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The Mother of all PADS thread
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PsyChotic Grey Creature
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Posted : Aug 25, 2006 12:39
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All of these 'Mother' threads have been awesome. I think we should Sticky a few more on some of the elements of music not covered yet
I personally think PADs are a critical component of Psy-trance, it sets the mood for a track. and what about the other elements:
Fx??
Drum elements?? hats/snares/percs??
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omniform
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Posted : Sep 4, 2006 07:55
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Of course pads are critical..
I wouldn't say "sets the mood" as much as that they can control where the energy of the track is going, if that makes any sense..
I'd also agree to sticky-ing this thread...
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Fragletrollet
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Posted : Sep 6, 2006 02:40
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Use loads of oscillators with different pitch/octave settings, play with filter env. (long attack for nice sweeps), use synced lfo's to automate f.ex. filter cutoff or groovy effect etc...
Also try other stuff like using granulators, and play with bpm on soundsamples never considered being material for pad-construction: you can change the sound quite alot... Also offcourse remember reverb and delyas  |
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PsyChotic Grey Creature
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Posted : Sep 6, 2006 15:47
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yeah i agree omni...
i said 'sets the mood' cos i lay down pads in most of my intros.... but of course it does more than just that
yeah fraggle i constantly use both those techniques, normally have to layer at least two synths to get a nice original sound
and then of course theres chord progressions... never get tired of experimenting with that |
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dtd
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Posted : Sep 7, 2006 23:57
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i'm sure most of you know this but to add to the 'completeness' of this mother of all pads thread:
test absynth. you can program the crazyest pads and atmospheres with it.
here you can get the demo:
http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=absynth3_de
and until 10th september (run!), it's NI versary: you get it for about half the original price! (i'm not on their payroll )
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*eLliSDee*
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Posted : Oct 1, 2009 16:28
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any tips on how to get how to get my pads to be less invasive.. i mean not masking everything so much.
with all this big verbs and delay and such, the sound gets very big.
i was thinking M/s processing, removing some fatness from the center..
Do u guys do heavy EQ modifications with pads??
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Ascension
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Posted : Oct 1, 2009 17:01
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*eLliSDee*
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Posted : Oct 1, 2009 18:31
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On 2009-10-01 17:01, Ascension wrote:
shelf at the high end
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? please elaborate
My pad doesn't have heavy low-end but, it practically uses the whole spectrum.
Are there some tricks to get it to sit nicely underneath my leads?
only EQ??
what to do?
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Ascension
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Posted : Oct 1, 2009 20:19
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*eLliSDee*
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Posted : Oct 1, 2009 22:17
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no, I was just wandering if there is any trade secret tricks on processing the pad to sit nicely.
but that helps to know that you give your pad more "air" on the EQ. thx
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*eLliSDee*
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Posted : Oct 1, 2009 22:20
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oh sorry you remove air
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GyPsynate
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Posted : Oct 1, 2009 23:17
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I'm a big fan of gated pads...
Well i'm a big fan of almost evrything gated.
\\\"Invoking the inner dancing buddha with future frequencies from beyond\\\" ~GyPsy
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*eLliSDee*
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Posted : Oct 2, 2009 00:26
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On 2009-10-01 23:17, GyPsynate wrote:
I'm a big fan of gated pads...
Well i'm a big fan of almost evrything gated.
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-strange you should mention. that's the exact idea i had.. to get my pad sitting nice in the mix then bounce to wave and gate little parts.
i try hard to avoid sounding like other artists but if it work it works
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jizy
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Posted : Oct 2, 2009 01:06
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On 2009-10-02 00:26, *eLliSDee* wrote:
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On 2009-10-01 23:17, GyPsynate wrote:
I'm a big fan of gated pads...
Well i'm a big fan of almost evrything gated.
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-strange you should mention. that's the exact idea i had.. to get my pad sitting nice in the mix then bounce to wave and gate little parts.
i try hard to avoid sounding like other artists but if it work it works
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gated pads?why not try sidechaining the pad to kick or any other rythem, sutly tho.
Or using phazors then send to delay hard left n right- send to m/s processing if u want.. Use a mono maker @ 800hZ-14kz (anti phase) and send full wet reverb to throw it behind the main elements then widen the image right up.. detune,attack, maybe sum lushness from audio DAmage fluid..,mondomod, ubik....sonic toys(very good)
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*eLliSDee*
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Posted : Oct 2, 2009 01:22
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jizy
my pad is already sidechained on kick, it helps.
the rest of your advice may be a pot of gold. i'll look into it. ty
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