Ambient DM Reviews

App is abandoned & was just a cash grab

It is great music for roleplaying gaming atmosphere.

This is a really great piece of software. I'm looking forward to using it in my sessions to come. Interface is simple and easy to use. Sound choice is already very robust. I hope in the future that the developer will add a function which will allow the user to push sounds through the microphone channel so it can be more easily used on conferencing software. It's wonderful otherwise. Can't wait to use it more!

A fantastic product! Happy with the purchase. A couple things that I hope are added in future patches are timers to the banks so you can have sound effects come in and out. Also a way to start all the banks at once would be another handy addition. Only had it a couple hours, but the potential is blowing me away!

I use this more for my personal frame of mind while writing rather than actual games, but it's very useful for being able to customize a mood and stimulate the senses while working on creative projects. I originally had a problem after buying some DLC where some of it wasn't showing up. Got in contact with the dev team, which didn't take particularly long, and they were very diligent about working the problem and getting it resolved. Within a couple of hours they pushed an update to the game that got my issue resolved, which is pretty great all things considered. About the only real criticisms I have are that some of the sound effects for animals and insects are a little on the short and repetitive side, but that was easily fixed by just going out and finding some on the web to add, which was a mostly trouble-free effort. Other than that I'd just like to see more packs from them, maybe expanding out into a few more genres. (I'd love, say, some cyberpunk and sci-fi stuff.)

Well, I'm updating my review as the developer seems to have all but abandoned the product and I don't want anyone viewing my review as a reason to purchase anymnore.

Generic songs on youtube are better, I own the base program and the dark heroes (ew) and Fantastical (worth the 5 bucks) The program is okay at best, and using it is nice. it has the ability to turn the volume of music/sounds up and down, plus their tone. This allows you to change how they sound. while it does contain the massive libary of super generic rpg soundtracks and sfx, I personally don't see it as a 20 dollar deal, much less a 14 dollar one. for what you get you can go on youtube and just look up what your needing. plus you don't even own the sounds if you want to stream dnd. TL;DR - Save your money for something that you can get for creative common, or just some prep work.

I have been looking for a program like this for years, and a love that I have this in my DM arsenal now. however, I feel like there are some things that still could be improved on. first, it needs another sliding bar that controls the frequency that audio files repeat themselves. because some sounds if you just hit repeat on will drive you nuts, such as the bird sounds. and the seconded thing is that you need some sort of hotkey function that works when the program is in the background. but with that said i love this program and i hope it continues to get better.

TLDR: Cash grab. Incredibly limited ambient music for your sessions with very little useful features and a horrendous interface. Not recommended. Needs a huge overhaul in function to be meaningfully employed in game sessions. I don't usually review games/programs as there is plenty of folks who do it better than I... this one upset me enough to post a review. I bought it quite some time ago but then stopped using it when I realised how utterly useless it is. I waited long enough to see if it would be updated/modified to be more useful but I haven't seen an update since November of 2019. I used it for a handful of sessions but it was more frustrating than useful. In it's current form I can't possibly endorse this product. It takes what should be a simple and straightforward process (adding ambience and music to your tabletop games) and complicates it with a bizarre user interface that limits you and grants you a thousand sounds that are merely a second in length. Ohand only 35 slots to use. Want to repurpose those sounds? Impossible due to the design. Quite honestly, has the developer played D&D? Why would I need 9 different fire sounds that only last 0.5 seconds? In what way is this useful? Admittedly there are a few good music tracks in here, but they are the minority of the files. I'd rather have paid the artists directly for the music so I can use them in another program. If you're looking for a decent ambient music program look elsewhere: syrinscape is costly but at least it understands what a DM/GM needs. I'd review this again if the program changes in any meaningful way but I feel I wasted my money here.