drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » dark pads. dark pads. Author Post Ciaran Cool Steppa Registration Date: 25-04-2009 Posts: 248 Helpfulness rating:  Anyone got any advice on making good dark pads to suit, well, dark drum n' bass? Thanks. Although I prefer advice from fellow Reason users, I don't mind advice from users of other software... Making synth. patches is quite slow for me at the moment, due to my keyboard being a spaz... Take this tune. Would the sounds be possible with Reason? [I don't want to use (too many) samples in my tunes, because to me that isn't original; it's just putting someone else's sounds together and calling the result your own.] __ CtMc 18-05-2010 15:18 BattleDrone 2161... the future. Registration Date: 30-12-2005 Posts: 6,413 Helpfulness rating:  Google this: "paulstretch" it's a tool that can make a pad out of any sound, use some clangy metallic sounds and be surprised. If you just load samples and play them I can understand your opinion but you just need to change samples and do new things with them. Other than that darkness can be reached by using low pitch and selecting the right sounds. Pads are more interesting when you layer a couple of them, it just generates more movement and texture. __ Check my soundcloud (exclusive tracks on there) 18-05-2010 18:57 Ciaran Cool Steppa Registration Date: 25-04-2009 Posts: 248 Helpfulness rating:  thanks!!! I'd rate you, but it won't let me, probably because I've already done it 10 times before. lol! Any idea on the sounds in that tune I linked? Oh and might I ask what do you use for your pads BattleDrone? __ CtMc 18-05-2010 19:01 Ciaran Cool Steppa Registration Date: 25-04-2009 Posts: 248 Helpfulness rating:  hey which version of paulstretch is the one that I should be looking for? __ CtMc 18-05-2010 19:02 BattleDrone 2161... the future. Registration Date: 30-12-2005 Posts: 6,413 Helpfulness rating:  There's only one version I believe and it's a bit buggy. http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/ that's the one. I use synths, samples, stretched samples, whatever comes up. I don't start with a big plan, it's all just one big happy accident :-) I even use looped and hi-pitched bass samples and what not. __ Check my soundcloud (exclusive tracks on there) 18-05-2010 19:06 Ciaran Cool Steppa Registration Date: 25-04-2009 Posts: 248 Helpfulness rating:  Please note that this is suitable only for extreme time stretching (e.g. if have a melody of 3 minutes and you want to listen it in 3 hours). - I'll see you in three months! lol. Thanks! __ CtMc 18-05-2010 19:08 Zugzwang Doin' it for the love Registration Date: 13-05-2009 Posts: 206 Helpfulness rating:  Try experimenting with ring modulation! It's super secret tech that I use for my pads.. 18-05-2010 20:03 BattleDrone 2161... the future. Registration Date: 30-12-2005 Posts: 6,413 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by Ciaran Please note that this is suitable only for extreme time stretching (e.g. if have a melody of 3 minutes and you want to listen it in 3 hours). - I'll see you in three months! lol. Thanks! Not that much, a 2 second sample can be stretched to 8-10 seconds or more. __ Check my soundcloud (exclusive tracks on there) 18-05-2010 20:27 bm84 Bone Man Registration Date: 14-11-2007 Posts: 171 Helpfulness rating:  is there an AU link (for mac) for this?? googled it and there are sites which say there is but cant seem to find the download link! sounds good __ www.soundcloud.com/bone-man 18-05-2010 23:39 Ciaran Cool Steppa Registration Date: 25-04-2009 Posts: 248 Helpfulness rating:  Am I right in saying that ring modulation is similar to amplitude modulation? I need to try it out, anyways... __ CtMc 18-05-2010 23:41 drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » dark pads.