# Ambient music that takes its time

> Make ambient music in your browser: slow pads, soft bells, the sound of water or wind. Describe the place, hear it, then change it by asking.

Describe a place or a feeling, like "the northern lights over snow", and Shawarma makes slow ambient music for it: long pads, soft bells, a little air.

Nothing hurries. Ask for it slower, warmer, with no drums at all, or with the sound of water under it.

Northern lights

48 BPM, warm pads and soft bells

1. **The first light** pad, air
2. **The sky moves** pad, air, bells

[Open this song in Shawarma](https://shawarma.studio/open?example=made-ambient-aurora)

## One more to drift to

- The tide: 56 BPM, piano over strings and water: [Make it yours](https://shawarma.studio/open?example=made-ambient-tide)

## Then ask for *changes*

Once your song plays, type what it needs. It changes while it plays, and you keep only what you like.

- You slower and darker
- You add the sound of rain
- You more bells, higher up
- You take the piano out
- You a longer piece with three parts

## Made for a quiet room

- No beat to follow: Long, slow sounds with no drums, unless you ask for them.
- As long as you need: It loops while the page is open, or ask for a long piece with several parts.
- Your own place: A forest, the sea, a city at night. Describe it and change it until it fits.

**See the code of “Northern lights”**

```
setcpm(12) // 48 BPM, E major, slow light in the sky

const pad = note("<[e3,b3,g#4] [c#3,g#3,e4] [a2,e3,c#4] [b2,f#3,d#4]>").s("gm_pad_warm").attack(2).release(3).gain(.26)
const air = s("pink").lpf(1200).hpf(300).gain(.025)
const bells = note("<[b5 ~ ~ g#5] [~ e5 ~ ~] [c#6 ~ ~ ~] [~ ~ d#5 ~]>").s("vibraphone").room(.9).delay(.4).gain(.12)

arrange(
  [4, stack(pad, air)],          // the first light
  [8, stack(pad, air, bells)],   // the sky moves
)
```

## Questions

**Is it free?**

Yes. Your first song needs no sign-up, and making, editing and sharing songs is free. Exporting audio files comes with Pro.

**Can I make it longer?**

Yes. The music loops while it plays, or ask for a long piece with several parts so it changes slowly over time.

**Do I need to know music?**

No. Say what you want to hear in your own words, then ask for changes the same way.

## Make your own ambient music

A slow, calm piece is already typed in. Describe yours, or press the button.

Free. No sign-up for your first song.

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