Quote from: starseekr on January 07, 2016, 06:12:03 pm

Quote from: Mat_Zo on January 07, 2016, 10:00:50 am

Absynth is my go to pad synth, and I heard from Thijs from Noisia that Reaktor 6 is great for pads as well, which I can't wait to try out. Any synth with good granular/fractal synthesis and a good selection of filters will be good for pads.

As said before, paulstretch is a great tool for turning anything into a pad, I use it on nearly all my tracks, especial ones with vocals.

Can you elaborate as to what makes absynth and/or granular synthesis good for pads? I have heard this before, but am a little curious as to why

With pads, the more organic sound the texture the better, and granular synthesis, fractal synthesis are the best way to get that organic textured sound (combined with loads of filters and delay/reverb type effects)

ya, was about to add - if we're talkin atmospheric pads here, something that is important is: movement in your sound over time - organic textures usually alter over time, sound wise.

If you're using subtractive synthesis for this, I'd opt for lfos to pitch, slow lfos to waveform, filter cutoff or band frequency on eq, slow phasers, etcetera

for fat warm brassy analog sounding pads i LOVE U-He's Diva

Quote from: bolier on January 07, 2016, 12:36:03 am

maybe ur lucky and mat signs up to this forum ^

lol I'm pretty sure Mat made this forum dude

ah

maybe ur lucky and mat signs up to this forum ^

i didnt read the whole thread here, but i def check out my songs on beats by dre (amongst others) cuz also on those headphones shit needs to sound fire - its what a lot of customers use to listen to your music

I think Geert uses a JP but not sure, used to have a studio full of hardware

tbh the supersaws in those tracks sound pretty harsh to me as well as messy in the overall production but maybe thats yt fuckin it up

One thing, maybe stupid i mention this, but if u didnt yet, worth looking into: envelope of the cutoff filter, add some attack to it and short/mid decay while the sustain is slightly lower than the attack peak.

i also sometimes try to boost the frequencies enhancing the key the kick is playing in, kinda like a comb filter inversed