are you using un this vid?

[@vigneshanil9103]

I really really appreciate you doing these videos actually championing free and open source software... I'm a huge hoarder of plugins and so I see virtually every channel who posts about freeware but I genuinely get excited to watch your videos because it's never just a list of free software... It's really your passion towards these plugins and developers doing great stuff which just so happened to have that extra perk of costing zero bucks.... Please please please keep making videos like these. Ily

[@VenusTheory]

Really glad to hear that!

[@Xstatic1975]

Why raise the A frequencies and not C? Samplers usually pitch it to C?

[@VenusTheory]

Because C is 261.63Hz and that's not really a number most EQs will like. 440 is much more precise for tuning, and also just easier to do.

[@adamsmith7058]

A 440 is easier to deal with than C. Also the root note for samples can be arbitrary, if you so wish.

[@jantuitman]

@@VenusTheory in addition to this question: physical instruments also have odd harmonics and not just 2 powered. Does 110,220,330,440, 550, … also work or is there a reason to stick to octaves only?

[@Xstatic1975]

@@VenusTheory Thanks, makes sense. I'm a bit spoiled with fabfilter pro-q 3 where I just slide the frequency to the note on the keyboard :-)

[@VenusTheory]

@Jan this is a question for another video I'm sorta planning, but in short that is where modal synthesis and physical modeling come in to play. A bit beyond what I can answer in a comment, but so long as the 'tuned' fundamental is the most present (say A400) you can certainly add other harmonics as you see fit.

[@Vospi]

Free MEqualizer has a harmonics knob hidden for every band.

[@chromofonic]

Nicely done! You beat me by one day lol. Nice presentation of the concept. I explain it differently. Same principle, different presentation. It's interesting to see that you go with "synthesizer". I just went with "the harmonic series" concept. Oh, and I prefer Kontakt. Good job though in explaining the principle. I have been a subscriber for ages. I appreciate the hard work that goes into your videos.👍🏻

[@TraxtasyMedia]

I wish I sometimes had my smartphone right up recording, when certain sounds occured, like a rollstair in the underground that stucks for a second with a reverby screech sound or a bottle that falls down, hits a stone tile but doesn't brake, or someone binning a glass bottle in a metal trash can, so I could set up my own unique sample library no one else has.. By the way, this has got some serious deadmau5 vibes and it also can be used for EDM. Love ya channel dewd.

[@Terribleguitarist89]

Sometimes it's fun just to try making tunes with the most random of things. I downloaded a sampled Pringles can VST for laughs but it's honestly been great for pluck or Rythym parts. Today my personal challenge was to write something where most of the Rythymic movement came from that goofy plugin and a heavily colored ping-pong delay. Plus I've been joking with my guitarist friends that the true best tone comes from Sour Cream and Onion cans.

[@bricelory9534]

Congrats on the instrument! I'll enjoy playing around with it, and for creating my own textural pads. Very smart technique! And if you want, you can go all music theory on it and do other intervals in the harmonic series to add even more tonal character to the texture...I'll have some fun playing around with that!

[@clickbaitpro]

Which headphone are those?

[@VenusTheory]

Gear in the description! These are my Austrian Audio HI-X65

[@clickbaitpro]

@@VenusTheory Thanks! Are these better than your Sennheiser mox headphones?

[@VenusTheory]

Yes and no - I did a video covering them on the channel a while back in more detail. For mixing and mastering they're great, but since they're open back for tracking they aren't really the best choice.

[@arcticfoxstudios2018]

Dude, that opening sound is epic. A field recorder has been on my to buy list for awhile. You just kicked up up several notches. And...I just went to download the official VT organic orchestra. You are the best!

[@michaelbutler2312]

i do something similar with rain, wind, hawks, hummingbirds, frogs, people snoring, baby crying, etc. so much fun. thanks for even more stuff to do!!!

[@omniburn]

Damn, Cameron. The quality of your videos are getting better everytime.

[@KenDavis761]

Been trying this in FL Studio with the Stock EQ and DirectWave sampler. This is awesome. Thank you Cameron

[@NeuKatalYst]

In a similar vein as this, I'm a big fan of using tuned tonal delay (such as the one in Rift's feedback module) with foley recordings mixed with itself. Add something like chorus and/or reverb for cleanup and you'll have a good texture, as well~

[@mauromanno5412]

Great vid man! Beautiful :-)

[@EEKmusic]

hey man you're a pretty cool audio guy dude and i appreciate it bro.

[@VenusTheory]

Appreciate your channel - learned quite a few good tips from it over the years!

[@EEKmusic]

@@VenusTheory what you've seen my videos lol I'm might faint bro

[@VenusTheory]

Many of them actually! Think I found you through your Liquid DnB stuff years and years ago.

[@EEKmusic]

@@VenusTheory ah nice! good ol days. im slowly trying to get back into KZbin. I've just been putting all my energy into stock library stuff to make some type of money lol but love your vids though man. amazing stuff. keep it up!

[@EamonCoughlan]

Hiking and weird instruments are two of my favourite things, now I get to obsess about recording cool sounds and making instruments every time I go out into the woods. Thank you for sharing this idea!

[@peterelfman]

Cameron, this is fantastic! I've been a fan of David Hilowitz and Decent Sampler for a while now, and I'm so glad you made an instrument for it! There's pure joy in your eyes in the video when you're playing back the instrument and talking about the history of each sound source. I can't wait to grab the new instrument, and hopefully make my own and experience the same sort of joy.

[@shannonia81]

Really like how you use a combo of free & paid plugins. If you have cash you can check them out, but if not you are still able to make the sounds and ideas 😁 New DS instrument sounds great, may mosey on over to your site over the weekend...🤑🎵

[@BishopsWest]

Thanks for the inspiration. I recorded background noise in Starbucks, then did the same thing using Bitwig's Resonator Bank. Pretty easy, and you can type in the notes (G2, D#3, etc.) for each node.

[@vishnudh1216]

Those organic smiles when recollecting memories

[@solarnewborn]

That final result is absolutely stunning and beautiful 😵

[@danielleohallisey4218]

I’m disappointed in myself for never thinking to take this approach! All my previous attempts to work with found sound have resulted in my using single cycle loops, which makes a pitched sound bearing none of the original textures. Thanks for this! Inspirational…

[@chitlun]

This is excellent! I must say, the 1st couple of minutes of this video made me a little wistful, although not in a sad way… I’ve been experimenting with the resonator in Bitwig to try achieve similar results but this has really given me some great ideas to try out. Cheers for this man, peace ✌️

[@Wayne_Robinson]

(eyeing my underutilized Zoom H1) This technique will be somewhere in my next song. And the idea of using narrow EQ bands to create pitch out of broadband sounds is intriguing.

[@fluffycritter]

There are some really amazing sounds in here and this is a great technique video for how to produce them. I like to do something similar-but-different by abusing impulse responses in Logic's Space Designer plugin. It comes with some really amazing drone and rhythmic "spaces" that can do some amazing things, and the IR designer tool lets you do even more stuff by throwing random waveforms at it.

[@prajwal_bagewadi]

sir which vst did u use In the adding density section

[@arrtemfly]

wow. this is such a great sound and amazing technique. really love what you did there. and the music itself, the harmonic part of it, is very fitting. reminds me of hyper light drifter soundtrack by disasterpiece, heh

[@MichaelBlueMusic]

Ok, I’m totally doing that!! With the Iridium (and Quantum) having a Particle engine, I wonder if sampling into those right after duplicating the EQ, then doing the rest in them, would make for some interesting patches. 🤔💙👍

[@hjvarfjell]

Really cool video. I have to try that in Ableton. I'm sure there are built in tools in Suite 11 that does the job of the tools you used in Bitwig. BTW. You just reminded me of Peter Gabriel telling in an interview about when he got his Fairlight CMI. He said that after that people in the area would observe this weird guy, running around everywhere with tape recorders and microphones. Even showing up with the same gear, plus hammers and mallets, at junk yards. Banging away on tubes, wrecked cars and anything else in the yard that would make a sound when pounded. 😊 The result can be heard on his records from that era.

[@andrewcrabtree7410]

Dude your channel is such a vibe, awsome ideas thank you

[@VenusTheory]

Glad you enjoy the channel! Cheers! ☕

[@AKAtAGG]

30 seconds in I bought the organic orchestra thing. You are a bloody good musician and I pretty much love everything you do.

[@GamePlayMetal]

The ultimate Brian Eno synth haha

[@VenusTheory]

Just add paulstrech

[@stephenedwards7455]

Having got your sample, (I assume it's a wave file) can you then just drag it into Organic Orchestra.

[@wilfig]

I've always thought of sound as a means of time travel.

[@powder_1998]

I absolutely love this. Love everything you do, please keep it up!

[@nathanaelorr7040]

Utterly beautiful. You've created something really wonderful - brilliant cultivating work.

[@pxldj]

I’m using decent sampler since the release, and this idea to not just mix the organic, synthetic and textural is so new and fresh, instabuy here, next week count with my review and keep the amazing work, inspires me everyday!

[@buaidhnobas1ify]

Thank you. Buckaroonie here catching up on some ambient noise from one of the greatest KZbinrs out there. If it sounds like I'm blowing sunshine up your arsis, I am. Not that you need it mind you. Just trying to be funny. (pausing while I add some words to my Dictionary) I really need to get out, it's been a while. And now I have a reason. I feel a project is in my future and it's going to be noisy.

[@buaidhnobas1ify]

P.S. What is David looking at I wonder? Mmm.

[@DavidSmith-ne1zp]

I really appreciate your videos, very inspiring indeed!

[@burado1974]

Just made my first instrument, this is so much fun, thanks for teaching this.

[@TheLonePiper]

Very cool. I love the modified use of a Shepard Tone (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_tone).

[@Garflips]

Good show! I'm very interested in the latest support for articulations in Decent Sampler. I've created a library with GUI for Sforzando in the past but Plogue requires licensing and they told me they aren't taking on any new developers. Also got to commend David Hilowitz for keeping Decent alive and healthy. Oh, and - not that there's anything wrong with supporting Kontakt - but I'm kinda glad you share my commitment to not go down that rabbit hole. Maybe if they ever tweaked the UI to make it readable by "more experienced" eyeballs, but I prefer to stick with a just few select Kontakt Player libraries myself.

[@Kmuggle]

All of your piano work is well composed ... great job!

[@steventaylor3789]

I’ve never been quite so excited to go and play with eq. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@righthand3d]

Very psyched to get this!

[@JeanLoupRSmith]

I'll have to check how well this works with SampleOne XT

[@SirNotAppearing]

around @10:50 can I throw out a thumbs-up for the CR8 Sampler and the really fun Offset knob (plus some modulation) for instant "granular" bliss. cheap, fun, and really easy-to-use.

[@freewheelburning8834]

do I have to use the Kontakt player for these DS's? I dont think Kontakt is worth the headache

[@lofomuses]

Excellent video! I've also been watching Dave H's videos for a while now, and just discovered your channel. Thanks for reminding me of this technique of bringing out the fundamental tones of a found sound... I am a chemical engineer, and have access to many crazy sounding environments, even walking around some of our 'noisy' facilities. Surely I will be able to turn these sounds into something beautiful and playable. Question for you -- just over the last few days, I have seen some new plugins come out that bring the promise of some creative wave shaping. Specifically, Waves' CR8, and, just today, Arturia's EFX Fragments. What do you think about using something like these, as opposed to the PaulXStretch or Emergence plugins you have shown?

[@NXAlpha]

This is awesome stuff, thanks a lot mate

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

Nobody eats before the Gram does!!! 🤣🤣

[@miriamsternlicht]

This is gorgeous!

[@electropunkzero]

I’m always trying to soak up everything I can around sound design to help with my trailer music. Your instrument is very cool for building an atmosphere

[@karmatosed7211]

Top notch content as always. ^^

[@KozmykJ]

I grabbed Organic Orchestra the other day when you released it. It's good stuff. You have my approval. Carry on ...

[@ismaelcortesjr9281]

I'm super new to this world of sound design. (Like starting today) is the decent sampler free ? Sorry for the newbie question but I figured someone here could easily help. 😁

[@VenusTheory]

Correct! Decent Sampler is totally free.

[@ismaelcortesjr9281]

@@VenusTheory appreciate you getting back to me. Just downloaded it trying to find libraries now . Thank you

[@Mopsie]

Super epic, thanks man. Gonna try this!

[@MicahBratt]

I’ve used this technique in some of my previous tracks too. It's a nice little trick 👍

[@jingleskhanaudioproductions]

this is sound design I like: just go outside and record your environment. then mess around with it. pure art!

[@rickglasser]

Genius stuff, dude!

[@Artek604]

Great sounds, music & video! But you should probably make a follow-up for Bitwig users (or those interested in it) showing how this can be done using EQ and Keytrack modulator, without having to duplicate the sample separately for each note of the chord. This way it would probably sound cleaner, i.e. the non-chord elements of the sound wouldn't be multiplied and re-pitched?

[@lukeh6172]

Awesome video as always and congrats on such a beautiful sample instrument. I just got it and damn it's good!!

[@GeorgeLocke]

You cloud use all kinds of source material for this. I'm just thinking, you could also use music, vocals, heavily modulated synth madness...

[@Winterdagen]

Love this!

[@Avesta.]

This is absolutely incredible. Thank you!

[@cheezeofelune]

I didn't have any recordings, but I do have some pictures from an event that I'm going to run through Photosounder and see how your technique works on that.

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

Thank you again for this super idea and for sharing it with us. Awesome.

[@leesparey3595]

Great trick, thank you. Just tried it out with some wind FX I made last weekend, works a treat.

[@dm12e]

Awesome man

[@jasonbensonmusic]

Im getting goosebumps. Dude🙆‍♂️

[@BakerImageGroup]

What mic are you using? Sounds great! Your production value is excellent! I just subbed.

[@dmitripopov8570]

If I may ask, what is the name and make of your field recorder? I am looking at Zoom H6 or H8 - you never know, when you might be recording a whole band or a concert )) ..raaarely happens, but... save the day once and that just might be enough to start or continue a great friendship. )