How To Sound Design Ecosystems | BIOTA
Biota is a completely synthesized, procedural / generative alien soundscape that I sound designed in Ableton Live. In this video I'll break down how I created various geophysical and wildlife sounds generatively, and discuss other factors that go into creating a soundscape. Support BIOTA on Bandcamp: https://amfivolia.bandcamp.com/album/biota-alien-soundscapes MY LINKS Portfolio: https://amfivolia.crd.co/ Bandcamp: https://amfivolia.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3SyI00x3JUB1J0iDEp8QGH Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/amfivolia TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - What is Biota? 1:57 - Soundscape Ecology 3:44 - Analyzation 6:08 - Probability & MIDI 10:59 - Modulators 13:39 - Designing Geophony 17:49 - Designing Biophony 25:57 - Acoustics 30:08 - Epilogue SONGS USED Ravel - Une Barque sur L'Ocean Ravel - Toccata Debussy - Pagodes Ravel - À la manière de Borodine Ravel - La Vallée des Cloches Liszt - Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude Ravel - Ondine Amfivolía - Esse Solum Amfivolía - Signa Stasis Ravel - Jeux d'Eau Debussy - Clair de Lune RESOURCES/REFS Open AIR Library: https://www.openair.hosted.york.ac.uk/ What is modulation? https://blog.faderpro.com/music-production-concepts/modulation-basics-for-synthesis-and-sound-design Kilohearts Modulation: https://kilohearts.com/docs/modulation Sound Propagation Level Calculator: https://noisetools.net/barriercalculator ml.Distance: https://maxforlive.com/library/device/5228/ml-distance MORE REFERENCES https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/61/3/203/238162 https://jea.jams.pub/article/2/1/48 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colors_of_noise https://pressbooks.pub/sound/chapter/intensity-and-distance-april-2019-version https://cosinesound.com.au/blog/2016/11/7/cricket-chirp-synthesis https://ask.audio/articles/what-is-convolution-reverb CREDITS Thanks to @Smam for illustrating some of the creatures: https://smamsart.carrd.co/ & special thanks to friends: stasys, popbot & lukasipo for reviewing this video before release — If you want to get in contact with me, you can do so via Email or Discord: Discord: amfivolia Email: amfivolia.FLAC@gmail.com
Biota is a completely synthesized, procedural / generative alien soundscape that I sound designed in Ableton Live. In this video I'll break down how I created various geophysical and wildlife sounds generatively, and discuss other factors that go into creating a soundscape. Support BIOTA on Bandcamp: https://amfivolia.bandcamp.com/album/biota-alien-soundscapes MY LINKS Portfolio: https://amfivolia.crd.co/ Bandcamp: https://amfivolia.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3SyI00x3JUB1J0iDEp8QGH Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/amfivolia TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - What is Biota? 1:57 - Soundscape Ecology 3:44 - Analyzation 6:08 - Probability & MIDI 10:59 - Modulators 13:39 - Designing Geophony 17:49 - Designing Biophony 25:57 - Acoustics 30:08 - Epilogue SONGS USED Ravel - Une Barque sur L'Ocean Ravel - Toccata Debussy - Pagodes Ravel - À la manière de Borodine Ravel - La Vallée des Cloches Liszt - Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude Ravel - Ondine Amfivolía - Esse Solum Amfivolía - Signa Stasis Ravel - Jeux d'Eau Debussy - Clair de Lune RESOURCES/REFS Open AIR Library: https://www.openair.hosted.york.ac.uk/ What is modulation? https://blog.faderpro.com/music-production-concepts/modulation-basics-for-synthesis-and-sound-design Kilohearts Modulation: https://kilohearts.com/docs/modulation Sound Propagation Level Calculator: https://noisetools.net/barriercalculator ml.Distance: https://maxforlive.com/library/device/5228/ml-distance MORE REFERENCES https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/61/3/203/238162 https://jea.jams.pub/article/2/1/48 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colors_of_noise https://pressbooks.pub/sound/chapter/intensity-and-distance-april-2019-version https://cosinesound.com.au/blog/2016/11/7/cricket-chirp-synthesis https://ask.audio/articles/what-is-convolution-reverb CREDITS Thanks to @Smam for illustrating some of the creatures: https://smamsart.carrd.co/ & special thanks to friends: stasys, popbot & lukasipo for reviewing this video before release — If you want to get in contact with me, you can do so via Email or Discord: Discord: amfivolia Email: amfivolia.FLAC@gmail.com