I always find myself using something to support my pads to carry along the song, such as a gliding saw or bass. Is there something that I'm missing? I recognize it's a lower note, perhaps a chord? Total noob question I know haha. Also is it better to just lower a note in another oscillator. Or just two different notes completely in the sequencer. Thanks. Examples below.
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Lunar Phase 7
Pads can be as thick or as thin as you like.
They can be used as a bassline for the whole track or as extra atmosphere in a breakdown or to compliment a chorus or anything.
What is your question? Lol.
OOPS!
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Originally posted by Lunar Phase 7
Pads can be as thick or as thin as you like.
They can be used as a bassline for the whole track or as extra atmosphere in a breakdown or to compliment a chorus or anything.
What is your question? Lol.
I want to use them like in the tracks above. Starting off a track with just a pad. So I suppose a bassline? What is the easiest way?
EddieZilker
Your examples are horrible.
Just do it like these parts from this tune I'm working, only without using the chord progression, bass-tone, or harmonically spectral vocal loop - seriously. Those are my ideas and you need to work out your own.
Pads kinda get in the way when you're not a real musician and dont't know how to play chords on a keyboard. The one note at a time thing makes the whole process difficult and a lot of these synth voices don't even shine really until you play a chord. It's all layering though and with a good understanding of harmony you can mess around with it until it sounds good. Google one of those keyboard chord chart things
skyhunter
USE CHORDS!!! RAPE THE 3RD INTERVAL!!! TRY SUSPENDING STUFF!!!!! YEA!!!
I yell this at my band a lot.
Pagan-za
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Originally posted by skyhunter
USE CHORDS!!! RAPE THE 3RD INTERVAL!!! TRY SUSPENDING STUFF!!!!! YEA!!!
I yell this at my band a lot.
That made me laugh much harder than it should have.
Lunar Phase 7
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Originally posted by OOPS!
I want to use them like in the tracks above. Starting off a track with just a pad. So I suppose a bassline? What is the easiest way?
Well just find a synth patch or make yourself one that you like the sound of and then play some chords (more than one note at a time) on that synth. You don't have to have play a complex arrangement for it to sound good, some drone type noises are complimented by the melody or bass line quite well (so long as it is in key).
The first example fades out or rather is filtered out and the rest of the sounds take over (the bassline comes in strait away to fill the void the pad left)
Here is imo one of the finest examples of pads as an intro...
These pads are pretty simple, but the atmosphere they create is awesome.
PlasticSoul
Layering, this is my best tip. Eqing each one on different ranges. And using different stereo widener settings.
:)
psymon.d
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Originally posted by PlasticSoul
Layering, this is my best tip. Eqing each one on different ranges. And using different stereo widener settings.
:)
this works--but avoid if you're not comfortable with eqing. if you make the bands 'too' separate, then it's going to sound like a cacophony of really awkward frequency bands
PlasticSoul
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Originally posted by psymon.d
this works--but avoid if you're not comfortable with eqing. if you make the bands 'too' separate, then it's going to sound like a cacophony of really awkward frequency bands
yes... or you can use panning too... :)
psymon.d
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Originally posted by PlasticSoul
yes... or you can use panning too... :)
yeah definitely, but same thing applies -- a shoddy job of it just sounds like split stereo ******y!
