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New Ambience: The Threshing Hour
🕑 Added 2025-07-02 18:13:38 +0000 UTCEdit: 7/2/25 - Apparently the mixed version got corrupted during the upload so it was giving errors. This track has been replaced and all the downloads are working again. - Tim
Greetings Patrons,
Cornfields, rusted windmills, distant trains. That's what I wrote in my notebook. I wanted it to feel a bit like an 80s movie, or a retro modern film set back then. So, synths. And then, more synths.
At some point I thought of a mech. My original concept was a rusting hulk, home to birds and small rodents. But rusting metal hulks don't make much of a sound, so this one needed to be old and decrepit, but barely functional. Maybe caught in a boot loop sequence. Desperately trying to get itself to a power source.
But the point is we're in the middle of nowhere and now we can tell pretty much any story we want. Kids on bikes discover a body, strange lights in the night sky, restoration of a discarded robot, you see where I'm going.
Musically, this is about 80% synths - a mix of software and hardware units. On top of that I added my new-to-me autoharp, for some subtle sweeps. An orchestral string section doubles the lead synth line for nice buildup, but it never stops being desolate sounding.
As this track is currently in Patreon exclusive sneak-peek, I've included the mixed version (live on the site next week), as well as music only, and ambience-only versions here for patrons. Additionally, I created two 'no mech' versions which should offer some variation. I hope you find these useful.
Thank you all, as always, for your continuing support.
Best,
Tim
P.s. Fixed an issue with Custom SoundPads where the multi-part sounds (x4,x2) weren't working.
Comments
Steve Juranich
My crew is about to have a shootout in an old abandoned rail yard in their Cyberpunk: RED game next session. This should work quite well. Thanks!
Ed Dove
Similarly, both the picture and the track description make me imagine a rural counterpart to Tim's intentionally Stålenhag-inspired track "Loop Tales".
Ineptus Astartes
The picture reminds me of Simon Stålenhag's 'The Electric State' (has a TTRPG with Free League).
Floyd Bullard
Tim, I like this moody track a lot, thank you! It has occasional slightly-tense sections, but it's mostly like one giant deep breath in the middle of a story with danger behind and danger ahead. Kind of like your recent "Between Adventures" track. Or "Long Rest".
