Ambient Music reviews from Reddit

"I have a liven ambient and it is a lot of fun."

"One of the Sonicware Liven keyboards could be a good place to start - maybe the Ambient 0."

"Liven Ambient 0 (zero) is worth a look if you like the idea of using hardware."

"There is Sonicware's Liven Ambient 0."

"Hydrasynth stands way above the other two in all those areas."

"Hydrasynth owner here. The amount of sound design I can do on this thing is nuts."

"Hydrasynth for me. You can create long evolving random patches with it easily."

"Love the XD, but the 4 note polyphony will be limiting and I wouldn’t recommend it for crazy evolving sounds."

"You CANNOT go wrong with boss RV 200. Enjoy!"

"The Boss RV-200 Reverb is on sale for €299 at Soundshop.ie. Can't go wrong with Boss and at that price."

"Boss 200 & 500 series aren't for the menu-diving faint-of-heart, but if you can't dial in all but the most glitchy of related pedals, you aren't trying hard enough."

"I went with and ordered an rv-200. Slo caught my eye as well."

"I bought a used Korg MiniLogue XD for my first and only synth so I could play around with making ambient. It’s perfect (for me) for cost, capability and a learning tool"

"Korg Wavestation. Wave sequencing is a great way to make evolving textures with each note pressed."

"Korg Wavestate his sucessor is far more powerfull and more accessible (even if the inferface is quiet confusing for a newbie)"

"An iPad loaded with Korg iM1, Drambo, GrooveRider 2, BA-1, Moog Model 15, Mood Model D, NerdSynth, Mononoke, Infinite Reverb, Other Desert Cities, Ridgewalk, Weeping Wall, SpaceCraft, Tardigrain, Rymdigare, SnakeBud, FieldScaper, SpaceFields, FAC Alzeta (or the whole suite), Rozeta Suite, Blackhole, Eos 2, BLEASS Reverb, TB Reverb, AUF3Fx Space, Pro-R, Velvet Machine, Fugue Machine, Gaus Field Lo"

"Walrus Audio: SLO or Fundamental Ambient"

"Walrus Audio SLO or SLOER"

"Walrus slö does great ambience, I really love mine a lot. Never had a problem with it so far"

"Waldorf Irdium. 3 oscillators per the bi timbral audio core. Fully formed Fm, wave table, va, resonator and granular synthesis."

"Waldorf Iridium."

"I also mentioned Eno and Budd. Seemed like the logical antidote to a Doom overdose."

"Ambient : Brian Eno, johann johansen , Harold Budd—will have a real calming effect, but can be moody, too. Is cinematic and elegant."

"I love dark ambient that makes me feel like I'm in Silent Hill."

"Anything by Atrium Carceri"

"Came here to recommend Julianna Barwick."

"The Magic Place - Julianna Barwick"

"Then download Valhalla Supermassive (free)"

"Valhalla shimmer is amazing for this too!"

"I got a Hydrasynth Deluxe and that did ambient just fine. 5 envelopes and 5 LFO's allows for lots of subtle movement and a nice big mod matrix also helped."

"Hydrasynth. thing is a beast and great value for the price."

"A I A: Alien Observer by Grouper"

"Grouper"

"Maybe you can find a strymon night sky used in that price range? I love mine for ambient. I use it with guitar and synth"

"Strymon Nightsky might go for that price"

"That machine is excellent!!!! Yes, there are better sounding machines, but the OP-1 Field is awesome for creativity"

"Op-1 field for me"

"Tim Hecker - The Piano Drop"

"Virgins by Tim Hecker is some really out there Ambient, and the only reason I'd call it that is because Idk what else to call it lol"

"My favourite one at the moment is Arturia Pigments, it’s an absolute joy to program and sounds incredible."

"Microfreak with a Microcosm"

"Catalinbread Adineko: Also lives in that murky, soupy space."

"Caralinbread Soft Focus."

"Gfi specular tempus on the second hand market!"

"The GFI Skylar is underrated and maybe affordable enough to be shipped from the US."

"I went with a TC Plethora X3 and use the Hall of Fame 2 in it, works great for my needs. Nothing fancy but does a good hall or room and that was all I was looking for."

"TC Electronics Echo Lab. Cheap af and sounds great. EHX Memory Boy is goated too. Slö is a fave of mine too."

"The Ambient 0 is really dope, but maybe not great for a beginner because there’s a lot shift / function stuff going on that can really slow your workflow done."

"Soundware Liven Ambient 0"

"Bethel has the Without Words Album."

"Neunaber “wet reverb”, or the “immerse” if you feel like you need all the reverbs. I enjoy it because of how well it stacks with delays."

"Access virus ti; 16 part multi timbral, and mod matrix that is ridiculous, along with 5 types of synthesis"

"Uroboros - Zanias"

"Amethystium: Treasure"

"Hungry Robot ‘The Wash’: Made to do one job well, which is delay that decays into warm waves of reverb"

"Devin Townsend’s The Puzzle / Snuggles"

"William Basinski - Tear Vial"

"OBNE Sunlight or DarkStar, great for ambient"

"I'd recommend some of the Spotify playlists by Salt of the Sound like this one."

"You should also try the Spacer from Spectral plug-ins. It's got tons of unique ambient effects and it's free now"

"Those Adam Young scores are fabulous."

"Its all u need in a reverb. Pure shoegaze Sound. Volume / gain / reverb and a switch to make the reverb more Dark or bright :)))"

"Restored (Instrumental) by Then It Ends"

"Rachel's Song - Vangelis"

"Places of Pity by Malibu"

"[x]'s PENENCE is a must. stumbled into her bandcamp today and have been going down a rabbithole, completely stunned."

"Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 is my go to along with soundbanks by Luftrum."

"M83 - Night"

"Rejects Collective: Moonlight (Burn)"

"Maria by Funki Porcini"

"Nina just melts my heart. Her early album Little Girl Blue is an amazing album."

"Limerence by Yves Tumor"

"Blackmill: Let it Be"

"Edelis: Internal World"

"The Keeley Hydra Reverb/Tremolo is what you need bud, 299€ brand new you'll get it used no problem. One of the best on my board hands down!"

"Falling Up has an ambient EP called House Full of Caverns."

"Faintface: Horizon Dreams"

"Gospel Guitars by Jonathan Firey"

"Michael W. Smith has a beautiful instrumental album called Glory."

"I got Audio Damage Eos, I use it almost always! :D :P"

"Digitone and Waldorf Iridium come to mind, Analog Four too"

"Coil - Dark River"

"Been listening to Hatis Noit's new album Aura quite a bit."

"Harold Budd & Brian Eno - An Echo Of Night"

"Eqd Afterneath"

"Longing for Orpheus: AetherSpark, At Sea"

"Calvin Jones. I own his album Acoustic Passion on CD. It's quite nice."

"I think A Study in Vastness by Ana Roxanne might have what you’re searching for"

"Try hinako omori if you haven’t already. I particularly like a journey…"

"Eurorack is the best drone system"

"Logic with the following native plugins: Echo, Space designer, Tremolo, Echo studio vst amp, And the following external plugins: Keyscape, Neuraldsp cory wong, Omnisphere"

"Bitwig Studio. Go check a video called ‘Making an ambient set’ by Polarity Music on YouTube for a good showcase."

"Slovta is really wonderful for some ambient reverb tones. Don’t know what it’d run you but I love mine."

"Caretaker is such a great suggestion! These are all great, though. Can I suggest, if you don’t know them, Holland Andrews. They are fabulous."

"The Ambientalist who has a lot of instrumental tracks that are just...utterly perfect."

"Emancipator would fit the vibe pretty well, too."

"Ian William Craig is awesome"

"Ambient and I am obsessed with this overtone/vocal/folk album by Ensemble "lik" from Russia."

"I highly recommend my favorite William Augusto who's from Brazil. Amazing Christian music composer who has many albums."

"Ry Cox has an ambient instrumental album that’s pretty chill."

"Jennifer Haines https://open.spotify.com/album/5OULfLPip0k7g6tgxrpxWY?si=0wLGK6KSSfegvrowPb9DSA"

"Chris Springer https://open.spotify.com/album/6EwQzlIHGd94ldm1STE5OD?si=evIOq06xT-SU4gMZsVBytQ"

"Tony Anderson"

"Zeno is great; all acoustic guitar covers."

"Jonn Serrie does space music. He even has an album of hymns."

"Young Oceans- https://open.spotify.com/album/6AC6XfLoFirNe6HpiS8VDX?si=vLS6ahdCQVGkvxu13SsC4w"

"Kings Kaleidoscope also has some of their albums without lyrics. Certainly not normal CCM music, but they have a nice vibe to them."

"Check out Old Solar. It is an ambient post-rock band with several albums."

"Polyend Synth"

"One of the flavors of Mr Black reverbs. I have a Supermoon Chrome. It is voiced a little bright, but it has really good clarity and it still has a cool, eerie sound to it especially if you push the Sway modulation up."

"Elta Music Solar 42F"

"The plate setting on the EBS reverb (which you can get cheap) is surprisingly good for ambient stuff."

"Digitech Polara"

"For modular, ciat lonbarde plum butter."

"Samplitude comes with very cool built in VSTs dedicated to Ambient music ! You can reach the music studio x8 edition for 80€"