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It’s been a while since my last post, but I’ve been busy with the release of an Ep. And work. And other things. 😉
Here’s a code for all ambient soundscape lovers, which shows the power of code based programming languages. The code is not the cleanest, but I hope you get the idea, i.e. tons of oscillators, and filters! 
I like here that the long drones are different in textures due to the fact that the single oscillators are randomly chosen.
~out=Bus.audio(s,2);
//Synth definitions
SynthDef(\pad,{arg out=0,f=#[ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ],d=0,a=0.1;
var sig=0;
var sig2=SinOsc.ar(f[15],0,0.08);
var env=EnvGen.kr(Env.linen(6,7,10),doneAction:2);
sig=Array.fill(16,{|n| [SinOsc.ar(f[n]+SinOsc.ar(f[n]*10,0,d),0,a),VarSaw.ar(f[n]+SinOsc.ar(f[n]*10,0,d),0,0.5,a),LFTri.ar(f[n]+SinOsc.ar(f[n]*10,0,d),0,a),WhiteNoise.ar(0.001)].wchoose([0.33,0.33,0.33,0.01])});
sig=Splay.ar(sig,0.5);
Out.ar(out,((sig+sig2)*env)!2);
}).add;
SynthDef(\out,{arg out=0,f=0;
var in=In.ar(~out,2);
in=RLPF.ar(in,(8000+f)*LFTri.kr(0.1).range(0.5,1),0.5);
in=RLPF.ar(in,(4000+f)*LFTri.kr(0.2).range(0.5,1),0.5);
in=RLPF.ar(in,(10000+f)*LFTri.kr(0.24).range(0.5,1),0.5);
in=in*0.5 + CombC.ar(in*0.5,4,1,14);
in=in*0.99 + (in*SinOsc.ar(10,0,1)*0.01);
Out.ar(out,Limiter.ar(in,0.9));
}).add;
//Choose octaves;
a=[72,76,79,83];
b=a-12;
c=b-12;
d=c-12;
//Set the main out
y=Synth(\out);
//Main progression
t=fork{
inf.do({
y.set(\f,rrand(-1000,1000));
Synth(\pad,[\f:([a.choose,b.choose] ++ Array.fill(5,{b.choose}) ++ Array.fill(5,{c.choose}) ++ Array.fill(4,{d.choose})).midicps,\a:0.1/rrand(2,4),\d:rrand(0,40),\out:~out]);
rrand(5,10).wait;})
};
t.stop;
s.quit;
Of course, you could easily generalize this to a larger number of oscillators, filters, etc.
And even more, consider this just as a base for further sound manipulation, i.e. stretch it, granulize it, etc.
Experiment. Have fun. Enjoy.
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