Perhaps the ultimate pursuit of the sound designer, soundscapes can be anything you want them to be. Whatever genre you’re working in – from soundtrack to ambient, through house and DnB – there’s always a place for an evolving, atmospheric bed of sound to set the mood and fill out the mix.
And the best thing about cooking up one of these atmospheric sounds is that you’re never quite sure what you’re going to get. Throw a few ingredients in, and a slight tweak of the recipe can give you radically different results – there’s always something new to try.