Michael Ghelfi Studios

I need your ideas. Tomorrow, I'm running a one-shot D&D scenario for friends. They're lvl 5. Give me your best ideas.

I want to avoid the "kill that thing" / "get that Mc'Guffin from that dungeon" tropes. And I don't want to ask the AI to hallucinate something for me.

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Michael Ghelfi Studios

Started reading Lovecraft’s Cthulhu complete mythos, to prepare for my first Call of Cthulhu session as a DM. It’s awesome! I’ll compose more Patreon ambience/SFX packs for it in 2026.

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Michael Ghelfi Studios

We don’t have the big corporate budget to compete for visibility during Black Friday, so we’re offering our deal ahead of time (good for you :P). If you’ve been thinking about completing your MGS library, this is the perfect moment. We offer a discount applying to both our Patreon and albums! DMs need both to have our full collection.

Albums:
For a limited time, you can get 30% off when you pick any 6 or more albums from our catalog. Whether you’re missing just a few key ambiences or want to expand your music collection for upcoming sessions, this is the most cost-effective way to do it.
www.michaelghelfistudios.com/shop/

Patreon :
We didn't adapt our prices for years, but it will happen this month.
Before that happens, I’m offering a limited 30% discount on the first payment on our Patreon — whether you choose monthly or yearly. If you take the yearly offer, you get a second discount (the yearly discount) which adds up.
www.patreon.com/c/MichaelGhelfi

-> If you subscribe now, you permanently lock in the current lower price.

What you get on Patreon (summary):
- Full access to our growing library of music & ambiences, which is larger than any of our competitors' libraries (combined ;))
- Monthly releases, at least : 8 music tracks, 12 ambiences and 50 SFX per month. Some additional 15 or 30-minutes tracks as well for the highest tiers.
- Unique collaborations with other artists (battlemaps and other TTRPG content).

- And more

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Michael Ghelfi Studios

We stopped broadcasting the radios. Sadly, for the past year, both views and revenues have been going down, mostly due to YouTube pushing short content (brainrot, agressive advertisement and IA slop). Despite our attempts to change and update the radios, we didn't see a positive change. I also didn't want to add mid-roll ads.

Each radio requires a rather powerful server that runs 24/7, which is costly (about 650$ per year in total) as well as maintenance. We've been spending more than what we earned for the past 4 months. I had to take that decision.

Sorry for the ones who enjoyed them. You can find all of that music on our tool Opus, and a lot more -> dscryb.com/MichaelGhelfi we are about to launch a complete UI overhaul, along with dark mode :)

1 month ago | [YT] | 1,086

Michael Ghelfi Studios

I received Steam keys for the game Will Glow the Wisp. I have no idea why, especially since we didn't work on its soundtrack nor had contact with their dev.

Anyway, instead of letting them rot in my mailbox, I'm sharing them here. Feel free to use/distribute them. First come, first served!

[EDIT: All keys have been used]

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Michael Ghelfi Studios

YouTube enabled a new feature called "Stable volume". It's good for entertainment videos but terrible for our ambiences (and songs, sometimes). I was surprised to hear one of my ambiences suddenly didn't sound well. That was the culprit. Make sure you disable it if the audio levels of some elements sound off.

3 months ago | [YT] | 204

Michael Ghelfi Studios

We are currently running a Summer promotion on our website ( www.michaelghelfistudios.com/ ). If you buy three albums, you get the fourth for free! It's multiplicative, so if you get six albums, you have two more for free.

ALSO, for the next 5 days only, we’re offering an exclusive 30% discount on all tiers $5 and up on our Patreon.

Use the coupon code **MGS** at checkout to claim your discount.
-> Works on your first payment only – which means you can lock in a full year at 30% off if you choose annual billing.

By joining, you’ll instantly unlock thousands of music tracks, ambiences, and SFX. We won't run such a generous promotion before 2026 (or later), so don't miss it.
www.patreon.com/c/MichaelGhelfi

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Michael Ghelfi Studios

With our audio solution in a much more mature state (see top comment), requiring less attention from me, I'd like to invest more time in our YouTube channel. Tbh, it's getting buried under dozens of copy pasted channels and AI bloat. Not a big deal though, we already have 170000 subscribers to enchant with our work. In that regard, I'd like to know what YOU would like to see more on the channel.

3 months ago | [YT] | 112

Michael Ghelfi Studios

We at Michael Ghelfi Studios are really proud to share with you the Season of Ghosts album ! Now available on Spotify, on our website as a regular album and FoundryVTT version, and Bandcamp. It was entirely composed by Filip Melvan, who worked with Paizo's designers to create the best possible atmosphere to accompany you in this adventure. The album is EIGHTY minutes long and comes with looped versions for a total of 45 songs. All of it is also on our tool Opus, along with 7000 other songs, ambiences and SFX.

Honestly, this is imo the best MGS album ever released. It took more than a year to compose, and we don't regret a single second of efforts because we believe it was well worth it. East-asian themes are rarely taken care of in TTRPG music, and are sometimes taken too lightly, which end up sounding too stereotypical (not to say, disrespectful). I think this album respects the spirit of eastern asian music while acknowledging its objective of fitting a western TTRPG, deeply inspired by horror themes. You are listening to the blend of these three worlds.

Personal favorite tracks : Season of Ghosts, Relight the Eternal Light.

The album will be distributed for free to our Chosen-Tier patrons on the 26th of July!

Stay tuned, because Filip composed another album for Paizo. Something about Starfinder, maybe you've heard about that small indie game ;) Comes in two weeks!

Links :
Album version:
www.michaelghelfistudios.com/product/season-of-gho…

FVTT version
www.michaelghelfistudios.com/product/season-of-gho…

Bandcamp:
michaelghelfi.bandcamp.com/album/season-of-ghosts-…

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/4kOfeUEiAcMXahpGi5wzh0?si=_…

ALL the official Paizo music:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5ZvAIv4dZKL99hz0WXbJBZ?s…

For Patrons:
www.patreon.com/MichaelGhelfi

And last but not least, OPUS!
dscryb.com/MichaelGhelfi

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Michael Ghelfi Studios

Tuesday.

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