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Yo, anyone got any tips on making those long, sweeping pads in the intro of dnb tunes?

I feel a bit lame sampling other people's pads, so it'd be cool to make my own... Too bad I have no idea how to get that thick, rich, sweeping pad that I hear so much of!

I'm talking about the kind of pads in the Lutharon Sample Pack.

Tips are appreciated! Thanks Dogs

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lots of layering
and fxing up things
then rendering them, then layering some more

and layer interesting things n eq em n see if u can create interesting new stylez of pads n shizzle

its all dere for the making

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absynth is a beast for pads. in fact i find it hard not to produce pads in it.

or try paul stretch extreme time stretcher. can get some great noises of that beast too

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filter cutoff and resonance automation

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I find it a pad beast. FM synths are great too.

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filter attack to max.

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square, saw, and sine waves sweep multiple parameters lightly with LFOs (filter cutoff, osc pitch etc...) layer with a bit of white noise perhaps, detune

resample

Phasers, Flangers, Filters (such as fabfilter volcano), Distortion on send (I find bitcrushing is nice.)

use good chords (if your pad is thin, consider layering it with a note an octave down)

What synths ya got?

Imposcar, Thor, Blue, Maelstrom, Sytrus....all great for making pads.


maybe we need to get some patches/samples posted

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That'd be sick

Thanks for the tips, dogs.

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ill give u a tip in relation to something im working on.....

loads of automation, real time or edits, wateva u need.

if u like the live, imperfect or natural feel (i.e unquantised and all live tweaking ect...) u may wanna have a tighter hp and lp filter on the output of ur chain if u wanna avoid extreme highs on sweeps especially, can get quite noisy up there sometimes...

other than that, simple chords and rhythms, loads of fx and layering, tho its really nice if u just have one synth with loads of automation to make it seem more alive and less of a loop.....i must stress tho, unless its really important u must beware when sweeping extreme high and low frequencies, it can ruin the mix's sound, take up headroom and affect ur ear's, watch those highs and filter everything out u dont need.....

goodluck man


edit....also, try modulate manually as much as possible, dont let a fixed rate dictate your direction all the time!

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edit....also, try modulate manually as much as possible, dont let a fixed rate dictate your direction all the time!

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Ok dogs, here's what I did! Not sure how it is, though!

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Ok dogs, here's what I did! Not sure how it is, though!

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i like that man, some cool moments, specially in the beginning, just becomes too resonant in some places, as said....just mark those spots and get into some enveloping....i would suggest turning the overall res down a tad, then attacking those other spots where it gets a bit too hot....nice work, would love to hear the rest of the song.....peace!!!

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