Slow Forms — Surge XT Edition
75 ambient presets for Surge XT, built on the Slow Forms wavetables and EtherLoops' own pad and FX recordings — sounds that take their time.
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Tools, sounds & tutorials for ambient producers
MIDI tools, wavetables, presets and loops for ambient, chill-out and psybient — plus free step-by-step Bitwig and Surge XT tutorials.
Tools & sound packs
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Engines — Surge XT Edition
64 ambient presets for the free Surge XT synth, built entirely from Surge's own oscillator engines — glassy FM pads, tine keys and textures. No samples, nothing extra to install.
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Ether Harmony
Track blueprint tool for ambient and chill producers. Pick a few musical choices and get a complete set of MIDI ideas to start your track. Runs in the browser.
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Trellis — Arrangement Builder
Song structure and arrangement builder for ambient, chill and psy. Plan sections and track entries before you write a note — Bitwig project plus MIDI for every DAW.
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Driftline — Melody Maker
Melody maker for ambient, chill and psy producers. Write lead lines that fit your own chords, then export the MIDI.
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Slow Forms — Vital Edition
75 ambient presets for the Vital synth — pads, drones and evolving textures for ambient, chill and psy.
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EL Organic Wavetables Vol. 1
50 organic, evolving 256-frame wavetables for ambient, psy and sound design. Works in Bitwig, Serum, Vital, Pigments, Phase Plant, Surge XT and more.
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Track Builder
Generate MIDI for a complete track — chords, bass and pads, section by section.
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Vital
How to Make an Ambient Loop with One Free Synth — Vital + Organic Wavetables
A gliding bass, a drifting pad, an animated pluck and a breathing texture — four sounds from free Vital and organic wavetables, built into a 16-bar ambient loop.
Bitwig
How to Build a Dynamic Ambient Loop in Bitwig with Free Surge XT, Arps and Sidechain
Chords from Ether Harmony, every sound from free Surge XT, two arpeggiated sequences, a kick that doesn't always land, and one sidechain that makes the whole loop breathe.
Track Builder
How to Generate MIDI for a Complete Track — Chords, Bass and Pads, Section by Section
Eight good bars, looped for an hour. Here's how to get chords, bass and pads for every section of the track into your DAW — not just the loop.
Bitwig Studio
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Bitwig Studio
How to Arrange an Ambient Track Before You Write a Single Note (Bitwig Walkthrough)
Your loop never becomes a track because the arrangement never gets built. Here's how to lay out a full four-minute Bitwig arrangement before writing a note.
Tutorials
How to Make an Ambient Track from Scratch with Surge XT (Free VST Tutorial)
Build a complete ambient track from a blank project using free VSTs. A full step-by-step guide to layering pads, a bass drone, an arpeggiator, drums, and effects in A Minor with Surge XT, Bitwig Polymer, and Valhalla Supermassive.
Bitwig Studio
How to Build an Evolving Ambient Loop in Bitwig Studio Using Only Native Tools (Beginner Tutorial)
A beginner-friendly, step-by-step guide to building a full evolving ambient loop in Bitwig Studio — pad, bass, sequence, and beat — using only Bitwig's native devices. No third-party plugins.
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Wavetables, loops and Bitwig presets — free when you join the Etherloops list.
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Tutorials
How to Make an Ambient Track from Scratch with Surge XT (Free VST Tutorial)
Build a complete ambient track from a blank project using free VSTs. A full step-by-step guide to layering pads, a bass drone, an arpeggiator, drums, and effects in A Minor with Surge XT, Bitwig Polymer, and Valhalla Supermassive.
surge-xt
How to Build a Lush Ambient Pad in Surge XT — Step-by-Step Sound Design Guide
Build a complete ambient pad in Surge XT from scratch — wavetable oscillator, unison, slow envelope, S-LFO modulation, and a strong effects chain. No prior Surge XT experience needed.
MIDI
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Track Builder
How to Generate MIDI for a Complete Track — Chords, Bass and Pads, Section by Section
Eight good bars, looped for an hour. Here's how to get chords, bass and pads for every section of the track into your DAW — not just the loop.
Ambient
How to Write an Ambient Melody Over Your Own Chords (Without Guessing at Notes)
The pad loop is fine. It's the melody track that's still empty at 1 AM. Here's how to stop hunting for notes one at a time.
Tutorials
How to Make an Ambient Track from Scratch with Surge XT (Free VST Tutorial)
Build a complete ambient track from a blank project using free VSTs. A full step-by-step guide to layering pads, a bass drone, an arpeggiator, drums, and effects in A Minor with Surge XT, Bitwig Polymer, and Valhalla Supermassive.