Jade Starr Music

Ambiotica

by Charles Vestal

Regenerative ambient processor with rolling loopers, grains and chord-tuned reverb

Jun 18, 202620 minWatch on YouTube ↗

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  1. 2:48Playback stopped, the chain keeps regenerating on its own
  2. 4:26Orbit, the tempo-synced rolling looper, from zero
  3. 5:36Constellate grains spreading into octaves and fifths, then the Satellite micro-looper
  4. 6:40The signal chain diagram: loopers into grains into reverb and back
  5. 8:58Spectra resonators tuned to a chord, changing root and quality
  6. 10:45Gravity pulling everything into a drone, then Dilation reverses it
  7. 15:51Live vocals through the Prism preset

What it does

An ambient processor that turns any input into a self-sustaining wash. Orbit is a tempo-synced rolling looper, Satellite a faster micro-looper, Constellate spreads grains across octaves and fifths, and Tail, Flux and Spectra run a modulated reverb with resonators tuned to a chord you pick. Event Horizon sets how long feedback regenerates, Gravity raises every stage at once, and Dilation flips everything into reverse.

In the demo

Jade feeds it a nylon guitar pattern in AUM, zeroes every dial and brings the stages in one by one with the chain diagram on screen. She stops playback and lets it drone on, retunes the Spectra chord, tries the Prism preset, and sings into it live.

Worth knowing

This is a texture and drone tool rather than a mix reverb; Jade says herself it is not for a tight rock mix. Desktop builds for Mac, Windows and Linux are sold from the developer’s site, not the App Store.

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