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best synth for strings pads....

hello all

my sound is heavily based around pads strings and melody... im currently thinking of investing in hardware because to be honest software just doesnt have the phat sound im after... all the tunes i love from 1998 to 2001 have that anolag sound that im after... tunes from the likes of breeder... raff and freddy..... van dyk.... tiesto around in my memory (when he was good) just on tiesto... dont get me wrong when oakey turned his back on trance.....? tiesto was my hero for a while then he did, he a pirate remix...which i forgave him for ...then elements of life.... sorry mate you have truely losted it....

the diference in my memory and elements of life..... hardware and software..... i dont care how big or small a fan you are of tiesto you have to agreed....

maximlee

p.s another fuck up....BT ....i say this because he has sooo much talent but makes shit music....

Re: best synth for strings pads....

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Originally posted by maximlee p.s another fuck up....BT

No.

Roland JP-8000/8080 or Access Virus. They're both great for string pads.

I have a JP-8080 and must say it is ace for pads

many thanks for replys

thanks for replys will check them out....see can i pick one up on ebay...

maximlee

about 95% of your post is just ranting. most of those guys are still JP users but synths like atmosphere that are ROMers can emulate just as well.

also hypersonic uses ROMs and synth technology for some great pads

Agreed, Atmosphere is amazing, try Vaz Modular too, a brilliant if not slightly overlooked softsynth

An1x

The JP-8080 can make just about any sound you want if you learn how to program it correctly. Same goes for any other hardware OR software synth. In my experience, its not the tools you use, but how well you know how to use them.

I like the pads from the triton rack but the jp-8000 that others suggest would be more veritile, hands on and easier to program!
Also if you are looking for pads check: Atmosphere! This plug-in is the best for pads!
World class sound quality and all the hard work has already been done for you!

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Originally posted by Existo22 World class sound quality and all the hard work has already been done for you!

And that's a good thing?

Some of the stuff in Atmosphere does sound nice, though.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles And that's a good thing? Some of the stuff in Atmosphere does sound nice, though.

Success comes knowing your strengths and your weaknesses...
This product is sample based. It has been put together by synth gurus that worked designing and programing the patches for the roland synths for decades! Their experience shines.
Plus they used a worldclass recording studio to make those sounds a studio that is not within the reach of most people making EDM music. I personaly know that I cant ''outdo'' them.
I don't have their knowledge or their budget.
Of course I understand expiramatation is important so you don't sound like everybody else but at the end of the day the listener does not care how you got the sound.
This is the ultimate pad synth for lush pads.
So whenever I want a good pad sound this will be the first place I will look.

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...but at the end of the day the listener does not care how you got the sound.

True enough. For me half the fun of production (maybe even more) is the process of synthesizing all the sounds myself (except percussion), so I usually stay away from anything that takes away from that. Each to his own, though.

The SH 201

Roland JD-800 or 990

Classics for strings and such sounds

They are more romplers in boxes than synths (kinda like the spectrasonics stuff)

As far as i know there are no sample cd's with the sounds from these or software versions.

Mad really because if Roland made software versions of there classic romplers they would be very popular

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Originally posted by Head Grit Roland JD-800 or 990 Classics for strings and such sounds They are more romplers in boxes than synths (kinda like the spectrasonics stuff) As far as i know there are no sample cd's with the sounds from these or software versions. Mad really because if Roland made software versions of there classic romplers they would be very popular

I second that...

That said... a jd 800 has 12mb of waveform rom. And it does wonders, even today... Something to think about.

I used to love atmosphere and all. But today, I got rid of that, and I stay away from those huge romplers when it comes to making synth sounds.


I got rid of all preset sounds too. This way I really enjoy making my own patches.

Romplers are good at acoustic sounds, still. Symphony of voices is a good example.

L.

I dont like presets either

But i think the key to using presets and romplers is by layering them or just using them as a starting point

Atmosphere is pretty nice in the way it lets you combine 2 of the pre sampled sounds, then set up evolving filters and other modulations. Good results come from going that 1 step further than those people who just use the preset without any modification

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Originally posted by Head Grit I dont like presets either But i think the key to using presets and romplers is by layering them or just using them as a starting point Atmosphere is pretty nice in the way it lets you combine 2 of the pre sampled sounds, then set up evolving filters and other modulations. Good results come from going that 1 step further than those people who just use the preset without any modification

oh sure, atmosphere is a very good one, no doubt. Just made more sense to me getting rid of it when I discovered that the waveforms I was using the most were a few kilobytes...

L.

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Originally posted by Head Grit Roland JD-800 or 990 Classics for strings and such sounds

x3

Arguably the best synth ever for pads and textures.

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