D&D 5E (2014) Adding music to your session

[RealmSmith]

Hey All, what does everyone use for background music/effects for your sessions? I've heard Syrinscape is the way to go. Thoughts?

 

[GMMichael]

YouTube Red (commercial free?), and just pick and choose from various Zelda, Warcraft 3, and Skyrim tracks.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Hey All, what does everyone use for background music/effects for your sessions? I've heard Syrinscape is the way to go. Thoughts?

One of three things, usually.

get on YouTube, make a "watch later" list of appropriate music, depending on setting and the specific adventure. In an Eberron urban adventure, for instance, I play a lot of jazz, along with some of David Bowie's weird stuff

Find a soundtrack on Spotify, play it.

YouTube, search DDO music, play a playlist of it. It's great music, some of he best I've heard in an MMO, and perfect for setting a tone without distracting people.

 

[Dualazi]

I believe if you use roll20 for games as well it has a built-in function to play music, either continually or upon loading a new map/area.

 

[Bawylie]

Bootlegged Metallica cassettes


-Brad

 

[Grakarg]

Spotify. I like creating genre specific playlists from movie and game soundtracks. Huge library.

 

[Imaculata]

Any of the three Thief soundtracks are fantastic, especially for dungeons. I combine them with various ambient sounds that play alongside the music. (I have two music players on at the same time)

 

[DaveDash]

I believe if you use roll20 for games as well it has a built-in function to play music, either continually or upon loading a new map/area.

It used to allow music from SoundCloud, but SoundCloud have recently blocked roll20 access.

The other platforms are no where near as good.

It really sucks, actually. Once you get used to music in D&D it really adds to the immersion.


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[Li Shenron]

I vaguely remember that there was a free version of SyrinScape, but then it was changed to commercial? I would use something like that if it were free of charge.

Currently I just use Spotify playlists, of which I already have several depending on the type of scene, such as taverns, overland travels (different terrains), dungeons, temples, battle... my playlists are growing and changing over time, for example I found out that after a while "battle music" becomes really annoying unless the fight is relatively short.

 

[robus]

Hey All, what does everyone use for background music/effects for your sessions? I've heard Syrinscape is the way to go. Thoughts?

I've tried Syrinscape it was fun for a bit but the UI got annoying. I'd like to be able to build a shortcut screen to activate the various soundscapes I'm expecting to need for the evening but there's no way to do that. So I got tired of fiddling with it.

In the end I've stopped using music/ambient effects which makes me sad. I'll try some of the other suggestions here.