MAKING AMBIENT MUSIC with FREE PLUGINS | Dark Fantasy Drone in FL Studio
16Learn how to make ambient music with only free plugins! In this beginner-friendly FL Studio tutorial, I’ll walk you through the full process of creating a dark fantasy ambient drone track using PaulXStretch, Valhalla Supermassive, ZL EQ, Wave Breaker, and the Cymatics LIFE Sample Pack. All completely FREE.
This video is part free plugin roundup, part track breakdown, as I show you how I created an ambient rework of my original song “DUSK” (available now on streaming platforms). Perfect if you're just getting into ambient production, sound design, or looking to make pro-level music without spending money on expensive plugins.
ARTIST NOTE
Firstly, thank you for watching! I’ve been producing music on Youtube for four years and always trying to grow my identity here as a producer and teacher. I create longform ambient works as well as lofi hip-hop, plus tutorials on how to create those genres. Feel free to hang out and explore my other videos, it’s lovely to have you here!
Secondly, the goal of this video was not to trivialize the ambient genre or the artists that create it in any way. The point of this video was to give people who had an interest in creating ambient music a way to do so, and to guide those beginners through the process. There are many ways to create ambient compositions and I feel that this way was by far the easiest for the purposes of the video. Happy producing! BADSOI
👇 Timestamps, links, and resources below 👇
00:00 Intro
00:45 The original beat
01:13 Wave Breaker
01:50 Paul X Stretch
04:13 ZL Equalizer
05:47 Supermassive
07:47 Exporting from PXS
08:40 The audio file
09:22 Cymatics Life
11:05 Recap
11:27 Note on mastering
11:56 Outro
🛠 ️ Plugins & Resources Used (All Free!):
PaulXStretch – extreme time-stretching for ambient textureshttps://sonosaurus.com/paulxstretch//
Valhalla Supermassive – lush reverb/delay for massive spacehttps://valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/valhalla-supermassive/.
ZL EQ – Dynamic EQ for shaping soundshttps://zl-audio.github.io//
Wave Breaker – True peak limiter for controlling dynamicshttps://pressplay-music.com/wave-breaker/.
Cymatics LIFE Sample Pack – Atmospheric foley sample packhttps://cymatics.fm/products/life-ambient-recordings.
🎹 DAW: FL Studio
🎤 With commentary & facecam for a comprehensive walkthrough
🎵 Listen to the ambient rework of DUSK:
🌐 https://gyro.to/DuskAmbientReworkk
🎧 Stream my full catalog on all platforms:
🌐 https://linktr.ee/badsoii
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