Pads, pads, pads. Intrincate, deep. What are you using?

tomperson · Post by **tomperson** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:52 pm

Hi guys,
I've been very into deep, "under water" kinda sounds. Slow bpms, lost of space, things like that. What are you using for pads nowadays? I've become quite a fan of arturia CS80V, some sounds out of the korg legacy collection, fm7 and a bit of operator.

What are you using to get that kind of sound? Any ENO fans here?

Thanks!

nuperspective · Post by **nuperspective** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:55 pm

sorry no tips from me, but ive started a pads thread in the 'tips' section. mine are giving me maximum trouble. so im interested in any advice.

Tranquil010 · Post by **Tranquil010** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:46 am

Spectrasoncs Atmosphere

Jajah · Post by **Jajah** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:10 am

try Crystal?
http://www.greenoak.com/crystal/
if that doesn't help, get a D50?

ENO???
Bryan?

udp · Post by **udp** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:11 am

Operator!!! Slow changing lush add some grain delay and listen to it trickle away.
Crystal is pretty nice for pads as well.

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:38 am

Nowadays I use Automat for almost everything.

Crystal is cool, but it's a CPU hog.

glu · Post by **glu** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:28 am

Sometimes I will play a little guitar, verb it out through my triton, and pile FX and draw envelopes in Live so the sound evolves, render, turn it into an audio clip. I am trying to use more organic sounds as the foundation of my trippy sounds. Its my fear of sounding like everyone else or my craziness that drives me to experiment. Take a spoon, hit a glass, record it and change the pitch, slow it down... add fx, see what happens. have fun!

tomperson · Post by **tomperson** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:36 am

Yeah, i hear you man. I've a fan of sample mangling and sound design, and live is so cool for that. I've done that myself with guitar sounds as well as vocals and lots of loops of some of my older creations. But sometimes you need the predictability and dependability of a vst instrument, specially when you are looking for a particular sound instead of experimenting...or maybe if you're interested in some sonic quality that only synthesis brings to the table...

And yes, Eno, Brian...that one

I have tried crystal, and despite it has some cool sounds, i never really get into it, the sounds were too odd for my taste...maybe i didn't give it enough time?

subbasshead · Post by **subbasshead** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:35 am

maybe its a bit passe, but i love chameleon 5000
esp moving between 4 different sounds w the morph tool....

or if sample mangling i love GRM freeze

C.S. · Post by **C.S.** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:17 am

another vote for the Cameleon 5000

ishimaru · Post by **ishimaru** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:31 am

roland juno 2.

forge · Post by **forge** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:55 am

surprised no one's mentioned the pad master Absynth

Reaktor also has some brilliant sounds

If you want something really different with a really interesting approach try White Noise Additive synth - can get some amazing pads Metasynth style from that

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:52 am

I do most of my pads with these:

MX4 - modulation from hell. When I want movement or anything harsh or weird, this is my baby.

Ultra Analog - smooth, lush, beautiful.

Tassman - again, smooth and beautiful, but given the different modules you can add a lot of organic and strange elements.

Octopus - FM pads with samples, lovely!

stallos · Post by **stallos** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:35 am

surprised no one's mentioned the pad master Absynth

Reaktor also has some brilliant sounds

These were the two I woas going to mention.
My answer for everything these days is reaktor - that thing is just soooo versatile - I absolutely love it !!

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