Sands by Reiner Sonnenschein

Contests for Composers Ambient Music Contest (Oct 2019)
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I have been working on this track while spending a week of holiday with the family on Ameland, a gorgeous Dutch island. In October the mood there is mesmerizing, especially the sand dancing on the beach while it is windy. I had the vox sample lying in my DAW for a while, with the beat it all came together. So not strictly an ambient track from a production perspective. But mood wise, I can chill to Carbon Based Lifeforms and Henrik Lauge as much with beat as without.

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  1. Only new tracks published in October allowed
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Great to have you join the contest Axel, and very nice track. :slight_smile:
You forgot to write a description, please edit your post to add one.

PS. Check out the other entries too :slight_smile:

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Great track kind of reminds me of tangerine dream - what synths did you use?

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Thanks, Tangerine Dreams comparison is a high praise!
The synths used for pads and lead are Obsidian and SynthMaster One. I put a lo-fi filter on top to get the granular (sandy!) sound.
The bass is also Obsidian, a patch called BassGVelSplit. The vox is a 140 bpm sample from Zenhiser. The track is produced in 70 bpm - to get the delay and reverb chilled :wink:

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Thanks for listening and reminding me- I now added the story behind!

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I agree with you, there can definitely be a “beat” in an ambient music track too, as long as you are careful and not make it too focused. :slight_smile:

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hello
interresting track
in my opinion it’s sound like childout and ambiant , i like the little voice that coming from nowhere surprising but very good use :slight_smile:
good job

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Merci bien, content que ca te plaise! La voix est venue qu‘ à la fin!