creating space and vastness?

[nirn]

In general, what is the process to take for creating instruments that sound like they're sitting in vast expanses?

These themes are examples




Their characteristics are that the largeness is not within the voice, but the booming quality that they produce which imply a grand environment. (in the Oblivion track, even the flute has this resonant/booming quality) However, unlike the reverbs they don't reflect back and forth, the boom projects outwards.

Here are troubles that I have run into:

1. Long/big reverbs always have their tails sound gloomy and depressing. The echoes and wash always remind you of a dark cavern or the inside of a hollow oil tanker.
2. Delays don't work well with plucked/struck instruments. The echoes are always perceivable as distinct, like the flutterings of a tremolo. For arpeggio patterns the side effects may be subdued, but not for single plucks or random patterns.
3. I'm not sure about pads and drones, since those stand out as additional voices, not mere suggestions of deep atmospheres.

Thank you.

[Mc UB]

Hi Nirn, I'm no expert in game/movie music, bu...

[nirn]

Thanks for the tips. Can you explain this bit ...

[Mc UB]

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[alphaOri]

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[nirn]

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[Lachra]

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[nirn]

Mc UB wrote:Hi Nirn, In general effects are I t...

[Mc UB]

Hi Nirn, Well, no, because I wasn't actually t...

[nirn]

The thing with your example is the sound you ar...