For me, personally, pads are the main element in the music I make. I don't really like chopping up breaks as much as most, so I'm always on the look out for ways to get good pads. My 3 main methods are:
1. Using a sample
- This one's pretty simple. Find a sample pack or yoink one out from a song, easy peasy. Blu Mar Ten's 'Jungle Jungle' pack has some great pads.
2. Using VSTs
- Now I'm not talking about synthesis, but rather using rompler VSTs, like KORGs Wavestation or those Roland SRX thingies. Or just using presets.
3. Synthesis
- I don't really like synthesis, I is very dumb, but it's not that hard to make some really simple pads. Just use a saw wave with a really long attack and reverb lol.
Some other methods I use are arpeggiating a chord really quickly, then using one of ValhallaRooms 'Big Space' presets. This method has really good results.
You can also get a random atonal sample, like rain or some other field recording, add peaks with an EQ to make a chord, then resample a chunk of it.
One last method is using the magic of 'granular synthesis'. Slap a sample in your native granulizer or PaulStretch, and BAM, you have lush, smooth, vibey pads to satisfy any who listen to them.
Thank you for reading my TEDtalk. I wish you the very best of luck in your musical endeavors.
1. Using a sample
- This one's pretty simple. Find a sample pack or yoink one out from a song, easy peasy. Blu Mar Ten's 'Jungle Jungle' pack has some great pads.
2. Using VSTs
- Now I'm not talking about synthesis, but rather using rompler VSTs, like KORGs Wavestation or those Roland SRX thingies. Or just using presets.
3. Synthesis
- I don't really like synthesis, I is very dumb, but it's not that hard to make some really simple pads. Just use a saw wave with a really long attack and reverb lol.
Some other methods I use are arpeggiating a chord really quickly, then using one of ValhallaRooms 'Big Space' presets. This method has really good results.
You can also get a random atonal sample, like rain or some other field recording, add peaks with an EQ to make a chord, then resample a chunk of it.
One last method is using the magic of 'granular synthesis'. Slap a sample in your native granulizer or PaulStretch, and BAM, you have lush, smooth, vibey pads to satisfy any who listen to them.
Thank you for reading my TEDtalk. I wish you the very best of luck in your musical endeavors.
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