drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » pads baby! creating atmospheric pads pads baby! creating atmospheric pads Author Post benji b Steppa Registration Date: 27-06-2006 Posts: 182 Helpfulness rating:  has anyone got any tips on making big atmospheric pads? i'm not too worried bout them evolving i jus want them to sound nice an touch your heart (if u no wat i mean) kinda like leftfield (start of Release The Pressure is a good example which im sure uve all heard & Melt but most songs have wat im tlkin bout http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9gIYAHHaqc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-qdrtWPgdw (ive got reason logic and ableton live) ta headz 16-07-2008 00:50 Paracyte Crazy Bouncin Sinusoid Registration Date: 07-12-2006 Posts: 1,015 Helpfulness rating:  try spectrasonics - atmospheric vst great tool for pads and atmospheres. __ My Soundcloud 16-07-2008 01:59 Binary Havoc Binary Havoc Registration Date: 25-07-2007 Posts: 730 Helpfulness rating:  tried atmosphere n is very good but personally Im lovin the combinator in reason for stackin up huge layers of pads with loads of fx and dynamic eq filtering..fucking brilliant for pads __ http://soundcloud.com/binaryhavoc/dropbox 16-07-2008 17:24 c_ctrl Wicked Producer Registration Date: 02-06-2008 Posts: 307 Helpfulness rating:  I just listened to the start of "release the pressure" again for the first time in about a year... Damn that intro gives me chills! Back to business, Pads. Which version of logic have you got? If its 7 or 8, the Sculpture synth is amazing for making those luscious pad sounds. It does take a lot of work to get your head round but once you've cracked it... sweet. Get a bassy tone, crank up the sustain. Layer that with a more midrange tone and then duplicate it lower the attack and hi pass it... you should be on your way. If you do use sculpture, layer a tone with a "wood" setting on top for a pad lead style sound. Reverb. Delay and chorus... world = your oyster. __ DeCode & Roary Soundcloud 25-07-2008 00:06 northern dawn Tourist Registration Date: 22-07-2008 Posts: 24 Gotta say it's NI Absynth or Rob Papen's Albino3 for me dudes, i can sit for hours on them.think im in the mood for another crack on them since we are talking about it..... 25-07-2008 01:57 drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » pads baby! creating atmospheric pads