Scenery
Long-form sample player for adding atmosphere and texture ā ocean waves, bird chirps, spoken word, stuff you donāt want to repeat in your 4 bar loop
Adding a bit of ambience ā bird chirps, street noise, airport chatter, ocean waves ā is a rather underrated and effective method for adding interest to sparse music without having to add additional parts or unnecessary variation. Itās just tedious enough to set up an independently pitched and stretched looping long sample in Live to not even bother, but thatās not the case anymore: Scenery is purpose-built for playing ābackground soundā in your Live project as quickly as possible, transporting yourself and your music to new inspirational environments with a mouse click.
What it is : A simple sampler for playing ānon-musicalā background/atmospheric sounds.
Why it is : I loved the Radio Music in my Eurorack case. It made sparse patterns and sound more intriguing, setting them in a context and drawing the ear towards the setting the evoke. I found this hard to achieve in Live ā you donāt want a 4 bar of ambience to loop with the 4 bars of your arrangement youāre working on. You donāt want your ambience to warp to Liveās clock. You donāt to click through settings and play a clip in Session while your Arrangement plays. Or, at least, I didnātā¦ And so we have this little player for ambience.
I also recorded several videos to show off the use of the device: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT5-JwL1v4YJRk3aKKCLRffRWyVA9BUbs.
Requirements
Live Suite, or Max for Live
Documentation
User Guide
Download
v1.0.0 - Download via Dropbox (free)
v1.0.0 - Download via device page (pay + donation)
Free field recordings for use with Scenery
